The supervision course is a 4 day online course based on the Supervision Framework for the Social Work profession in South Africa. The focus is placed on the integration of theory, policies and practice. Providing effective social work supervision is a highly skilled task. Managers require training and support to undertake this role. Therefore emphasis is placed on the implementation of the Framework, the “how” of supervision. Besides didactic presentation, the training makes provision for group discussions, practical work sessions as well as individual assessment opportunities.

The topics of the training are as follows:

1. Supervision as a practice speciality
2. History of social work supervision
3. Goals and objectives of supervision
4. Roles and functions of the supervisor
5. Phases of the supervision process
6. The supervision process and professional level of development of the worker
7. Development phases of supervisees
8. The supervisory relationship
9. Supervision session
10. Standards of practice and ethics in supervision
11. Methods in supervision
12. Mentoring and coaching
13. Management versus Supervision
14. Performance management
15. Models in supervision
16. The use of SLS supervision model in practice
17. Management, leadership and supervision
18. Supervision policy
19. The self of the supervisor