Off-Site Supervision in Social Work Education: What Makes It Work?

The field practicum is the signature pedagogy of the social work profession, yet field directors struggle to find adequate field placements-both in quantity and quality. To accommodate more students with a dwindling pool of practicum sites, creative models of field supervision have emerged. This article considers off-site supervision and its potential for expanding quality learning opportunities for social work students. We use responses from a series of think tanks with social work field educators from across the United States, combined with a program's student and supervisor focus groups to provide insights into the use of off-site supervision.