Credits: | 1 |
---|---|
Prerequisites: | None |
This course is designed to familiarize students with common types of supervision found in social work practice. The course will present fundamental knowledge and skills needed to effectively engage in supervisory relationships, both as a supervisor and as a supervisee. Students will learn strategies for effective supervision, learn to handle conflict in the workplace, and develop skills needed to support and assess performance of employees.
Compare supervision models and best practices for applying each model to the field of social work/social work setting
Examine behavioral examples of effective supervision strategies
Identify strategies to effectively manage conflict in the workplace
Explore characteristics of an effective performance appraisals
Apply ethical decision making as it applies to supervision
This course will use multiple methods including but not limited to lectures, demonstrations, readings, discussions, assignments, individual and group exercises. The primary pedagogy will be experiential, with hands-on applications of real world situations arising in the field. The course will be graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory.
University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 South University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106