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Lecturer (Social Work),

ISSG, University of Peshawar

Imran Ahmad Sajid
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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1905Joseph Hersey Pratt

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Psychotherapy Group of Tuberculosis Outpatients

Problems:

patients' emotional reactions, their feelings of shame anddiscouragement because of their illness, often interfered with theircapacity to adhere to self-care programmes.

chronic and cyclical conditions of patients often led to personaldiscouragement and depression.

Group as a source of inspiration and support:

saved time and effort by providing information and encouragement ina common setting.

Patients became more concerned with each other overtime, also hadpositive influence on each other.


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1907Jesse B. Davis

Grand Rapids High School, Michigan

One English class per week for Vocationaland Moral Guidance

Group as an environment in which to learn life

skills and values


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Definitions and Description

of Social Group Work

(1). Social group work is a broad professionalpractice that refers to the giving of help or theaccomplishment of tasks in a group setting.

It involves assisting an interdependentcollection of people to reach their mutualgoals, which may be personal, interpersonal,or task-related in nature.

Association for Specialists in Group Work(ASGW, 1990)


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(2). Group work is method by which the group

worker enables various types of groups to

function in such a way that both group

interaction and programme activities

contribute to the growth of the individual and

the achievement of desirable social goals

(Association for the Advancement of GroupWork-1948)


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(3). Group work is a method of working with

people in groups (two or more people) for the

enhancement of social functioning and for the

achievement of socially desirable goals.


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(4). Social group work is a Goal-directed

activity with small groups of people aimed at

meeting socio-emotional needs1and

accomplishing tasks.2This activity is directed

to individual members of a group and to the

group as a whole within a system of service

delivery. Toseland and Rivas


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(5). Social group work is a social work methodaimed at helping individuals to enhance theirfunctioning as social beings through face-to-face

interactions in small groups. Members of social work groups seek either to

change their own behaviour1, the behaviour ofother people2, or both3. The social worker in the

group facilitates the way members pursue thesegoals by interacting with individuals in the group.

Charles D. Garvin


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(6). Group work is about building bonds

between people which depend on the

establishment of trusting relationships. It is

also about helping to forge connections

between people who may be different or

unlike one another. Fiona McDermott, 2002


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Rationale for Group Work

in Social Work

Group provide an environment of mutual aid.

Gitterman (2006), a social work educator and group workscholar, has elaborated that

as members become involved with one another, they

develop helping relationships and take interest in eachother and participate in the group activities". The mutualaid processes that unfold in a group context help groupmembers

"to experience their concerns and life issues as universal,"

"reduce isolation and stigma," "offer and receive help from each other," and

"learnfrom each others views, suggestions and challenges".

sign of social unacceptability

underlying reasons


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Basic Assumptions

of Social Group Work

The basic assumptions on which group workpractice is found are as under:

1. group experience is universal and an essential

part of human existence2. groups can be used to effect changes in the

attitudes and behaviour of individuals

3. groups offer experience shared with others sothat all can come to have something in commonwith the sense of belonging and of growingtogether

(belief without proof)


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4. groups produce change which is morepermanent than can be achieved by othermethods and change which is obtained more

quickly also

5. groups assist in the removal or diminution ofdifficulties created by previous exposure to theprocess of learning

6. groups as instruments of helping others may beeconomical in the use of scarce resources, e.g.skilled workers, time, etc.

7. a group can examine its own behaviour and in sodoing learn about the general patterns of groupbehaviour (process).


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Principles of Social Group Work

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