StandardsThe Standards for Social Work Practice with Groups were developed by an expert panel of group work educators, practitioners, and researchers. The IASWG recognizes that social work practice with groups reflects a broad domain of professional practice. These Standards reflect the distinguishing features of group work and illuminate the unique perspective that social group workers bring to practice. An international team of IASWG members updated the Standards in 2022 to include online considerations. English, Spanish and French versions of the online considerations are available at the links below. A translation in German will be available soon. Members of the team included Andrés Arias Astray, Samuel Benbow, Judit Castro Diez, Lorrie Gardella, Charles Garvin, Será Godfrey-Kaplan, Mark Macgowan, Barbara Muskat, Reineth Prinsloo, Mamadou Seck, Shirley Simon, Mark Smith and Greg Tully. For questions about the development of the considerations, please contact Mark Macgowan. Standards for Social Work Practice with Groups are available in:
There have been many publications on the Standards, including a special issue of Social Work with Groups dedicated to the Standards. View references to the empirical research and articles on the Standards. For educators, teaching tools have been developed, which can be helpful. |