Part A (Q4): What is Social Group Work?

Social Group Work is a primary method of social work wherein a professionally qualified worker guides the interaction of individuals within a small, intentionally formed group.

The goal is to help members improve their social functioning through purposeful group experiences and to cope more effectively with their personal, group, or community problems. According to H.B. Trecker, it is a process through which individuals in groups in social agency settings are helped by a worker to relate themselves to others and experience growth in accordance with their needs and capacities.

Unlike casework, which is one-on-one, group work leverages the power of peer dynamics—mutual aid, shared experience, and collective problem-solving—to bring about therapeutic or social change.