Mode Two: Groupwork

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Mode 2: Groupwork Mode Two or Groupwork literally centers on groups, irrespective of whether they are groups designed for therapeutic, educational or administrative purposes for example parent education or personal/social skills education (AASW, 2008). Early definitions of group portrayed it as: ... a method through which the creative use of the social process is achieved. It is a process and a method through which group life is affected by a worker who consciously directs the interaction towards the accomplishment of desirable goals, which in our country are conceived in a democratic frame of reference. And the goals for which the social group work method is used are both individual and social, in that the process of social group work is directed, first, toward helping individuals participate in a qualitative group relationship which enables them to become more effective social beings, and second toward helping the group-as-a-whole to achieve ends significant to the growth and development of a more democratic society (Gertrude Wilson, 1949). …show more content…

The Loss and Grief centre had a vision to identify groups within their community who were experiencing loss, grief, and trauma. Their main focus was on the former British Child Migrants (Irizarry, 2011). According to the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, 6,500 British Child Migrants were sent to Australia; 3,500 before WW1 and 3,000 after WW2 (Irizarry, 2011). This focus group brought together 6 to 10 women whom had a connection of child migration. The meetings consisted of a Flinders University social work staff member and another part-time social worker (Irizarry,

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