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Scientific Object Identifier: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-09-77-37
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2019.09.77.37
Language: English
Citation: Nunev, S. T. (2019). Current aspects of the communication in social work supervision with students in the practical training. ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science, 09 (77), 201-210. Soi: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-09-77-37 Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2019.09.77.37 |
Pages: 201-210
Published: 30.09.2019
Abstract: The article presents a research on problems of communication in supervision of social work students in practical training. It is realized with 252 students from the programs of social work in Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the University of Ruse, Bulgaria, in the period 2014 – 2018. The purpose of the research is to identify the respondents’ attitudes towards the supervisor’s style of communication and interaction in the working relationship between a supervisor and supervised student. Theoretical concepts of the content and specific aspects of communication types in social work supervision with students are presented and analysed. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the results of the study reveals evidence of a sustained positive orientation in students’ attitudes toward using by the supervisor in a constructive, positively oriented, dialogical, culturally sensitive, and non-discriminatory style of communication and interaction in a supervisory working relationship. The importance of the optimal use of different types of communication in the supervision of social work with students is presented as one of the important factors for improving its quality and effectiveness of practical training.
Key words: supervision of social work students; communication in supervision with students; types of communication in supervision with students; style of communication and interaction; attitudes towards communication style in supervision; quality and effectiveness of supervision.
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