The document presents an overview of social group work in the field of social work, highlighting its purpose, methods, and benefits for individuals and communities. It emphasizes the role of group interactions in enhancing social functioning, decision-making, and community integration through various programs and participation. Additionally, it outlines essential skills for social workers and various group formats that facilitate empowerment and address local issues.

1. Presentation
on
Social Group Work
Presented by : Anshu Kumar
Reg. No. : MASW17R804
Department of Social Work

2. What is Group?
According to oxford Dictionary:
“A number of people or things that are located, gathered,
or classed together .”

3.  Group work is a method of social work
 Which helps individuals to enhance their social
functioning
 Through purposeful group experiences,
 And to cope more effectively with their personal,
group or community problems.
(Giselle Konopka)

4.  Social work with groups has played an important role in
transforming the way we think about clients and about the
helping process.
 Psychologists have observed that learning can actually be
enhanced by associations with others.
 Social work practice with groups builds on the important
impact of groups on individuals and utilizes group
processes to accomplish individual and group goals.

5.  Personality develops gradually through
interaction with different people.
 Helpful in decision making.
 New ideas will flow.
 Promotes democracy.

6.  a group of individuals
 who live in a close proximity to one another
 who share a common environment and
 who identify themselves with that community

7.  Social integration of the community on a local
neighbourhood basis
 through participation in self-help and mutual-aid
programmes;
 motivating people to improve their living conditions
 especially those adversely affecting their physical and
social development;
 creation of opportunities for undertaking programmes of
economic betterment based on the maximum use of
community resources and local initiative;

8.  Develop a sense belonging to the community
 Identification and development of local leader.
 The group work in community setting is in the
form of self-help groups, recreational groups,
action groups, etc.

9. Picture of group work in community

10.  Empowerment of women in community
 Awareness of the Civil Right
 Awareness on local bodies (PRI or Municipal)
 Awareness on government scheme
 Awareness on the current occurring issues

11.  Formation of SHG, Youth club
 Identifying the issues or problem and the
intervention
 Organizing mock Gram Sabha, Youth Parliament.
.

14.  Skills in Rapport Establishment
 Skills in Identification of Needs.
 Skills in Resources Mobilization
 Skills in Programme Planning
 Skills in Programme Management
 Skills in Evaluation
 Skills in Recording
 Skills in Encouraging Community Participation
 Skills in Working with the group
 Skills in working with the individuals
 Skills in Mobilizing Community Action

15.  Enabler
 Broker
 Advocate
 Activist
 Mediator
 Negotiator
 Group facilitator
 Co-ordinator
 Communicator and interpreter
 Educator
 Initiator
 Empowerer

16.  S.Rengasamy for Social GroupWork (Book)
 http://www.ignou.ac.in/upload/bswe-02-
block1-unit-11-small%20size.pdf
 http://www.grin.com/en/e-
book/212517/community-organization-as-a-
method-of-social-work