6. Studies showing the advantages and how helpful is group supervision: Shulman (2010) found in an experiment of 671 supervisees and 109 supervisors that group sessions were held on an average of twice a month and that holding regularly schedule group sessions correlated positively with a good working relationship between the supervisor and the supervisee. These writers have found that employees of all professions can be affected by stress at work that can lead to burnout, but this problem occurs especially in the case of workers …show more content…
In addition to the methodology part, the paper explores the role of group supervision, capturing both the advantages and disadvantages of using such a method (Osvat et al., 2014). The findings of the authors emphasize the key role that supervision has in social work practice, the importance of this kind of work for both specialists, for personal and professional development purposes and also for service users by improving the quality of services provided by social workers. Furthermore, there is an awareness of the need for supervision by social work practitioners and by policy makers in the institutions that provide social services and the institutionalization of such practices (Osvat et al., 2014). In this other article the authors explored how group supervision is recommended in the literature as an efficient method for field education, especially in the context of reduced agency resources for field instruction. This qualitative interview study explored the experiences of 18 MSW students who received group supervision as the primary method of field instruction. The competence of the field instructor to manage group supervision emerged as the crucial element leading to the perception of a successful experience. This article presents the characteristics and behaviors that students reported as affecting their learning and the implications for group supervision …show more content…
The authors explained that group supervision does not just happen; it needs an expert in social work group practice. Schools of social work can offer training in student group supervision for field instructors interested in developing expertise in this promising and challenging approach (Bogo et al., (2004).
7. Standards for group