Group work recording

1SOCIAL GROUP WORK RECORDING


According to the social work dictionary (1995) defines “ ” as the process of the putting in writing and keeping on file relevant information about the client system; the problem; the prognosis; the intervention; the process of treatment; the social economic and health factors contributing to the situation and the procedures for termination or referral.



By maintain records a group worker can improve his provisional skills and techniques can learn by his own errors,

Can thus make his help more effective and systematic.

Records not only help a group worker to evaluate to his own risk but he can also improve upon his own methods.

Through records a worker can show his agency what work he has done

Records helps the group worker to understand the group




CONTENT OF SOCIAL GROUP

WORK RECORDS



General atmosphere in the group – formal, informal, competitive , cooperative, hostile, supportive, permissive, any other

Quality and quantity of through completed by the group

Positive and negative about their group

Group status in the agency

Participation of group members – mostly all / few members talked and participated, supported others, took sides, dominated group etc.


Conflict or fight –nature, type, reason,

involvement level

Apathy –nature, level and possible

causes

Inadequate decision making


Material provided by the worker

arrangements made

Agency help taken

Suggestions given

Techniques used for problem solving

Workers participation in in group

process


Members name

Problem Nature of assistance


Evaluation of the worker’s

role

Evaluation of group

members participation

Evaluation of program activities


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Documents

Group work recording