Reflective Supervision and Consultation for Child Welfare Workers

Authors: Mary Harrison, PhD, LICSW, IMH-E® & Alyssa Meuwissen, PhD
Published: January 2021

This series offers an in depth look at reflective supervision/consultation, including child welfare worker testimony.

Watch the Modules

Overview: What is Reflective Supervision in Child Welfare Practice?
This animated video provides a visual depiction of how a child welfare professional often absorbs the stress of family experiences and can sometimes feel overwhelmed by paperwork and other job pressures. The video also shows how workers can do RSC 1:1 or small group.

Part 1: Reflective Supervision/Consultation: A Training for Child Welfare Professionals The first module video presents an overview of the theory and principles of reflective supervision/consultation.

Part 2: Online Reflective Consultation Groups with Child Welfare Workers The second module video reviews the results and implications of a study of online reflective consultation with child welfare workers.

Part 3: Worker Testimony about RSC This video includes voices and perspectives of a child protection investigator, a reflective consultant, and an administrator.