Introduction What is supervision? According to the Supervision Framework for the Social Work Profession in South Africa. 2012. Social work supervision is an interactional and interminable process within the context of a positive, anti-discriminatory relationship, based on distinct theories, models and perspectives on supervision whereby a social work supervisor supervises a social work practitioner by performing educational, supportive and administrative functions in order to promote efficient
What are some common group problems that Yalom (2005) discusses in Chapter 10? Some of the common group problems that Yalom discuss are perceived goal incompatibility, high turnover, the lack of immediate comfort, and subgrouping and extragroup socialization (Yalom, 2005). According to Yalom (2005), perceived goal incompatibility is an early source of discouragement for clients when they first begin group therapy. Sometimes in group sessions, people have the same goals in mind; however, they may
We defined an ensemble as a group of people, or community, that works comfortable and compatibly with each other in order to achieve a common goal. Focus is blocking the extra stimuli or distractions and honing in on a specific task or thing. Communication is a means to give and receive
Starting the group work, I was nervous, as this was our first group project which contributed heavily to our overall grade. My main concern was that it would be hard to gather the five of us together to get the work done; I was also concerned that 5 people trying to get across different ideas may lead to arguments, or people feeling pushed out. However, looking back these concerns were not a big deal, we worked very well together as group and I feel everyone had significant input of ideas for creating
Reflection of Module 1 I will be discussing What is Group Process and my different role(s) within the group(s) during in-class exercises. I will also discuss Reflective thinking process and Synergistic Decision Making. Group Process As described by the article What is Group Process, (Perlmutter, J. 2018). Group Process is when we observe how a group handles its communication and relationships while the group works. Dimension of Group Process include Participation, Influence, Style of Influence
Introduction The effectiveness of a group is dependent on various contextual and individual factors including but not limited to the setting, its members and leadership style. As this paper will demonstrate, the reason this particular group was so effective in its purpose was because both the participants and the environment were not only complimentary, but also heartening to the therapeutic alliance. The members of this psychoeducational group were selected on their common interest of becoming
My most recent small group experience was at the beginning of my new job working for Capital One. I was in training to become a fraud account supervisor. Within training my trainer instructed our class to present a product to market towards consumers. First, he split our class into four groups and explained that the objective was to persuade him to purchase our products. Then, my teammates and I came up with the idea to sell custom designed cupcakes. The name of or product was called Cutie Cupcakes
Reflection: Friday Night Lights 1) What were you/your group responsible for in the preparation of Friday Night Lights? My group and I were responsible for the creation of posters and banners to be put up around the school. We spent most of the class time thinking of ways to advertise Friday Night Lights to the public; for instance, we decided to put together two different posters — one for field hockey and the other for football. Moreover, we painted a banner to be displayed by the main entrance
The measure that my group and I was assigned is Measure JJ. The purpose of this artifact was to make a commercial based on the proposition or measure you and your group was assigned. You had to use all three rhetorical strategies which was ethos, pathos, and logos. The group members also have different roles that I had to complete in order to finish the artifact. I had two group members and one of them was recorder, and the other one was the producer. I was the facilitator. The recorder’s job was
11 Math Function Transformations Assignment Name: Jocelyn Witteveen Grade 11 Math Project Day Assignment Find out what the following manipulations of a, k, d, and c do. Be sure your results are true for all of the functions. 1. What happens when c is greater than zero? Less than zero? When c is manipulated, is it the Domain (x-values) or Range (y-values) being affected compared to the original graph? When c is greater than zero, the graph moves up on the y-axis. When it’s less than
like sound of the conch bursted through the jungle. As soon as I heard it I rushed towards the meeting place. A few boys were already there, but many still had to come. Over the course of 10 minutes almost all of the boys had shown up. When the group became quiet, Ralph explained how we needed to become more organized and that we needed rules. A small boy told us about a “beastie” he saw, but I didn’t think anything of it. The meeting went on for a little longer, and towards the end Ralph mentioned
Henry and I, walked swiftly to the middle of the camp. I read his mind and could hear that he didn’t want to be late, just in case they punished boys for being late. Henry and I, stood side by side and waited for other boys to show up. Within five minutes, the entire field was completely full. About one hundred men equipped with electronic guns and dressed in black equipment marched around rows of boys. They looked at everyone as if they were consuming our souls. When they were finished, they all
As a whole, I believe the group worked well together by communicating and providing feedback throughout the whole process. Each group member did their share of their work and contributed as a whole to any discussion or questions we had as a group. In the process of brainstorming, Christopher discussed the topic about nuclear weapons and how it’s a big issue in today’s world not just in America but globally across the world. We agreed on the topic since all of us had an idea about the issue with
In the social work class 202: Group and organizational behavior, we were expected to complete a group assignment in arranged groups by the professor. For the project a model agency was expected to be made from scratch, or branched off an existing agency. To complete this assignment to the extent asked by the professor, communication and organization were critical elements between group members. After finishing my project with my allotted group members, I can reflect to analyze roles and leadership
QUESTION 1 1.1. Definition of a work group A group in a business organization, is defined as “a set of two or more people who interact with each other to achieve certain goals” (George, 2014, p.302). 1.2. Main types of work group that exist in business organizations and the stages of their lifecycle. According to George (2014), there are two main types of work group: formal or informal. The key difference between these two is while formal work groups are deliberately established by the organization
My Personal Group Experience: Assignment: “Homosexuality” Our group met and discussed our assignment, “Homosexuality”. I thought the way the assignments for the topics was made was fair and equitable and helped to create a diverse group with no bias towards the topics. The group met during our assigned time period and I offered to serve as facilitator to get the discussion going. Our discussion regarding the topic and the assigning of each individual discussion question evolved in what I consider
reflective cycle. In social work in action, I had been asked to do a reflection on our group activity for my summative. I am reflecting on the presentation I did on homelessness and things I have learned through my group work and presenting the PowerPoint. I was placed in a group of six, and I was given an area to research on. The area I was given was Croydon, and as a group, we had a topic of homelessness which as a group we had decided to research this topic. The presentation includes information on homelessness
deliberative dialogue assignment, a few qualities of our group really stood out to me. One was how quickly we went through the stages of group development. Since the group had such great chemistry, we were able to quickly become comfortable with one another. Each member was able to freely express their thoughts and provide their input, no matter what role they were in. Every individual was able to find a role that suited them in his group. The way in which we were led allowed us to express our opinions
Our group came together and as we all got to know each other we decided we all had different career paths that we were taking when we were done with our schooling. I choose business, Moriah has chosen culinary arts, and Nicole wants to be in human resource. We decided to do a pamphlet on our three majors and bring them all together. I will talk about how our group’s final project unfolded and my role in the project. I will reflect on my overall experience of working with my group. I will explain
Group 3C Review Group 3C did a great job presenting their article. I was able to completely understand the article with all figures and information they provided. I really liked how this group had notes under their slides that went along with what the presenter was saying. This made easier for the reader to follow. Also, this group had a lot of visuals that enhanced the aesthetics of their presentation. Personally, I would have added a theme to the slides to make it more appealing to the reader