Leadership

Readings
Read the following chapter in your An Introduction to Group Work Practice textbook:

· Chapter 4, “Leadership,” pages 98–135.

Library Media (The links below are all of the same video to ensure you are able to view the assigned media)
· Group counseling with inmates: San Quentin prison [Video]. (2017). Microtraining Associates.

https://video-alexanderstreet-com.library.capella.edu/watch/group-counseling-with-inmates-san-quentin-prison/cite?context=channel:counseling-and-therapy-in-video

http://library.capella.edu/login?url=https://video-alexanderstreet-com.library.capella.edu/p/w0kQRgN71

https://video.alexanderstreet.com/embed/group-counseling-with-inmates-san-quentin-prison

UNIT6 DISCUSSION

The Role of a Group Leader
What is the role of a group leader? According to your Introduction to Group Work Practice text, what behaviors define an effective group leader?

UNIT6 ASSIGNMENT

Group Facilitation: Engagement and Authority
Assignment Overview
This assignment addresses the video, Group Counseling With Inmates: San Quentin Prison, to complete this assignment. You will focus your observation on group engagement and issues of in-group authority.

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following competencies and behaviors:

· Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior.

· C1.GP.B: Use reflection and self-regulation to manage personal values and maintain professionalism in practice situations.

· Related Assignment Criterion:

· 7. Describe facilitator use of self-regulation to monitor personal values, beliefs, and behaviors that limit effectiveness.

· Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior.

· C1.GP.E: Use supervision and consultation to guide professional judgment and behavior.

· Related Assignment Criterion:

· 7. Describe facilitator use of self-regulation to monitor personal values, beliefs, and behaviors that limit effectiveness.

· Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.

· C7.GP.A: Demonstrate effective oral and written communication in working with individuals, families, groups, organizations, communities, and colleagues.

· Related Assignment Criterion:

· 2. Demonstrate effective oral communication skills during the group facilitation.

· Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice.

· C2.GP.C: Apply self-awareness and self-regulation to manage the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse clients and constituencies.

· Related Assignment Criterion:

· 7. Describe facilitator use of self-regulation to monitor personal values, beliefs, and behaviors that limit effectiveness.

· Competency 4: Engage in Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice.

· C4.GP.C: Use and translate research evidence to inform and improve practice, policy, and service delivery.

· Related Assignment Criterion:

· 8. Demonstrate application of research evidence to inform practice.

· Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.

· C6.GP.B: Use empathy, reflection, and interpersonal skills to effectively engage diverse clients and constituencies.

· Related Assignment Criterion:

· 7. Describe facilitator use of self-regulation to monitor personal values, beliefs, and behaviors that limit effectiveness.

· Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.

· C7.GP.C: Develop mutually agreed-on intervention goals and objectives based on the critical assessment of strengths, needs, and challenges within clients and constituencies.

· Related Assignment Criterion:

· 7. Describe facilitator use of self-regulation to monitor personal values, beliefs, and behaviors that limit effectiveness.

· Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.

· C8.GP.E: Facilitate effective transitions and endings that advance mutually agreed-on goals.

· Related Assignment Criterion:

· 7. Describe facilitator use of self-regulation to monitor personal values, beliefs, and behaviors that limit effectiveness.

Assignment Description
For your assignment, imagine the following scenario:

You have been accepted as a student in a special seminar on the formation and ongoing dynamics of a therapy group. As part of the seminar, you will participate in an observation activity. While playing the role of the supervisor, observe and analyze the facilitators’ performance, and then offer comments, ask questions, and make suggestions in relation to how the facilitators handle the aspects in question.

Assignment Instructions
Your assignment should include the following:

· Short summary of the sessions.

· Part 1: Group Engagement.

· Description of all four observation parameters, noting specific strengths and suggestions for improvement:

· Facilitator efforts to create a strong group foundation in the first session.

· Facilitator use of empathy and other interpersonal skills.

· Facilitator use of self-regulation to monitor personal values, beliefs, and behaviors that could limit effectiveness.

· Facilitator recognition of diversity within the group.

· Handling of co-facilitation.

· Part 2: Group Authority.

· Description of all three observation parameters, noting specific strengths and suggestions for improvement:

· Facilitator efforts to help the group define what makes a group meeting successful for them.

· Facilitation of discussion around confidentiality.

· Facilitation of understanding who has the authority in the group therapy setting.

· Conclusion.

· Analysis of facilitators’ overall performance.

· Explanation of facilitators’ overall strengths and suggestions.

A good supervisor should be able to back up his or her observations and suggestions with a body of evidence. Keeping this in mind, support your analyses with citations from both peer-reviewed literature and your textbook.

Submission Requirements
· Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.

· APA formatting: Resources and citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting standards.

· Number of resources: Minimum of five scholarly sources. All literature cited should be current, with publication dates within the past five years.

· Length of paper: Minimum of three double-spaced, typed pages.

· Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.