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Appreciative supervision in social work. New opportunities for changing the social work practice

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  • Stefan COJOCARU

    (Associate Professor, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Iasi, Bd. Carol I no. 11,director of Holt Romania – Iasi, Childhood and Parenting Research Center, Iasi, str. Bistrita nr. 7, bl. B13, sc. B, ap. 3, Iasi, Romania)

Abstract

The practice of social work focuses mainly on solving problems, on reducing dysfunctions, on diminishing deficiencies etc. More often then not, allocating resources for providing problem-centred social services does not solve the problems for which the services were designed. Our initiative consists in experimenting appreciative supervision and in identifying the potential differences between the two approaches, the one centred on problems and the appreciative one. The results we have obtained in the practice of social work through the application of appreciative supervision underscore the advantages of this approach, an approach which is capable to produce profound changes in the practice of social work. We chose a pair of similar cases in terms of the child’s risk of abandonment and we managed each of them differently, according to opposing views on supervision; the results showed that the desired changes can be brought about more easily when using appreciative supervision

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  • Stefan COJOCARU, 2010. "Appreciative supervision in social work. New opportunities for changing the social work practice," Revista de cercetare si interventie sociala, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics, vol. 29, pages 72-91, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:lum:rev2rl:v:29:y:2010:i::p:72-91
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    Keywords

    Appreciative supervision; Appreciative inquiry; Social work; Parallel process; Problem-centred supervision; Appreciative case management;
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    JEL classification:

    • A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions

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