深圳模式下的社会工作反思

深圳是我国社会工作发展的前沿,作为深圳第一批社工的张晓园,他体会到了"深圳模式"的深刻之处,也看到它一些问题,并作了一些有益思考。同样身为深圳社工的林璟川则阐述了小组工作方法在青少年思想政治教育中的运用,开拓了我们的专业视野。而从事哀伤服务的上海红十字会社工王子美探讨了追思会中的一些问题,对我国本土化的哀伤服务进行了有益的探索。以上三个作者都是在一线工作的社工,他们对我国社会工作的发展有更真切的理解。希望有更多的一线社工参与进来。     

社会工作介入老年临终关怀探析

随着老龄化时代的到来和人们生活质量的提高,老年临终关怀受到越来越多的关注。社会工作是一项助人自助的专业工作,可以通过综合运用个案工作、小组工作、社区工作三大社会工作专业方法,对临终老人及其家属进行多层次、全方位的介入。     

社会工作是一份富有热情的事业

社会工作事业的发展，其实需要几个层面的共力，社工、社工机构、社工专家、社工的行政管理机构、社工的专业媒体等。社工一个很重要概念是资源的整合，需要善于利用资源。社工事业需要用系统的观点，做比较系统的工作。社会工作本身价值观，就是追求社会公平正义，追求国民福祉的一种提升。     

小组工作在养老机构中的开展

为了给福利院喜欢学习英语的老人提供一个交流和学习的平台,使老人晚年生活能够“老有所学,老有所教”,我们以社会工作小组工作的方式举办了一次英语小组聚会“English-Party”。“助人自助”理念的重要内涵就是强调社工的职责是协助工作对象去解决问题、完成任务。     

社工思考三篇：深圳模式下的社会工作反思

深圳是我国社会工作发展的前沿,作为深圳第一批社工的张晓因,他体会到了“深圳模式”的深刻之处,也看到它一些问题,并作了一些有益思考。同样身为深圳社工的林璟川则阐述了小组工作方法在青少年思想政治教育中的运用,开拓了我们的专业视野。而从事哀伤服务的上海红十字会社工王子美探讨了追思会中的一些问题,对我国本土化的哀伤服务进行了有益的探索。以上三个作者都是在一线工作的社工,他们对我国社会工作的发展有更真切的理解。希望有更多的一线社工参与进来。     

小组工作介入机构养老研究——以广西重阳老年公寓为例

广西重阳老年公寓（以下简称公寓）作为全国养老机构示范单位，生活着五百多位老年人，公寓分为失能老人康复区、失智老人启知园、临终老人宁养园，自理老人颐养区等功能区。公寓在两年前就引进社工服务，成立社工部。社工部的社会工作者通过运用个案工作及小组工作方法对启知园及颐养区的老人进行心理关爱介入，取得较好成效。     

专业社工:为老服务 贴心关怀

北京市第五社会福利院作为本市首批社工试点单位之一,始终以"和谐康乐、专业服务"为主题,设置专业社工岗位、建立健全规章制度、扎实开展实务工作,尤其是个案工作与小组工作开展得有声有色:小组工作——既     

潍坊市社会福利院：全方位开展社会工作

始建于1952年的山东潍坊市社会福利院，是唯一市级社会福利院。收养人员386名，其中孤残儿童198名、孤寡老人70名和成人智障人员108名。自2007年5月，福利院在全院开展学习社工知识，为国内外义工及青年自愿者搭建平台，积极探索“社工”“义工”联运机制，将专业社工理念、专业社工知识与技能渗透到全院的各项工作。     

成都市：打造儿童社会工作新模式

人才为先,积极打造专业社工人才队伍大力培养专业社工人才。一方面,成立社工科并引入专业社工。     

社会工作机构督导培养路径选择

督导制度的建立与督导人才的培养是保证社工服务质量与成效的必要环节。国内现有一线社工晋升督导、高校教师兼职督导、境外经验社工督导、专业外督导四种类型的督导,但对于本土督导来说,一个共同的特征是实务经验及督导经验的不足。本文探讨机构督导应当通过营造一个成长的环境,发展良性的督导关系,建立清晰的督导结构,构建良好的学习模式,运用多元化的督导技巧,注重面对面的交流,理解情境和个体的特性等方式,以成为一个有效的机构督导。     

Group Work with Families

Family practice is a special case of social work with groups. This practice especially requires an ethnic and multicultural perspective. Such a framework is presented in this paper with focus on group work with families in Singapore. Singapore is an economically developed East Asian nation populated predominately by three ethnic groups: Chinese, Malay, and Indian. These groups have experienced a wider culture in transition, affecting their family group culture. Through use of the sensitizing conceptual frameworks of family cultural reality and value orientation theory, this paper presents a multicultural perspective and applies it to group work with families in Singapore. The framework used is deemed applicable to practice with the family and other small groups in similar multicultural contexts wherein members experience the effects of swift social change.     

The Professional Standing of Work with Elderly Persons among Social Work Trainees

Correspondence to Dr Howard Litwin, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, The Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, 91905, Jerusalem, Israel. Summary A random sample of 93 students of social work in Israel werequeried regarding their perception of the professional standingof work with older people. The general ranking given by traineesto this field of practice was moderate to low. Relatively positiveevaluation of the status of gerontological practice, however,was found to be explained by: (1) a traditional view of therole of the elder in society; (2) the perception that peersattribute prestige to such work; and (3) having had a fieldpracticum in the area of ageing; and was inversely related tounderstanding of work with elderly persons as mainly indirectintervention. The implications of these findings for the promotionof social work practice with elderly people in an ageing societyare discussed.     

Group Work Practice with Asian Clients

While considerable interest has been given to the social work with Asian-Americans, little attention has been paid to the Asian group work practice. This article suggests a sociocultural approach in working with Asian groups, including a knowledge of the sociocultural heritage of the Asian clients, the proper respect for the members of the family on group process, and the group worker's, awareness of the significance of role expectation and its meaning for clients. In dealing with these sociocultural aspects, the social worker's role in Asian group treatment is that of a culture broker and enabler.     

The Essential Power of Group Work

SUMMARY

For almost two decades, leaders in the field of social group work have been warning that the foundational principles and practice of group work as a modality are in danger of being absorbed into generalist social work practice. This paper expands upon the appeal of leaders in the social group work field to generate an environment in which group work is recognized as an integral method in social work practice and education. This paper examines group work as a powerful methodology in social work practice with a specific theoretical framework and skill base that is fundamental to the social work profession. The characteristics of group work's strengths are explored with a comprehensive overview that inspires renewed commitment to preserving, practicing and promoting social group work as a viable and integral part of social work practice.     

Challenges in Rural Social Work Practice: When Support Groups Contain Your Neighbors,Church Members,and the PTA

Rural social work occurs in unique practice environments with challenges and rare opportunities. Strong social ties, commonly found in rural communities and often missing in urban areas, can serve as sources of resilience for group members facing adverse life circumstances. Therapeutic formal and informal support groups, bolstered by this support and led by social workers in rural communities, can face numerous challenges due to locale, lack of transportation, and potential worker burnout. This article highlights ethical considerations rooted in a theme of rural group work while providing helpful hints based on the IASWG Standards for Social Work Practice with Groups.     

扬帆成长小组的社会工作实践研究

南京大学的扬帆成长小组立足于团体工作方法的本土化研究,把团体工作的教育融合进了扬帆成长小组实践过程。在对成长小组实践的文献研究的基础上,本文总结扬帆成长小组8年来的社会工作实践经验,讨论了扬帆成长小组的实践过程、实践模式以及实践功能,以期对于推动本土社会工作实践研究起到一定的影响作用。     

Instilling the Soul of Group Work in Social Work Education

This article addresses the process of developing an educational model for teaching social work with groups in an undergraduate social work degree program in Israel. The model was developed against a backdrop of decreasing status of social group work within the profession and the consequent loss of its unique identity and power in the social work field. The model's aims are to provide the students with the basic principles of social group work, to ensure its place in their professional identity, and to awaken curiosity regarding its use in their future practice as social workers.     

An Ethical Dilemma in Elder Abuse

Abstract

While most elder abuse is perpetrated by family members, some may be performed by strangers. When the elderly victim reaches out to the social agency but then refuses services, an ethical dilemma is created for the social worker. Conflicts arise among social work values and the ethical principles of autonomy and paternalism, beneficence, and nonmaleficence. A model of ethical justification is applied that explains the possible decisions in this case. The actual resolution of the dilemma is accomplished through a social work practice principle.     

Teaching Group Work in the BSW Generalist Social Work Curriculum: Core Content

In this article, nine considerations associated with social work practice with groups are identified and discussed. These range from the importance of mutual aid and the role of the group leader to multicultural competence and practice skills needed in the beginning, middle, and ending phases of group work. Group work is only one of four modalities that must be taught in the undergraduate practice sequence. Therefore, the nine considerations represent the essential content on group work for the generalist practice curriculum. The author assumes that this content can be presented in a 7-week time frame. In a companion article, the author presents teaching strategies and techniques that assist the instructor in conveying the principles for practice discussed in the present article.     

Socratic Dialogue and Self-Directed Group Work: Strengthening Ethical Practice in Social Work

Socratic dialogue is a practical method of philosophical inquiry used to develop ethical and critical thinking among participants. On the other hand, self-directed group work is a practical intervention model based on social justice principles aimed at empowering service users and clients in social work and community work contexts. This conceptual article aims to reflect on a combination of the two models, arguing that group work interventions inspired by Socratic dialogue and self-directed group work may represent a way for social workers to develop a better ethical stance in their practice.