SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS - CALL FOR PAPERS, SPECIAL ISSUE

Collaboration in Social Work with Groups: Implications for Clients, Practitioners, Administrators and Students

Guest Editor: Mary Bitel

Collaboration in social group work is a given – or is it? When we speak of collaboration in group work practice what do we actually mean? Political, social, and cultural divisiveness on a global scale increasingly hampers our ability to work together on collective problem exploration with collaborative spirit and good will. Given the obstacles that many practitioners face in building truly collaborative processes with clients, co-workers, and institutional structures, how can we develop practices and working relationships that reflect a collaborative approach to social work with groups?

This special issue of the journal aims to highlight examples of collaborative practice, issues of definition, challenges to collaboration, and expanding our understanding of the role that collaboration can play in social group work practice.

Suggested areas for articles include (but are not limited to):

• Methods for building collaboration in social group work practice
• Collaboration as a tool in building equitable and inclusive group work practice
• Building collaborative social work practice in divisive political, cultural, and social environments
• Opportunities for collaboration through the group planning process and challenges to promoting collaboration across the many actors and structures involved in planning for a group
• Opportunities for collaboration as a foundational component of co-facilitation and challenges and opportunities with collaboration in the co-facilitator relationship
• The role of mutual aid in building collaboration and the relationship between mutual aid dynamics and collaborative practice
• Collaboration in the student and field supervisor relationship
• Collaboration in agency structures; areas of challenge and examples of productive collaboration at the agency level
• The role of the arts and arts-based activities in building collaboration in group work practice

The expectation of all included articles is that they address implications for practice, including direct service, organizational structures, research, and social work education.

Submissions must conform to Social Work with Groups submission guidelines that appear in the Journal or at Taylor and Francis website.

• NOTE: DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR MANUSCRIPT THROUGHT THE SUBMISSION PORTAL CONTAINED IN THE INSTRUCTIONS LINK ABOVE.

Please submit your article as an email attachment by July 31, 2023 directly to: