ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces the concept and purpose of supervision in a broad sense as well as in an organisational context. Supervision in non-traditional child welfare practice settings is similarly discussed. The supervisory relationship is introduced and examined; specifically, what elements contribute to effective relationships between supervisors and practitioners and what may threaten this central relationship. The application of trauma-informed supervision in a child welfare organisational context is outlined with specific focus on supporting practitioners through occupational traumatic stressors as well as stressors that may arise from practitioners’ lived experience of trauma.
