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Social work supervision of young people
Author(s) -
Triseliotis John,
Borland Moira,
Hill Malclom,
Lambert Lydia
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
child and family social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-2206
pISSN - 1356-7500
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2206.1998.00069.x
Subject(s) - social work , intervention (counseling) , psychology , work (physics) , local authority , qualitative research , process (computing) , social psychology , applied psychology , public relations , sociology , computer science , engineering , political science , social science , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , public administration , law , operating system
This paper summarizes findings on 50 teenagers supervised by local authority social services (work) departments. Interviews were held with social workers, young people and parents at the start of intervention and about a year later. Pre‐tests and post‐tests were also used to complement other statistical and qualitative data. After identifying the main reasons for the teenagers being on formal or informal supervision, the paper moves on to discuss the process, content and outcome of supervision as perceived by each of the three key actors. It also outlines what the young people and their parents found positive and helpful about supervision. Finally the paper demonstrates that forms of help and control need not be opposites and that social workers can help some very troubled teenagers. However, in order for services to have an impact, they have to be deployed as part of a package rather than as alternatives.