Support for Caregivers
Type of group(Group is such as a group for addicts, a group of people that get together to solve a problem): Support for Caregivers
Goal of the group: Balancing our lifestyles and caregiving in a healthy way. (Such as a college student having to take care of their ill family member, and having to balance their schoolwork and cargiving).
TASK GROUP AND INTERVENTION WITH GROUPS
This paper consists of an analysis of social work intervention with group as related to a specific social problem. Your group will also present a formal presentation to the class demonstrating your findings.
As a group, choose a social problem (illness, life occurrence, violence, poverty, loss, stress, aging, personal conflict, or social justice) as you are also reviewing in your HBSE courses. Upon choosing this problem, the group is to decide how the following might be best accomplished:
You are to design a group appropriate for generalist social work (Task, Activity, Social Action, Direct Practice, Self-Help, or Socio-educational) in recognition of this social problem and the problems associated with it.
Decide within your group how the following behaviors will occur.
Recruitment
Goal setting
Mutual Aid
Interdependence
Confidentiality
Research and define your Social Problem by developing a summary of library materials and journal articles related to the subject. Be prepared to present a well-developed overview (review of the literature) of your findings to the class.
Define your client group. Who may be involved? Who may utilize your group? Is this group appropriate for oppressed populations? What agencies may desire or implement this type of group? How is your group to be funded? Where will it be held? Who will facilitate? What ethical and value issues must be considered regarding this group? Include a plan for how the group will be evaluated.
Using the theoretical framework covered in class, analyze the dynamics you noted in your task group as you accomplished your tasks? What specifically were the dynamics related to: group structure, group climate, group cohesion, group communication, leadership functions and leadership style?
Identify and discuss the stages of group development, and how these progressed within your group (Preaffiliation, Power and Control, Intimacy, Differentiation, and Separation) as your group developed in the course of this semester.
Identify and discuss also the issues, which arose as related to: Gender, Age, Sexual Orientation, Ability, Class, Race or Multicultural Issues, including Rurality. How did these affect the progress of development in your group, the group dynamics?
H. Be prepared to make your formal presentation in class. Each group will be allowed to use a full class period for their presentation. You may be creative in your presentation, but it must be formal and organized. You will be allowed 1 class day for group meeting for this project.
Include a powerpoint presentation of the findings.
References: only use social work journal peer-reviewed articles.
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Domestic violence drew national spotlight after it was established that women are in abusive relationship but tend to remain silent on the issue. Despite the fact that the knowledge of the act is deepened, domestic violence still stands out as a major health concern.
According to the WHO, approximately 35 % of women have encountered the sexual violence or partner violence in the course of their lifetimes (Wihbey, 2015).
In 2010, research from CDC outlined that 35.6% of women within the united states have experienced physical, rape violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner (Wihbey, 2015)…………….
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