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Supervision as Collaboration in the Human Services
Building a Learning Culture



March 2004 | 376 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
The authors have assembled some of the finest minds in the field of supervision studies to produce Supervision as Collaboration in the Human Services. Key aspects of a learning organization and the process of organizational learning are explored across the various human services (social, mental health, health, and aging), making this an essential core text for graduate and undergraduate students of social work and counselling, as well as for human services supervisors and practitioners.
Michael J. Austin and Karen M. Hopkins
Preface
 
Part I: Introduction
Karen M. Hopkins and Michael J. Austin
1. The Changing Nature of Human Services and Supervision
Michael J. Austin and Karen M. Hopkins
2. Defining the Learning Organization
 
Part II: Interactional Nature of Supervision in a Learning Organization
Tamara L. Kaiser
3. Supervisory Relationships
Kathleen Holtz Deal
4. Effective Interpersonal and Critical Thinking Skills
Anna McPhatter
5. Culturally Competent Practice
Diane Vinokur-Kaplan and Patricia Miller
6. The Collaborative Practice of Workplace Teams
Carol S. Cohen
7. Clinical Supervision in a Learning Organization
Carlton E. Munson
8. The Evolution of Protocol-Based Supervisory Practice
Frederic G. Reamer
9. Ethical Decisions and Risk Management
Carolyn Knight
10. Modeling Professionalism and Supervising Interns
 
Part III: Managerial Nature of Supervision in a Learning Organization
Lena T. Rodriguez
11. Promoting a Learning Culture
David Menefee
12. The Managerial Roles of the Supervisor
Tom Packard
13. The Supervisor as Transformational Leader
Burton E. Cohen
14. Supervisory Leadership as Risk-Taking and Experimentation
Mark Krueger, Michael J. Austin, and Karen M. Hopkins
15. Creating a CultureThat Supports the Development of Staff
Rebecca Proehl
16. Transferring Learning into New Organizational Processes
Jean Kantambu Latting and Mary Beck
17. Facilitating Learning Through Assessing Performance Goals
Karen M. Hopkins and Michael J. Austin
18. Coaching Employees with Performance Problems
 
Part IV: Analytic Nature of Supervision in a Learning Organization
Barbara J. Meddin
19. Developing an Agency Policy on Supervision
David Cherin
20. Collecting and Using Data for Organizational Leadership
Kyle Farmbry
21. Environmental Scanning and Nonprofit Human Service Organizations
Angela Bies
22. Scanning for Best Practices
Ming-sum Tsui
23. Charting the Course for Future Research on Supervision
 
Part V: Supervision in Different Fields of Practice
Connie Saltz Corley, Jeanette Takamura, and Elbert Siegel
24. The Supervisor in Aging Services
Kathleen C. Faller, William Meezan, Michelle Marie Mendez, John Tropman, Frank Vandervort, and Deborah Willis
25. The Supervisor in Child Welfare
Toba Schwaber Kerson
26. The Boundary Spanning Approach to Supervising Health and Mental Health Service Staff
Brenda Solomon
27. Supervising and Collaborating to End Poverty in Welfare to Work Programs
 
Index
 
About the Editors, About the Contributors

This book is not too convoluted and is very suitable for people managing professionals

Miss jacqueline white
Applied Social Studies, univeristy of bedfordshire
March 7, 2018

Several of the students stated that they were able to comprehend the supervision relationship from this text. Easy to read and straight to the point.

Miss Sara Farmer
Sociology, Empire State College
September 26, 2014

One of the critical area of social work is supervision at all level for professional training and practice

Dr Jabulani Calvin Makhubele
Social Work, Limpopo University
September 30, 2015

Good introduction to Team approaches.

Mr Charles Baker
School Of Social Work, Spalding University
June 17, 2013

Excellent book, but somewhat more advanced than needed for introductory undergrad course on intro to supervision.

Mr Charles Baker
School Of Social Work, Spalding University
May 30, 2013

This book is very comprehensive. It is informative and provides helpful guidance.

Dr Kate Rust-ryan
Social Work, RRR Consultancy Ltd
September 13, 2012

Recommended by colleague and enjoyed the book

Professor Victor Groza
Mandel Sch Of Appld Social Sci, Case Western Reserve University
September 23, 2010

A very comprehensive resource, dealing with a variety of settings. Students on this course are experienced in many areas of social care, so this source offers something of interest on the topic of supervision in a way that appeals to them, while also facilitating a greater understanding of what effective supervision should be, and how to provide it.

Dr Margaret O'Keeffe
Management , Athlone Institute of Technology
November 18, 2009

Michael Jacob Austin

Michael J. Austin (Ph.D., Social Work; MSPH, Public Health, University of Pittsburgh) is Milton and Florence Krenz Mack Distinguished Professor of Nonprofit Management at the University of California, Berkeley, where the teaches a wide range of courses, including Assessing the Dynamics of Communities, Groups and Organizations, Management Practice, Research Resources, and Assessing Nonprofit Organizations. His research interests are nonprofit management and planning, organizational change, and policy implementation. He is the author or co-author of a wide range of books and journal articles. More About Author

Karen M. Hopkins

Karen Hopkins is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, and served as Co-Chair of the Management and Community Organization Concentration for 11 years. She has worked as a consultant and organizational/program evaluator for 17 years at the state and national levels with multiple nonprofit and public agencies related to supervision/management practices and outcomes, workforce development and retention, organizational learning and capacity building, and work–life integration. She is a National Peer Reviewer for the Standards of Excellence Institute, Board Member... More About Author

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