A model of individual supervision of school counsellors in primary schools

Doktorska disertacija obravnava stres, poklicno izgorelost in supervizijo pri šolskih svetovalnih delavcih in ima dvodelno strukturo. V prvem delu avtor predstavi splošna izhodišča svetovalne službe v osnovni šoli in dosedanja znanstvena spoznanja o stresu, poklicni izgorelosti in superviziji. Pričujoča spoznanja predstavljajo temeljno podstat empirične raziskave, predstavljene v drugem delu doktorske disertacije, katere temeljni namen je bil proučiti učinkovitost supervizije po relacijsko družinskem modelu z vidika zaznave stresa in poklicne izgorelosti šolskih svetovalnih delavcev. Temeljne ugotovitve empirične raziskave, izvedene v obdobju od januarja 2011 do decembra 2011, v kateri je sodelovalo 88 svetovalnih delavcev v osnovnih šolah, so, da večina šolskih svetovalnih delavcev ocenjuje svoje delo kot zmerno in močno stresno. Za najbolj stresne so se izkazale delovne naloge, ki se navezujejo na delo s starši in učenci, ki imajo vedenjske težave, zunanji nadzor (inšpekcija) in delo z dokumentacijo. Rezultati so tudi pokazali, da šolski svetovalni delavci, ki so v svoji delovni praksi že bili deležni supervizije, zaznavajo manj stresa kot tisti, ki supervizije še niso bili deležni. Tako je bila v empirični raziskavi potrjena avtorjeva predpostavka o pozitivnem vplivu supervizije na zaznavo stresa, saj se je ta po supervizijskih srečanjih zmanjšala, medtem ko se zaznava poklicne izgorelosti po supervizijskih srečanjih ni pomembno spremenila.The doctoral dissertation deals with stress, occupational burnout and supervision of school counselors and consists of two parts. In the first part the author presents the basic premises of counseling in primary schools and scientific findings on stress, occupational burnout and supervision. These findings represent the basic foundation of empirical research presented in the second part of the doctoral dissertation with the fundamental purpose to examine the effectiveness of supervision in accordance with the relational family model and in terms of perceived stress and occupational burnout of school counselors. The main findings of the empirical research conducted in the period between January 2011 and December 2011, which included 88 counselors in primary schools, is that most school counselors rate their work as moderately and highly stressful. According to the findings the most stressful tasks are the ones that relate to work with parents and students with behavioural problems, external control (inspection) and work with documentation. The results also revealed that school counselors who have already been supervised in their working practices perceived less stress than those who have not. Thus, the empirical research confirmed the author\u27s assumption about the positive impact of supervision on the perception of stress, as the stress decreased after supervision, whereas the perception of occupational burnout was not significantly altered