GROUP WORK

GROUP WORK

70'S and 80'S grp wrk became a focus in Health care
1. 1990's emphasis moved away from grp towards individually tailored packages of care
  1. result of 1990 NHS and Community Care Act
    1. result of service user complaints that their individual needs were being ignored
    2. services now targeted those most in need
  2. felt the individual approach provided better basis for increased self respect and recognition that peoples circs vary
2. felt being in a group cld be therapeutic esp if skilled leader involved
  1. possible to learn frm others experiences and can lead to an understanding of themselves and personal development
  2. enabled people to speak out an didentify individual and collective need, focus isn't just on them and their experience of illness/situation
A group has 4 identifying factors
1. 1. has members who depend on each other
2. 2. Has own rules and shared ideas
3. 3. Sml enough so can know s'thing about everyone
4. 4. There is a shared goal
LINDA FINLAY: Social development is shapped by experiences of grps
1. can be linked to V. Patel and latency period of childhood

Resource summary

	Created by Jen Collins almost 11 years ago