Our supervision time is valuable! While it can be quite normal to be led by your supervisor in your supervision sessions, it’s important to remember that supervision is a two way relationship. We have the right but also an obligation to get the most out of our supervision and to direct it in a way …

The concept of fast and slow thinking was termed by Daniel Kahneman in his book ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’. Kahneman talks about two types of thinking; System 1 thinking or ‘fast thinking’ and System 2 thinking or ‘slow thinking’. There are strengths and weaknesses to both types of thinking and so ideally we want to …

World Social Work Day 2020 is Tuesday 17th March, and is an opportunity for us to share the positive impact that Social Work has, both on our own lives and on society. This year the theme of World Social Work day is the Importance of Human Relationships. International Federation of Social Workers Secretary-General, Rory Truell …

If you asked everyone in social work, case work and other allied professions what supervision was called there would be many differing opinions; clinical supervision, professional supervision, peer supervision, external supervision, group supervision or just plain old supervision to name a few. What exactly is supervision? The definition of supervision is complex and to those …