UVSSPUP013 Supervision and professional practice I

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavel Bareš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Lucie Kamrádová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Ing. Lucie Kamrádová, Ph.D.
Timetable
each odd Tuesday 14:45–16:20 C204
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
UVSSPUP013/A: each odd Tuesday 16:25–18:00 C204, P. Bareš
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the professional practice in the first year of study is to promote orientation in various organisations with performance related to social work and social policy and with their key characteristics such as their mission, teamwork or work with clients. The course consists of two parts. The first one is the actual internship, which in the completed 96 hours will allow students to get acquainted with the environment of their possible future profession. It will also help them to verify their existing theoretical knowledge and to gain practical experience. These two objectives will be facilitated by their cooperation with their supervisor in an organisation. The professional practice extends the opportunity to stimulate the process of identification of students with the profession and also gives the student the space to capture management, methodological, conceptual and analytical work, including the skill of project activities or direct work with the client.
Learning outcomes
Professional knowledge: familiarity with the mission, objectives, agendas, services, clientele, working methods, organisational arrangements and other key characteristics of the workplace where the practice is carried out, or more generally with the relevant area of social work, social policy or public administration;
Professional skills: Ability to reflect on the pitfalls of working in the helping professions and public administration, ability to reflect on the benefits and limitations of the methods used in working with clients, reflection on the impact of the approach to working with clients and the importance of taking an appropriate role in working with them, reflection on one's own position in the organisation, developing a reflection on acquired competences, own personal assumptions or attitudes, own preferences and goals, awareness of the dilemmas accompanying work with clients, the performance of individual agencies of the institution or the provision of services, reflection on other specific circumstances affecting them;
General skills: development of the ability to work independently on assigned tasks, knowledge of the procedures used by the organisation, ability to perform them appropriately within the assigned agenda or part of it, ability to communicate in the work environment
Syllabus
1. Supervision in the Czech Republic. Forms and goals of supervision. Supervisory approaches. Ethical principles of supervision. Possibilities, limits, benefits and risks of supervision 2. Supervision contract. Contract preparation process 3. Supervision contract. Negotiation and content of the contract 4. Group work under supervision. Advantages and disadvantages of group work in supervision. Types and forms of supervision groups. The role of the supervisor when working with a group 5. Competence of supervisor, competence of supervisors and mutual relationship. Structure and process in group supervision 6. Basic principles and sources of dynamics of group supervision. Group membership. Contract and other agreements. Group rules. Adherence to the elements of group work 7. The starting supervision group and its formation. Topic for group supervision. Work to fulfill the needs of the supervisor. Group process issues 8. Team supervision. Organization and team before supervision. Contact, outreach or order. Negotiation with the supervisor. First meeting with supervisees and contract with the team. Own supervision process 9. Team supervision. Techniques of supervisory work in a team. Focal points of focus of the supervision process. Dynamics of relationships within the supervisory triangle. Evaluation. Termination of supervision 10. Bálint groups. Bálint group and supervision. Structure of the Bálint groups 11. Transactional analysis and its use in supervision. Power 12. Use of psychodrama in supervision. Stage. Exchange of roles, change of roles, interview. The importance of group, misconduct and feedback 13. Selected techniques in supervisory work. Modelling situations, playing roles, drawing maps, using video footage, focusing.
Literature
    required literature
  • HAWKINS, Peter a Robin SHOHET. Supervize v pomáhajících profesích. Praha: Portál, 2016. ISBN 978-80-262-0987-4.
  • HAVRDOVÁ, Zuzana, Martin HAJNÝ a kolektiv. Praktická supervize. Praha: GALÉN, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7262-532-1.
  • PILÁT, Miroslav. Supervize. Distanční studijní text. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik, 2022.
  • BAŠTECKÁ Bohumila, Veronika ČERMÁKOVÁ a Milan KINKOR. Týmová supervize. Teorie a praxe. Praha: Portál, 2016. ISBN 978-80-262-0940-9.
    recommended literature
  • MATOUŠEK, Oldřich a kolektiv. Metody a řízení sociální práce. Třetí aktualizované a doplněné vydání. Praha: Portál, 2013. ISBN 978-80-262-0213-4.
  • PETITCOLLIN, Christel. Oběť, kat a zachránce ve vztazích a komunikaci. Praha: Portál, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7367-362-8.
  • PAČESOVÁ, Martina. Lékař, pacient a Michael Balint. Praha: Triton, 2004. ISBN 80-7254-491-8.
  • BÄRTLOVÁ, Eva. Supervize v sociální práci. Ústí nad Labem: FSE UJEP, 2007. ISBN 978-807044-952-3.
Teaching methods
The subject consists of three parts: theoretical anchoring of the subject in the form of a lecture, practice and a supervision seminar.
Assessment methods
The student will receive a credit if he passes the theory credit test, regularly attends supervision and practice, fulfills the set requirements, prepares a practice diary and receives a recommendation from a supervisor from the relevant practice facility.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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