The growing population of aging Americans is bringing with it thousands of new workers into agencies serving the elderly each year. Now, the need for social work supervisors to administer and train staff in programs for older persons is increasing as well. Gerontological Supervision: A Social Work Perspective in Case Management and Direct Care, Second Edition, is a practical, “how-to†guide for the supervision of case managers, personal care providers, and interns working in community services and long-term care of ill or disabled older persons. This new, updated edition of the classic text expands its focus by offering direct-practice supervisors and workers, as well as non-social work supervisors, the latest, up-to-date ideas and proven “practice wisdom†for handling many of the field’s most common problems.
Filled with direct and composite case examples from the front lines of gerontological social work, Gerontological Supervision: A Social Work Perspective in Case Management and Direct Care, Second Edition, is the valuable text that provides practitioners at all levels with useable, realistic supervisory techniques. Arranged in five unique sections, this useful guide looks at concerns central to the changing field of practice. Part one gives an overview of the social work perspective. Parts two and three consider practice and administrative issues. Supervision of interns is covered in part four, and part five expands the scope of original edition by discussing the similarities and differences between home care and long-term care settings.
Chapters in Gerontological Supervision: A Social Work Perspective in Case Management and Direct Care, Second Edition, also include:
dual emphasis on person and environment
treatment with dignity and respect
stages of helping, learning, and teaching
negotiating the balance between dependence and independence
styles of learning and teaching
tuning in and anticipatory empathy
assessment, case planning, on-going work, and termination
empowerment, mediation, and advocacy
the supervisor as “middle managementâ€
staff development
the supervisory conference and recording requirements
evaluation in group supervision
home care
residential care
and much more!
Gerontological Supervision: A Social Work Perspective in Case Management and Direct Care, Second Edition, is an invaluable resource for supervisors with or without MSWs and RNs, as well as case managers, personal care providers, interns, and educators and students in social work.