ABSTRACT Supervision is a critical component of professional socialisation for social workers that helps them develop skills to practice in complex private and public organisations whose values may be at odds with social work ethics. Research on the relationship between supervision and how social workers navigate ethical challenges is limited and has typically focused on managing the resultant stress. This qualitative study reports on the perspectives of 23 social workers representing diverse work contexts and experience levels who were asked broadly about their experiences managing ethical challenges in practice. After researchers engaged in an iterative process of open and axial coding of interview transcripts, six subthemes were identified within the primary theme of supervision: the importance of quality supervision, early supervisory experiences, components of supervision, interprofessional aspects of supervision, power dynamics, and the function and impact of supervision. Implications of the results for research and practice are described, including the need for supervisor training and support, exploration of supervision power dynamics, and how to balance creating a safe supervisory environment with need for accountability.

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“道德凌乱”：监督作为帮助社会工作者应对道德挑战的工具

摘要监督是社会工作者专业社会化的重要组成部分，它可以帮助他们发展技能，以在复杂的私人和公共组织中执业，这些组织的价值观可能与社会工作道德背道而驰。关于监督与社会工作者如何应对道德挑战之间的关系的研究是有限的，并且通常集中于管理由此产生的压力。这项定性研究报告了代表不同工作环境和经验水平的23名社会工作者的观点，他们被广泛询问了他们在实践中应对道德挑战的经验。在研究人员进行了采访记录的公开和轴向编码的迭代过程之后，在监督的主要主题下确定了六个子主题：质量监督的重要性，早期的监督经验，监督的组成部分，监督的跨专业领域，权力动态以及监督的功能和影响。描述了研究结果对实践的意义，包括对上级培训和支持的需要，对上级权力动态的探索，以及如何在建立安全的上级环境与问责制之间取得平衡。