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Supervizija u Srbiji – iskustva, izazovi i mogući pravci razvoja
Supervision in Serbia: Experiences, Challenges and Possible Directions of Development

Author(s): Iva Branković
Subject(s): Management and complex organizations, Welfare services
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: supervision in social work; social protection reform; characteristics of super vision; supervision effectiveness; research in supervision.

Summary/Abstract: Purpose of this paper is to present and analyze ten years of experience in supervision in social work in Serbia. Focus is on the challenges and dilem mas encountered and still being faced by the system of social protection, as well as on lessons learned and recommendations for ways forward. The pa per will try to present the process of introduction of supervision as well as the data collected on the characteristics of supervision which point out to the challenges supervision is facing and call for the necessity of including a wider range of factors while assessing effectiveness of supervision. Based on the analysis of the data the key recommendation for the way forward is introduction of a systematic empiric approach and development of a resear ch practiced aimed at understanding contemporary supervision experience and adjusting supervision to the specific needs of professionals as well as the context it is applied in.

  • Issue Year: 12/2018
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 223-239
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Serbian