Jo Williams
Associate Consultant
Jo is a social worker who has worked in a social care and social work settings for 30 years, with a specialist interest in supervision and leadership. She currently works at the Tavistock Centre as the Delivery Lead for the national (England) Practice Supervisor Development Programme and is a Senior Lecturer in the Social Care, Leadership and Management Portfolio.
Jo develops learning and development offers to the sector which draw on a range of key theoretical frameworks such as systemic practice, psychoanalytical, psychodynamic, relationship based, restorative practice and leadership models. These offers range from whole system consultation, one-to-one coaching, facilitating reflective group spaces to designing bespoke training courses for continuous professional development. These have included a reflective supervision programme, a “Becoming and Anti-racist practitioner” course and sessions on anti-racist leadership and supervision.
Jo’s research interest is in reflective social work supervision; specifically the psycho-social and emotional aspects of practice and how reflective supervision can be achieved in child and family social work.
