Response one on Supervision in Social Work
I appreciate Carly Smith for sharing her work with me for a response. Her clarity in the stipulation of a supervisor’s roles provides a basis for a deep understanding of these roles to any reader. I agree with the statement that comes out about a supervisors’ liability on the organization’s other employees. Additionally, I agree with her expression towards the supervisor’s authority and power and how they interrelate with supervision’s social standards. She has outlined his challenge of uniting the supervisee and the supervisor. This is a major challenge experienced in supervision since some works may adopt compliance accompanied by defiance of the required behavior and disobedience due to what has been termed as the social workers’ autonomy. She also recommends that supervisors should be ready to learn to solve such issues within the organization.
The question of the collaborative efforts by both the supervisors and supervise is of concern. Through the power accorded to them, the supervisor can stimulate the necessary actions from the other workers. Each situation and circumstance requires critical thinning before taking a major step towards shaping employees’ behavior and attitudes towards the different organizational goals. The use of power and authority does not have to be forceful; rather, engaging workers in the organization’s major contributions will enable them to improve their attitudes and abandon personal interests to accomplish those of the organization. (Afsar et al,2014)The combined efforts and unity will ensure that the organizations’ goals are accomplished with the supervisor and supervisee’s responsibilities in the count. In conclusion, there is a need for open mindedness between the parties towards their contribution towards the collaborative efforts.
REFERENCES
Afsar, B., Badir, Y. F., & Saeed, B. B. (2014). Transformational leadership and innovative work behavior. Industrial Management & Data Systems.