Courses
SOWK3038 Theory and Practice in Social Work Group I (2 units)
- Prerequisite:
- SOWK2006 Social Work Values and Intervention
- Medium of Instruction:
- English
The course content includes conceptualizing social group work, covering ethics and values in social group work, and principles, rationale, and theoretical models of social group work. It also includes preparing and planning for a group, focusing on skills in group formation and interventions, and developing group proposals and group composition. The course further explores the group process and stages of development, providing theoretical overviews of changes in group structures and processes in different group stages. Finally, the course addresses ethical issues in group work, focusing on key ethical issues that arise in group work. To enhance students’ skills and techniques in social group work, practice tutorials will be organised for small groups within the course.