2025/07/01 by Carolina Vanessa Gomes Coelho, Dora Pereira, Madalena Alarcão · 1 voice
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Child Abuse and Trauma #Social Work Education and Practice #Child Welfare and Adoption
paper · doi:10.1080/07325223.2025.2523774
openalex publication_date 2025/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/15
Group supervision is increasingly recognized as a useful tool for enhancing child protection services and supervisee well-being. However, there is still some uncertainty regarding this process. A qualitative study explored how 13 child protection workers define successful group supervision, using a questionnaire and focus groups. Reflexive thematic analysis was used with both inductive and deductive methods. Results propose that group supervision in child protection services can benefit from being a clinical and collaborative process, guided by an external supervisor, and aimed at helping supervisees conceptualize cases and define intervention plans to contribute to the quality of services provided to families.