Resources for Field Supervision
A guide to supervision in social work field education
Bowles, W., Cassano, B., Collingridge, M., Dawood, A., Irwin, J., Lukic, M., Maywald, S., McKinnon, J., Noble, C., O’Sullivan, J., Wexler, J., & Zubrzycki , J. (2010). A guide to supervision in social work field education (Rep.).
“This Guide to Supervision in Social Work Field Education is for anyone wanting to learn about or refresh their knowledge about the theory and practice of supervising social work students during their field education placement”.
This guide covers the following topics in detail:
- The nature of social work field education
- Standards and roles
- Educational foundations
- Phases of student supervision
Canadian Association for Social Work Education: Field Education Resources
Canadian Association for Social Work Education. (2020). Field Resources. Canadian Association for Social Work Education.
The Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE) has developed this webpage which offers a number of recent field education resources and information.
Effective Supervision in a Variety of Settings
Faulkner, A., Johnson, N., Kam, M., & Wonnacott, J. (2013). Effective supervision in a variety of settings (Rep. No. 50).
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) developed this guide about effective supervision in a variety of settings based on research and practice knowledge. Each of the topics below is covered in detail:
- Recommendations
- People who use services and supervision
- The context for effective supervision
- Foundations of effective supervision
- Effective supervision in practice
- References
This guide can be viewed on the web page by clicking here and it is available to download by creating a free MySCIE account.
National Field Instructor Training Repository
Council on Social Work Education’s Council on Field Education. (2021). 2021 National Field Instructor Training Repository. Council on Social Work Education.
Scroll down to “2021 National Field Instructor Training Repository (N-FIT)” and click the hyperlink “repository” to access this resource.
“In Summer 2021, CSWE launched an online repository to support the practice of field supervisors, practice teachers, field instructors etc. A wide range of resources, shared generously by schools and faculties of social work and field supervisors, are now available online.” The repository includes 10 folders covering a wide variety of topics including:
- Users Guide for the Repository
- Orientation to Field Education
- Orienting Students to the Agreement/Plan
- Supervision Methods
- Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Supervision
- Trauma Informed Supervision and Field Instruction
- Integrating Theory, Research, and Practie
- Navigating Challenges with Students
- Principles of Competency-Based Evaltuation/Assessment
Full list of acknowledgements can be found here.
Supervision Learning Resource
Supervision Learning Resource (Rep.). (2016). Scottish Social Services Council.
This Learning Resource was developed in Scotland and promotes the importance of supervision and covers topics including contracts, approaches to supervision, group supervision, difficult conversations, transitioning from frontline worker to supervisor, and evaluations.