The document discusses recording and evaluation in social group work. It defines recording as documenting relevant information about clients, including problems, progress, and termination. The social work record should emphasize client strengths and solutions. There are various types of records depending on factors like agency requirements and theoretical approach. Evaluation is assessing whether group goals and member objectives are achieved. It helps workers understand the group's progress, identify strengths and weaknesses, and adjust methods to better meet objectives. Both recording and evaluation are important for understanding the group, providing evidence of growth, and improving effective social work practices.

2. What is record ?
• "Record" means any document or other
source of information compiled, recorded or
stored in written form or on film, or by
electronic process, or in any other manner.

3. Data Evidence
Documentation
Diary
Journal
Register
logbook
case history
case study

4. Recording in Social Group Work
• The Social Work Dictionary (1995) defines “recording”
as the process of putting in writing and keeping on file
relevant information about the client system; the
problem; the prognosis; the progress of treatment;
the social, economic, and health factors contributing
to the situation and the procedures for termination .

5. • The social work record should also emphasize
the strengths client’s system and solutions for
change. The dictionary acknowledges that there
are many types of social work recording and the
type used may depend upon factors such as
agency requirements, the social worker’s
theoretical base, style.

6. Content of Social Group Work Records
1 .Identifying Information about the
group
I. Name of the group
II. Place, Time & Physical setting of the
meeting
III. Members Present & Absent
IV. New Members
V. Observation /Remarks

7. 2.Member’s participation by name
 Role performed
 Sequence of participation in activities
 participation

8. 3.Description of the group as a whole
General atmosphere in the group -Supportive ,formal-informal.
Quantity & Quality of the work completed by the group .
Participation of group members –mostly all /few members
talked and participated, supported others.
Positive & Negative responses .
 Members feelings about their group .

9. 4 .Description of the group problems
 Conflict or fight –Nature, Type, Reason,
Involvement level
Nature, Level and possible causes
Inadequate decision making

10. 5 .The Relationship & the role of the
group worker
1. Material provided by the worker
2. Arrangements made
3. Agency help taken
4. Suggestions given
5. Techniques used for problem solving
6. Worker‘s participation in group process

11. 6 . Evaluation
1. Evaluation of program activities
2. Evaluation of group members
participation
3. Evaluation of the worker‘s role

12. Importance of Recording
 Records helps the group worker to understand the group.
 Provide evidences of growth and change in the members
and in the group worker himself .
 Recording help the worker to do more effective job with his
groups .
 Through records the worker can see merging and changing
of interests of individual members .
 Through records the worker can see the development of
skills and social attitudes of members .
 Through records the worker gains knowledge of special
problems in the group.
 Records of the source of future planning.
 Records are the source of information for other workers .

13. Reference book

14. Prepared by Sanjog Macwan

15. Evaluation In Group Work
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16. What is Evaluation?
• Is it assessment of achieve Group Goal?
• Is it check the group members objectives are
fulfilment or not?
• Is it see or check group are gone in direct way?
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17. Introduction
• Evaluation means appraising or
judging the worth and effectiveness
of the process/activities carried out
by the group in order to meet the
objectives of the group. It is
essentially the study and review of
what was carried out in the past.
According to Trecker “Evaluation is
that part of social group work in
which the worker attempts to
measure the quality of group’s
experience in relation to the
objectives and function of the
agency.
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18. • Evaluation is Based On
Individual Growth
Worker perfome
Programme Content
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19. Important of Evaluation
• The Making of Judgement
about the Number or Value of
something assessment in
Group. Evaluation is
Systematic Determination of a
subject using criteria
programme officers or project
or initiative assets any aim,
concept, to help decision
making or achieve aim and
objective of group. Evaluation
is Used in subject of Human
Enterprise, Arts, NGO, Health
care and Human Service.
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20. Cont…
• Purpose of Evaluation
• Evaluation is essential because it
enables the worker to discover to what
extent group has achieved its objectives.
• Evaluation enables the group to see both
strengths and weaknesses and it helps to
discover points at which group members
need to alter their procedures.
• Evaluation helps to formulate new
objectives and to renew unsuited
objectives.
• Evaluation helps the group worker to
adjust and modernize his methods of
working with group.
• Evaluation can be stimulation to greater
professional growth.
• Evaluation can be an extension of the
learning process because its very nature
is scientific and its aim is educational.
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21. Con…
• Evaluation of the group
• Group is the medium for achieving
individual’s objectives and individual
personality development. Therefore,
it is essential for a worker to evaluate
the effects and growth of group as a
whole. The group worker evaluates
the group organization, a social
responsibility fulfilled by the group,
maturity that has achieved, skill
fullness, and expertness has
developed, the techniques of
problem solving have seen learned
and mutual understanding and
cooperation have developed among
group members.
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