Analysis of professional competencies in social services supervision

Sandu, A.S., Unguru, e., Ponea, S, Cojocaru, S., (2010). Analysis of professional competencies in social services supervision. Social Research Reports, vol. 17, pp. 3-56.

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In this research was realized a secondary data analysis obtained from the research “Analysis of practical purposes of supervision”, research that was developed under the theme “Analysis of Occupational Standard for the Supervisor Occupation”*. Analysis carried out after the successive inductions allows us to formulate conclusions as a series of professional skills necessary to perform the supervisor’s duties accompanied by good practice principles in implementing the supervising process. The analyse of interviews and focus groups conducted within the research, and taking into account the professional requirements expressed in the literature and help us to formulate the good-practice principles in supervision of social services.


* The present research was conducted under the research “Supervision of social services in rural areas of the county of Iasi”, conducted in the Research Lumen Centre in Humanistic Sciences and Supervision and Social Planning Master Program from “AI. I. Cuza” University. In this research was realized a secondary analysis of data starting from reinterpreting raw data obtained by the researcher Elena Unguru along with Cornelia Baciu and collaborators (2010) in the research “Analysis of practice goals of supervision”, research conducted under the research theme “Analysis of Occupational Standard for the Supervisor Occupation” , under the scientific coordination of Ph.D. Antonio Sandu and Associate Professor Ph.D. Stefan Cojocaru in the Supervision and Social Planning Master Program, “AI. I. Cuza” University, Iasi.

 

supervision; supervisor; supervisees; social services; Grounded Theory; principles; competencies; professionalism;

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