Being ‘super’ in child protection supervision

Sanet Viljoen

Workshop Presenter

Overall objective:

To build capacity among social work supervisors to render effective supervision to child protection social workers.
To empower social workers with knowledge of what type of services in supervision they should receive.
To capacitate social workers with knowledge and skills to be able to apply the position as a supervisor in the child protection field.

Objectives:

To empower participants regarding ethical responsibilities towards the profession and child protection.
To keep abreast of the current trends, research and developments in the profession with different partners in social work/child protection.
To empower participants with knowledge of roles, responsibilities and expectations regarding supervision in child protection.
To equip supervisors with the knowledge and tools they need to successfully adjust to their new role and become effective leaders in child protection.
To help supervisors to understand what to expect during the adjustment period, normalising any anxieties or uncertainties they might have.
To be clear on the legislation, policies and guidelines in child protection.
To provide an overview of the administrative supervision function in child protection.
To provide an overview of the educative supervision function in child protection.
To provide an overview of wellness and personal support function in child protection.
To provide an overview of the responsibilities of the role of the supervisor on quality assurance and quality control.
To provide an overview of the theory regarding supervision in practice.

The workshop consists of 8 modules:

Module 1: Code of Ethics

Module 2: Legislative Framework

Module 3: Roles, responsibilities and expectations

Module 4: Transition from social worker to social work supervisor

Module 5: Knowledge base of a child protection supervisor

Module 6: Functions of supervision in child protection

Module 7: Quality assurance and quality control

Module 8: Supervision in practice

CPD Points:

15 CPD points for SW and SAW

Cost:

R750 p.p

Upcoming Dates:

Workshop 1: 07/11; 08/11; 14/11; 15/11 08h30 – 13h00
Workshop 2: 21/01 – 23/01 2 ½ days