Some Ethical Aspects on Supervision in Social Work

FORMAT | Presented paper

LANGUAGE | English

HOW TO CITE| Unguru, E. & SANDU, Antonio (2016). Some Ethical Aspects on Supervision in Social Work. Prezentat in cadrul 2nd CEE LUMEN International Conference. Multidimensional Education Professional Development and Ethical Values November 17-18, 2016, Targoviste, Romania.

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ABSTRACT:

Supervision, seen as a support method for the profesionals that activate in the social services area, has as its main objective to improve the performances at the workplace, by removing the stress that can occur and affect work performance. The supervisor supports and helps in increasing the supervisee’s motivation, develops a performant workplace, following the highest professional and ethical standards of intervention. In this paper we aim to evaluate a series of supervisory practices in terms of ethics, by relating these supervisory practices to the value of respecting and strengthening the autonomy of beneficiary, and the consent’s specific of this category of persons, and its features in the social services. The supervisor must accede to the professional ethics of the social worker. In this respect, should consider the following ethical dimensions of professional practice: ethical standards and values, specialized practice standards, standards for case referral, standards of accessibility for social clients, standards relating to confidentiality, standards relating to supervision and advisory, standards regarding the work environment and procedures, standards of professional development, standards for cultural competencies, standards of private practice, standards related to the use of technology in social work practice.

KEYWORDS:

supervision; social work; professional ethics; standards; intervention.