Kia Ora!
Compassionate supervision helping social workers thrive in their vital mahi.
What is Supervision?
Professional Growth
Develop your skills, deepen your practice, and meet registration requirements.
Wellbeing Support
Process the emotional demands of social work in a safe, confidential space.
Culturally Grounded
Supervision that honors te Tiriti and the diverse communities you serve.
Professional supervision is essential for effective social work practice. It provides a confidential space to reflect on your casework, explore ethical challenges, and strengthen your professional capabilities while meeting Social Workers Registration Board requirements.
Supervision supports both your practice and your wellbeing. Working with vulnerable individuals and whānau can be emotionally demanding. Regular supervision helps you process complex cases, manage vicarious trauma, and maintain the resilience needed for sustainable practice.
Our approach is grounded in te Tiriti o Waitangi and culturally responsive practice. We understand the diverse communities you serve and provide supervision that honors both professional rigor and the unique social work context of Aotearoa New Zealand
Professional supervision is essential for effective social work practice. It provides a confidential space to reflect on your casework, explore ethical challenges, and strengthen your professional capabilities while meeting Social Workers Registration Board requirements.
Supervision supports both your practice and your wellbeing. Working with vulnerable individuals and whānau can be emotionally demanding. Regular supervision helps you process complex cases, manage vicarious trauma, and maintain the resilience needed for sustainable practice.
Our approach is grounded in te Tiriti o Waitangi and culturally responsive practice. We understand the diverse communities you serve and provide supervision that honors both professional rigor and the unique social work context of Aotearoa New Zealand
Four Pillars of Supervision
Support
The safe space to explore personal and emotional responses to professional issues.
Education
Focuses on developing skills, knowledge, ethical practice, and adherence to codes.
Administration
The interface with the organisation, ensuring accountability, policies, and quality of care.
Reflective
Promoting self-awareness and critical thinking to learn from experience.
Cultural Foundation
Our practice is founded on the principle that effective supervision must honor your cultural identity and professional context. We are committed to a supervision model that incorporates Te Ao Māori (the Māori world view) as a core practice standard.
We work to foster competence that is genuinely congruent with the supervisor’s and supervisee’s development.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Our practice promotes inclusive professional supervision underpinned by the principles of the Treaty.
“true partnership as per Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles emerge”
Whanaungatanga
We prioritize a strong, respectful relationship built on kinship and mutual understanding before engaging with complex clinical issues.
“explore, understand and be challenged in a safe and supportive environment.”
Tuakana/Teina
Supervision is viewed as a reciprocal learning relationship, where the roles of learner (Teina) and experienced guide (Tuakana) can fluidly shift based on who holds the most relevant knowledge at the time.
“develop competence by drawing the supervisee’s attention to the “cultural aspects of the client’s story…”
Wairua (Spirituality)
We offer space to safely explore spiritual and cultural well-being as part of professional practice, helping clarify when support may be required from a cultural advisor.
“clarify different spiritual understanding and when additional support may be required from a cultural advisor.”
Rangatiratanga
The ultimate goal is self-determining supervision, realizing your full potential as a professional through innovative, culturally informed approaches.
“The goal being identified as realising the supervisees full potential.”
About Me
Kia Ora!
Meet Donna Davey
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Ko Mauao te maunga
Ko wairoa te awa
Ko tau iwi te iwi
Ko Roberts Whitehead toku papa
ZKo Margaret Dodds toku papa
Ko Pete Morrison toku tane
Ko Helena rāua Cole Davey oku tamariki
Ko Donna Davey toku ingoa
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No reira, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena tatou katoa
Donna Davey is a highly experienced and passionate social work professional based in Tauranga, New Zealand, who offers professional supervision services to other social workers.
Key Attributes and Background
- Extensive Experience: Donna Davey has worked across statutory and non-governmental organisation (NGO) social services for over 20 years.
- Specialised Supervision Expertise: She has more than 10 years of experience specifically in providing professional supervision and holds relevant qualifications in the field.
- Qualified and Registered: She is a registered social worker and a member of the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW).
- Leadership Focus: Describing herself as a “passionate leader of social work practice,” she brings a strong focus on leadership in social services to her supervisory roles.
- Local Connection: Based in Tauranga Moana, she has a strong connection to the local community.
Donna Davey provides supervision services to help social workers reflect on their practice, navigate complex situations, and ensure professional development within the ethical guidelines of the SWRB and ANZASW.
Donna Davey, RSW, DipSocPrac (Counselling) (Community and Social Work), PG cert. professional supervision is a supervisor social worker for Oranga Tamariki-Ministry for children at Te Ahuru Mowai, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Beyond Supervision
Outside of work, I recharge by walking the beautiful trails around Tauranga with Mushroom. This connection to nature reminds me why self-care is so essential in social work.