1. Introduction to Social Work SOW 3203 Professor Susan Mankita Chapter 6 Social Work with Groups Adapted from Farley, Smith, & Boyle

2. Social Work Practice with Groups  Group Work Defined Group work is a method of working with people in groups for personal growth, the enhancement of social functioning, and for the achievement of socially desirable goals Groups work described as goal-directed activity, which refers to planned, orderly worker activities carried out in the context of professional practice with people

3. Group Work Goals  Group method can assist the group: In achieving mutually determined goals In achieving desirable change for individual experiencing personal, family, occupational, and adjustment problems In developing self-enhancement and individual enrichment By using a combination of treatment, self- enhancement, and personal fulfillment

4. Group Work Models  Social Goals Model  Remedial Model  Reciprocal Model

5. Goals in Formation of Groups  Agency Goals  Group Goals  Member Goals  Worker Goals

6. Preparing for a Group  Selection of Group Members Age Value System Common Problems Enjoyment Patterns Tolerance of Structure Intelligence Sex Ego Strengths  Preparation of Group Members Purposes for which the group is established Goals of the members and the workers Reason for the agency’s existence Knowledge, skill, and individual preferences of the worker

7. Structuring the Group  The Setting  Group Size  Group Rules  Open or Closed Groups  Short-Term or Long-Term Groups  Meeting Days and time  Male, Female, or Mixed Groups  Leadership  Programming for Goal Attainment

8. Stages of Groups  Beginnings  Middles  Ends