Full Description
From three leading authorities in the field, this re-visit to a classic text demonstrates how groupwork can be used as a flexible tool for service user empowerment and participation across a range of contexts. Walking the reader through each stage in group formation and evolution, it is an essential text for health and social care professionals.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Empowerment: The Vacuum in Mainstream Practice
3. Groupwork: The Most Empowering and Effective Approach
4. Taking Stock: The Centrality of Values
5. The Group Takes Off
6. The Group Prepares to Take Action
7. Taking Action
8. The Group Takes Over
9. Spreading the Reach and Taking it Forward
10. Group Examples
Appendices
References.
