DSW Student, Social Worker University of Kentucky DSW Program
This poster proposal explores the role of supervision in addressing the challenges of child welfare practice with disabled parents. Trauma-informed supervision is identified as a clinical framework to support improving practice and better alignment with legal requirements.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
Participants will understand the role of supervision in supporting child welfare practitioners in developing the skills necessary to increase practice competence with disabled parents and in applying the legal standards summarized in the U.S. HHS and DOJ technical assistance.
Participants will understand the need to focus on supervisory practice as a mechanism to support adherence to legal standards and better practice with disabled parents, as well as considerations to support the extension of supervision beyond its administrative functions in a child welfare context.
Participants will understand the key tenets of trauma-informed supervision and how it aligns with child welfare practice as a proposed supervisory model to increase practice competence with disabled parents through paralleling trauma-informed care’s emphasis on enhancing collaboration, understanding, and transparency with clients.
