Strategic Supervision

A Brief Guide for Managing Social Service Organizations

Peter J. Pecora, David Cherin, Emily Bruce, Trinidad de Jesus Arguello

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN:
  9781412915434
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483302188
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Work
• Index: Social Sciences

Offering social service agency leaders the necessary skills for
day-to-day supervision practice

This guide presents readers with a practical overview to the most important aspects of supervisory leadership and personnel management within the social work environment. Strategic Supervision serves as a primer for new or soon-to-be supervisors on the types of knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for effective supervisory practice. It also offers more seasoned practitioners a concise compendium of checklists and tools that can be utilized selectively.

Key Features

• Concrete examples of how excellent supervisors problem-solve, lead teams, and support multicultural and other forms of diverse staffing
• Practical strategies for working with employees that have performance difficulties
• Management tools specifically tailored to the application of Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and other nondiscriminatory practices in hiring and promotion activities

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Preface
• 1 - Administrative Supervision Within an Organizational Context
• 2 - Organizational and Workgroup Culture
• 3 - Value-Based Principles and Laws Guiding Personnel Management
• 4 - Recruiting Effective Employees
• 5 - Screening and Interviewing for Selection
• 6 - Facilitating Groups and Teams
• 7 - Designing and Conducting Worker Performance Appraisals
• 8 - Handling Employee Performance Problems
• Appendix A Brief History of Social Work Supervision Concepts
• Appendix B - Answers to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Exercise (for Chapter 3)
• Appendix C - Position Description for a Mental Health Specialist II
• Appendix D - Sample of Core Competencies for Working in a Human Services Agency
• Appendix E - Planning, Leading, and Coaching Professional Meetings
• Index
• About the Authors
• About the Contributors