ABSTRACT
Critical reflection is increasingly identified as valuable for social workers in practice across a range of disciplines. Critically reflective supervision fits primarily in being supportive also called the restorative or enabling aspect of supervision which lessens work stress and encourages workers to be “retained in the workforce and to assist the maintenance of hopeful, positive practice”. Potential participants need training in the model to understand the underlying theory and the process with the facilitator or trainer modelling how it works. Opportunities were explored for how workers could represent this as a legitimate fear back to the organisation and request support beyond debriefing. Our experience demonstrates that critical reflection in peer group supervision has much to offer. When workers can see that their participation in critical reflection leads to constructive and empowering change that benefits them and their clients, this reinforces their commitment to the process.
