Supervision on Country: Enhancing Culturally Safe Social Work Supervision Through First Nations Knowledges

Abstract

There has been limited scholarship on culturally responsive supervision in social work. This article provides a comprehensive review of literature and builds artefacts and conceptual maps encompassing key cultural elements in cultural-clinical supervision to inform social work practice. The visual artefacts present five key areas of Aboriginal ways of knowing, being, and doing, including identity, community, relationality, deep listening, and yarning. This project was Aboriginal-led and developed collaboratively between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal social workers and researchers. This article can assist both First Nations and non-First Nations supervisors to better understand the importance of culturally responsive supervision in all social work settings.IMPLICATIONSIt is important for social workers to incorporate Aboriginal ways of knowing, being, and doing in their supervision practices, to create culturally safe supervision.Bringing the cultural-clinical interface together can enhance cultural supervision in all services.

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