Social work in Australia: virtual teams offer supervision

[Extract] Social work practice in rural Australia faces high staff turnover, burnout and difficulties in recruitment and retention. A lack of supervision and professional development opportunities have been identified as contributing to difficulties.\ud \ud My research describes the process of peer supervision in virtual teams in rural and remote Australia, based on a research trial over a 12-month period.\ud \ud The research revealed seven themes: connectedness with like-minded professionals; support; education; reflection on practice; structure and process; technology and the challenges of time, preparation and priority