LibGuides: MSW-5002 v7: Week 4 Resources

Week 4 Resources

Empowerment Series: Understanding Generalist Practice

Kirst-Ashman, K.K,, & Hull, Jr., G.H. (2018). Empowerment Series: Understanding Generalist Practice.. Cengage Learning.
Chapter 3: Practice skills for working with groups

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Standards for Social Work Practice with Groups
International Association for Social Work with Groups. (2015). Standards for social work practice with groups.
This resource provides the social work standards for different groups and in an variety of languages. Familiarize yourself with the collective standards of your discipline.
Group Workers’ Experiences of Mutual Aid: Stories from the Field
Muskat, B., Greenblatt, A., Garvin, C., Pelech, W., Cohen, C., Macgowan, M., & Roy, V. (2020). Group workers’ experiences of mutual aid: Stories from the field. Social Work with Groups, 43(3), 241-256.
This journal entry diagnoses the topic of mutual aid and how it benefits group work practice. The qualitative research used focus groups to determine manifestation trends. Mutual aid showed group factors, member factors, worker factors, and organization and community factors as the main fundamentals.
An Integrated Trauma-Informed, Mutual Aid Model of Group Work
Rosenwald, M., & Baird, J. (2020). An integrated trauma-informed, mutual aid model of group work. Social Work with Groups, 43(3). 257-271.
Rosenwald and Baird (2020) pointed to a mutual aid model geared towards evidence-based trauma evaluation. The authors shared integration methods of mutual aid that help promote trustworthiness.
Practitioner Vulnerability in Children and Families Social Work—Identity, Impact and Implications
Dore, I., Teverson, P., & Wilkins, S. (2024). Practitioner vulnerability in children and families social work—Identity, impact and implications. British Journal of Social Work, 54(1), 40–58.
Supporting Relational, Trauma-Informed Social Care Work with Autistic Adults: Evaluation of a Reflective Supervision Group Pilot
Hallinan, P., & McMahon, A. (2024). Supporting relational, trauma-informed social care work with autistic adults: Evaluation of a reflective supervision group pilot. British Journal of Social Work, 54(1), 3–21.

Week 4 Assignment Resources

Week 4 Assignment Questions
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