Group Work in a Youth and Community Setting

The group process broke down because there was never a group. This group began with a group of five individuals who had strong opinionated views as of the relevancy of their professions and experience. Instead of getting together as a group and mutually deciding how

Upon observing this group, I noticed the group to be homogeneous, and in addition, there were also clients who attended who did not appear appropriate based on the functioning level of the group. According to Maguire (2002), “Group members must be at similar levels of ego strength or functionality.” The is based on the idea of group membership for a group for function properly. Maguire states, “A person who is literally too abnormal or who deviates

In order to evaluate my role within the group it is important to identify what makes a group. A group must

In this paper I will describe and analyze my experience working in a group situation, writing a paper on the movie 12 Angry Men. I will address therapeutic communication techniques used in our group situation. I will address any conflicts that arose in our group. Utilizing Tuckman’s group process theory, I will also address the effectiveness of our group process.

When given group work to do, John often becomes unfocused and is found talking to other students about material that is unrelated to the task.

If Christine had the group speak about their expectations (accountability) in the Forming stage of the group than she might not have had to deal with the Storming Stage and combating the tensions in the group throughout all stages. If these steps were followed the group may have been able to go straight from the Forming Stage to the Norming Stage, bypassing the tension stage.

There were instances where group members took too long to respond to posted discussions; this was attributed to the different work schedules among the group members. It was a difficult task to find a common ground where all the members could agree on when the discussions could be conducted, as well as how long the discussions would last.

I facilitated the third session as the group entered into the middle phase of the group process. In the middle phase the group focused on getting the work done (Shulman, 2012). All of the group members, both have things in

Group member cohesiveness was absent from the group meeting for several reasons, but the primary reasons were due to the fact that the group members did not have a common description of value or structure to the discussion. Each member viewed their own area of involvement within the organization as being more valuable than any other area, and it was this exclusion of other valuable traits that lead the group to begin to clash in such a

Group work has been a cornerstone of the social work profession and requires a variety of facilitator skills and awareness of group processes. The SSLDTM Group Program for People with Difficulties in Social Situations (Socialwork1914, 2017) provides an excellent example of a psycho-educational group co-facilitated by two female social workers, Jane and Karen. After viewing the 6th session of this 8-week program, I began to understand how the concepts of group formation/development, interpersonal dynamics, and leadership styles contribute to successful group work outcomes.

This essay will define the concepts of groups by making links to both group work theory and youth work practice. Therefore, the need for group work in a youth work role will be identified.

As part of the group process, it is important to consider the comfortability of group members among the group. For example, aside from the check-in, this was the first time that the whole class has been a part of the group process. Though I find that the class is quiet in general, having it be the first time the class was one large group may have contributed to the low response rate to the questions being asked. According to the Tuckman model (Zastrow, 2015), the group would still be in the forming stage. Overall, it feels as though the group members are still getting comfortable with each other because of their hesitation to talk.

One of the main challenges that were noticed in the group was when Shai-naisha was playing the monopolizer and kept trying to over talk Deanna while she was speaking. These types of common members’ roles can be frustrating to the rest of the group and lead to unpleasant outcome in an environment that is designated to build supportive among members. However, the facilitator show great skills by allowing Shai-naisha express her concerns and then asked other members for feedback. In addition, the facilitator asked the other members did this behavior make them feel uncomfortable. This was another great example of how the goal-attainment was exhibit.

Groupwork can be defined as a method of social work that is utilised in order to help individuals to enhance their social functioning through purposeful group experiences and to help cope with their personal group or community problems (Konopka, 1972). The role of groupwork places emphasis on sharing thoughts, ideas, problems and activities, allowing social action groups for instance, to “empower members to engage in collective action and planned change efforts to modify particular aspects of their social or physical environment” (Toseland & Rivas, 2014, p. 38; Pyles, 2009; Staples, 2004). Therefore, reflecting on the processes of groupwork is an essential mechanism for all professionals in order to develop better communication skills, conflict resolution and enhance future performance. This essay will reflect upon the task group processes that were conducted this semester, while evaluating my own role within the group and what was learnt working within a small group.

Working in a group can be very difficult at times. Different people with different views may not always agree which one another. Throughout the various task I played the communicator. I made sure everyone was on track on what we wanted to do. I also made sure people was okay and happy in the role they was playing in the group. My group worked together in collecting ideas from one another and making it into one.