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Ethical Dimensions of Supervision in Community Social Work

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  • Simona DAMIAN

    (Postdoctoral Research Project: POSDRU/89/1.5/S/61879, titled "Postdoctoral studies in the ethics of health policy" in the Department of postdoctoral studies and research at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Gr T. Popa", Doctor of Medicine, U.M.F Chief of Operations)

  • Roxana NECULA

    (Postdoctoral Research Project: POSDRU/89/1.5/S/61879, titled "Postdoctoral studies in the ethics of health policy" in the Department of postdoctoral studies and research at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Gr T. Popa", Doctor of Sociology (University "Al. I. Cuza" Iasi))

  • Antonio SANDU

    (Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellow financed by The Management Authority for the Sectorial Operational Program „Development of Human Resources” within the project “Postdoctoral studies in the domain of ethics in health policies” at „Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy from Iasi. Project funded from the Social European Fund through the Sectorial Operational Program „Development of Human Resources” 2007-2013. Priority axis 1: „Education and professional training in support of economical growth and development of knowledge-based society”. Main domain of intervention: 1.5 Doctoral and postdoctoral programs in support of research. Title of the project: “Postdoctoral studies in the domain of ethics in health policies”. Contract Code: POSDRU/89/1.5/S/61879; Lecturer Ph.D. at “Mihail Kogalniceanu” University from Iasi; Chairman of Lumen Publishing House)

  • Ana CARAS

    (PhD candidate, Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Politics Sciences, “Al. Ioan Cuza” University from Iasi, Research assistant at Lumen Research Center in Humanistic and Social Sciences, Iasi)

Abstract

The supervision process of community social services for people with chronic illnesses, beyond an exchange of information between professionals in different power relations, should be developed on a formal basis, to be conducted under a partnership between the intervention multidisciplinary team, the supervisor and community on whose contribution the intervention is based, in accordance with the requirements of the field in which the supervision takes place and on a specific ethics which has in center the value of personal and social autonomy of recipients of community-based rehabilitation services. The supervisor supports and increases motivation of the supervised, developing an efficient work environment, following the highest professional and ethical standards of intervention, and acts based on recognized principles and applicable within professional activity of specialists. The article's purpose is to present the ethical dimensions of social services supervision, as well as presenting a set of principles of good practice in the field which through the transforming process of supervision, they become principles of ethical supervision in the context of reporting to the value of respect and strengthen the client’s autonomy and the specific of informed consent of this category of persons and its particularities within social services.

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  • Simona DAMIAN & Roxana NECULA & Antonio SANDU & Ana CARAS, 2012. "Ethical Dimensions of Supervision in Community Social Work," Jurnalul de Studii Juridice, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics on Behalf of Petre Andrei University Iasi, vol. 1(2), pages 263-285, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:lum:rev4rl:v:1-2:y:2012:i:2:p:263-285
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    Keywords

    Rehabilitation based on community; supervision; social services; ethical standards;
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    • A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate

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