ABSTRACT
Learning critical reflection skills can be highly valuable for students undertaking field placements in health and welfare agencies. Whilst providing theoretical frameworks to inform their practice, critical reflection also develops students’ ability to critically examine their own practice and therefore the impact this has on their work with clients. This is particularly important given increasing complexities and uncertainty in the organisational contexts that practitioners face in everyday work in the human services sector, including an expectation of multidisciplinary practice. This chapter examines the value of group supervision to teach critical reflection skills for social work and welfare students completing student field placements in a large government organisation in Victoria, Australia. The supervision uses the Fook/Gardner critical reflection model, and was developed from observations and experience of the potential benefits for students and the model’s applicability across a range of disciplines.
