Social group work is a method of social work that helps individuals enhance their social functioning through purposeful group experiences. It aims to help individuals develop through interaction in group situations and create cooperative groups working toward common goals. Social group work guides individual interaction in program activities so people can relate to others and experience personal and group growth. The purpose of social group work is to teach individuals to live and work together through participation in group activities to develop their intellect, emotions, and physical skills and prepare them to take responsibility in a democratic society.

1. Social Group Work
Dr. Saravana K
Faculty, Department of Social Work
Kuvempu University
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2. Content
 Definition
 Characteristics
 Purpose
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3. Cooley
Social group work aims at the
development of persons through
the interplay of personalities in
group Situations, and at the
creation of such group situations as
provide for integration, cooperative
group action for common ends.
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4. Hamilton
 Social group work is a psycho social processes, which is
concerned no less than with developing leadership ability
and cooperation than with building on the interest of the
group for a social purposes
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5. Trecker
 Social Group work is a method through
which individuals in groups in social agency
settings are helped by worker who guide
their interaction in programme activities, so
that they may relate themselves to others
and experience growth opportunities in
accordance with their needs and capacities
to the end of the individual, group and
community development
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6. Konapka
 Social 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
problem
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7. Meaningbased
ondefinitions
It’s a method of Social Work
Individuals are helped through
Groups and Social Agency setting
The role of Workers is to Guide
interaction Process
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8. Characteristics
1. Group work practiced by group
itself
2. It's based on humanitarian
philosophy
3. It gives aspiration to help each
other
4. Group work provides more
information and more skill
5. It develop human personality
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9. Purpose
 To teach the individual to live & work together
and participate in the group activities for their
intellectual emotion& physical growth
 To live a good life within the group and family.
The individual is also taught to work together
with other people & participate in different
activities.
 To develop individual personality& behaviour by
using different group work process
 To prepare the individual to learn how to safe
responsibility in a democracy style of working.
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10. Purpose
 To give opportunity to them who have potentiality,
worth and dignity of leadership
 To make best use of leisure time
 To learn division of labour & specialization of role just
to indicate to play individual role in the group
 To provide suitable task to the individual according to
her/his skill, knowledge and interest
 To widen ones horizon
 To prepare people for social change
 To apply group therapy in need of physical, mental
and emotional adjustment
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11. THANK YOU
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