ROLES OF A SOCIAL GROUP WORKER

ENABLER
- effecting a sense of belonging and
acceptance; and personality
development of the group members
- assisting clients to find coping
strengths and resources within
themselves to produce changes
necessary for accomplishing the
stated objectives with the supporting
and enabling function for the
client, whether individual or group
MOTIVATOR
- motivates group
members learn new
vocational and social
skills and to move
on to new activity
• ORGANIZER
organizing groups to
solve/meet the
group members'
problems/needs/inte
rests
SUPERVISOR

• supervise
group activity
to attain goals
and objectives
Factors influence the roles of the social group worker
1. Community setting
2. agency function and scope
3. agency facilities and program
4. type of group
5. interests, needs, abilities and limitations of the individual
members
6. skill and competence of the worker
7. amount of assisstance the group wants and its willingness
to accept this from the worker
 Functions of a Social Group worker
1. Development of appropriate program media for various
types of groups
2. Establishment of standards for social group work services and
eligibility requirements
3. Keeping of process records of group activities/discussions for
learning tools and research
4.Networking with other welfare agencies/practitioners and
creating public support system
5. Evaluating the results of the program against goals and
objectives
 Responsibilities of a Social Group Worker
1. Accepts expressions of hostility from the group and help group
members express their hostilities constructively;
2. Protect the interest of the group as a whole from the hostility
of some individual members;
3. Help individuals achieve adjustments in groups;
4. Help sick people to develop groups in which they can use the
reality of the social situations they create as a means of
recovering social health;
5. Adjust role to meet the interests and needs of the members of
the group and the social situation.
SKILLS required of a Social Group Worker
1. Skill in establishing purposeful relationship
- ability to gain acceptance of the group and in relating
to the group on a positive professional basis
2. Skills in analyzing the group situation
- to see the potentialities of the group and areas for the
focusing f teh group process
- ability to judge the development level of the group,
what the group needs and how quickly the group is
expected to move
3. Skills in effecting meaningful participation in the group
- ability to motivate group members express their ideas,
work out objectives an clarify immediate goalsup
- ability to help group members participate, locate
leadership among themselves and take responsibility for
their activities
4. Skills in dealing with group feelings
- ability to help the group release both their positive and
negative feelings and help it to analyze
situations/conflicts as part of the growth/development
process
5. Skill in program development
- ability to guide group thinking so that interests and
needs will be revealed and understood

6. Skill in dealing with social values and cultural patterns

- ability to recognize social values and cultural patterns
that may impede the development of the group and to
appropriately deal with them without creating
conflicts/misunderstanding
7. Skill in differential diagnosis and treatment
- ability to recognize the differential problems/needs of
some group members and use of groups in focusing the
group process to meet the special needs of members
8. Skill in using agency and community resources
- ability to locate and acquaint the group with various
useful resources which can be used by them for program
purposes
9. Skill in evaluation
- ability to record the development processes among the
members and the entire group