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A 5 page paper discussing the four domains of clinical social work and special problems of supervision of social workers. The paper discusses Williams' (1997) concept of parallel process in social work supervision. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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wealth of opportunities to work with and truly help people of all ages or any age, regardless of social standing or economic background. Social work contains enough realism to
keep practitioners grounded in reality, and enough idealism to encourage practitioners to pursue higher ideals. Supervision must be focused. Parallel Process in Social Work Supervision
Described by Williams (1997), the "concept of parallel process has been explained as the simultaneous emergence of emotional difficulties in the relationship between social worker and supervisor
that are similar to the emotional difficulties in the social worker-client relationship" (p. 127). In short, interactions begin to take place between the supervisor and the social worker that
take on the character of those that take place between the social worker and the client. This process is not surprising, particularly because
each side should "know better." Both are trained in clinical social work practice and likely will approach an obvious problem similarly. Both will likely expect the object of
the problem to respond in a prescribed manner. Though each should be able to see the dynamic building and becoming problematic, neither appears to be able to detach from
the intricacies of the situation to take a higher-level view and make higher-level decisions. Relevance of Culture and Diversity in the Supervisory Supervisee Relationship
Black, Maki and Nunn (1997) observe that "In an expanding multicultural context, there is an increasing ethnic diversity among social work students and field instructors" (p. 39). The
same is true in the supervisory relationship between supervisor and licensed, practicing social worker as well. African-American Phillip Cox, chairman of Cincinnati Bell,
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