Elements and Performance Criteria
- Address resourcing issues for group activities
- the purposes, defined according to the identified needs of the client group
- the human, financial and physical resources required
- Coordinate a group planning process
- Actively seek opportunities for collaborative planning and promotion of group activities with clients and solicit, analyse and prioritise information about group's needs and expectations
- Negotiate the purpose of group activities with the group in a manner that gives sufficient time and space for individuals to articulate their ideas and wishes and create opportunity for input to ownership of group processes
- Translate purpose of proposed group activity into a set of aims and objectives
- Analyse potential impact on group operation of the values and beliefs of both worker and client and clarify with those involved in planning and implementing group activities
- Deal with contributions and suggestions to group planning processes so as to promote continued participation
- Design group strategies that promote effective group operation and take into account specific characteristics of clients who will participate in the activity or program
- Manage group processes including responding to conflict
- implement strategies to prevent it within own role, power and capacity
- identify and reinforce the outcomes of positive conflict
- clarify and confirm relevant principles and practices of conflict resolution and seek agreement to implement them
- encourage acknowledgment of respective rights and responsibilities and perceptions of all participants within the conflict situation
- Evaluate group activities
- Ensure aims and objectives of the group activity provide the basis for evaluation and feedback
- Seek feedback from all group participants on leadership style, group process, achievement of objectives, other achievements and areas for development
- Document evaluation data according to organisation procedures and distribute to relevant people