SWM5117 Assessment and Intervention: Working with groups and communities

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Articulate major concepts and theories informing group and community work in social work practice.

2. 2

   Differentiate between treatment and task-based group work, community development interventions and the implications for social work practice.

3. 3

   Use appropriate group facilitation methods in the context of social work intervention at treatment groups, task groups and community development level practice, taking into consideration the cultural make-up of the group.

4. 4

   Critically evaluate your role within group settings and activities, including how you manage group dynamics, power relations and conflict in groups.

5. 5

   Identify and discuss community development principles, practices, values and contemporary debates used to bring about social change.

6. 6

   Use core skills in community development practice to identify community strengths, enhance community empowerment, collective action and plan a community work intervention in ways that consider common community development challenges.

7. 7

   Evaluate the impacts of current policy and political context on group and community work.