Group and community social work is tied to the _______ movement
Settlement house
Describe the settlement house movement
SHM volunteers believed that by moving into poor neighborhoods and living amongst those people would improve social and economic conditions.
Focus was on education, recreation, socialization and community involvement with new immigrants
What 2 things are emphasized by community social work?
mutual support and promoted democratic support
What does social work with groups and communities look like?
Use individuals’ strengths, skills, talents, commitment to a common purpose or goal, connections through mutual aid, and other resources
Has its own theoretical basis, key values and skills
How do faulty engine theories view group social work?
CBT believes that thinking mediates emotions and behaviours, faulty thinking leads to psychological distress and dysfunction and altering distorted thinking and behaviour can reduce stress and dysfunction
Group interventions challenge members to give each other feedback and correct distorted thinking
Allows people to practice interacting in social situations
How do ecosystem theories view group social work?
Pay attention to how group members are supporting or hindering each other
Problems of fit between group interactions are named and addressed to improve group cohesion
How do storytelling theories view group social work?
Members listen to their own and each other’s stories
Provides members with the opportunity to address negative or damaging life stories and collaborate to reconstruct those stories
How do onion-peeling theories view group social work?
Allows for interpersonal conflicts to resurface and be expressed
Transference and counter-transference
Allows members to gain insight, act out conflicts in a safe environment and engage in more positive interactions
What is group social work?
Goal directed with smaller task or treatment groups meant to meet socioemotional needs and accomplishing tasks. Activity is directed to individual members of a group and to accomplishing a task for an organization
How can you tell a treatment group from a task group?
Treatment: Focus on individual change
Task: Focus on completing a task for an organization
What are the key values for group social work?
Respecting and viewing all group members as equal participants
Encouraging solidarity and mutual aid for members
Empowering group members to access their own capacities
Recognizing diversity in group composition
Ensuring that power structures inherent in members’
social location are acknowledged
Honouring each members’ right to express their opinions
