Group Process In Social Work

Group Process Social work practitioners employ different types of strategies when working with treatment groups. These strategies are designed to meet the individual needs of each member as well as the needs of the group. The purpose of this particular group was to provide psycho-education, support and treatment to its members. The goal of this treatment group was to rehabilitate members and restore them to their formal level of functioning (Toseland and Rivas, 2011). The group was led by a skilled and informed leader who helped guide and structure the entire process. The experiences of group members were the backdrop for a yearlong therapeutic process of healing, self-awareness, acknowledgement of problem and a show of support. The leader understood that the group dynamics influenced its cohesion and was strongly dependent on how its' members communicated, interacted with each and any social controls that existed in their lives outside of the group (Toseland and Rivas, 2011).
As this happens frequently the group leader put certain structures, boundaries and systems in place so that conflict does not hinder the progression of the entire group. In fact, the leader provided clarification of the group’s purpose and expectations of members at each session. Members knew their roles within the group and understood that no one person was more important than the other. The theoretical model used to understand this type of group was the systems theory. Practitioners implement the systems approach as a method of understanding how each individual functions as its own system but within a larger system. According to Toseland and Rivas