Singapore University of Social Sciences

Theories and Principles of Supervision for Social Work presents both models as well as techniques for supervising social workers and staff individually and in a group. Skills such as goal setting, building the supervision relationship and evaluation are taught. Students will learn specific supervision strategies like teaching, mentoring, coaching and consulting. Included is an overview of the functions and skills of a supervisor: management, education, support/enabling and mediation. The course also covers some of the fundamentals of human resource development including staff evaluation and training. Developing an effective accountability structure, personnel policies and safety issues will also be discussed.