Volume : 3, Issue : 2, February - 2014

Supervision �the Core of Social Work Field Practicum

Saju Paracka

Abstract :

While field practicum is central to social work education, supervision is core to field work. The very essence of field work is the guided supervision extended to students facilitating effective change in the client. It. enables professional development of the students in terms of their mastering the core skills and through integration of theory with practice. Supervisor-supervisee relationship is key to supervision as without this relationship, the functions of supervision will not achieve the primary purpose of helping a student attain the level of knowledge and skills necessary to enter the field of social work. Adequate quality training to field instructors and faculty liaison is the only key to quality educative supervision which is integral to the professionalisation of social workers.