SOWK 487 Week 04 - Foundations for Groups Part II

Jacob Campbell, LICSW Heritage University SOWK 487 Spring 2022 ARE YOU PONDERING WHAT I’M PONDERING? THEORETICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF GROUPS PART II

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TEXT AGENDA ▸ Empowerment theory ▸ Ethics and social justice Jacob Campbell, LICSW Heritage University Foundations of Groups Part II SOWK 487 Spring 2022

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EMPOWERMENT WHAT IS IT? WHY IT’S IMPORTANT? HOW WE DO IT? I AM NO BIRD; AND NO NET ENSNARES ME: I AM A FREE HUMAN BEING WITH AN INDEPENDENT WILL — Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

(ROBBINS, CHATTERJEE, & CANDA, 2006) PRINCIPALS OF EMPOWERMENT THEORY 1. All oppression should be fought 2. A systematic understanding of oppression must be maintained 3. People are capable of empowering themselves 4. People need to connect with others to work on empowerment 5. Clinician and the client share power Jacob Campbell, LICSW Heritage University Foundations of Groups Part II SOWK 487 Spring 2022

(ROBBINS, CHATTERJEE, & CANDA, 2006) PRINCIPALS OF EMPOWERMENT THEORY 6. Client centered with the client being encouraged to tell own story & develop own goals 7. Client as “victor not victim” 8. Social change is goal, not symptom reduction. 9. Clinicians must examine how their practice may disempower clients 10.Clinician may need to be socially and politically active to address mezzo and macro needs [local, national, global issues] Jacob Campbell, LICSW Heritage University Foundations of Groups Part II SOWK 487 Spring 2022

STEPS IN EMPOWERMENT IN MICRO PRACTICE STEP 1: SELF-EFFICACY The rst step in empowerment theory is the empowering of the client. This means helping them to gain self-ef cacy. This can be done by the following: ‣ Skill building ‣ Gaining self-awareness ‣ Learning to navigate systems SOWK 487 Spring 2022 Foundations of Groups Part II fi fi Jacob Campbell, LICSW Heritage University

STEPS IN EMPOWERMENT IN MICRO PRACTICE STEP 2: CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS The second step in empowerment theory is connecting the client to the “bigger picture.” This means helping them to gain a critical consciousness about oppression and obstacles. Some examples of this are as follows: ‣ Identifying barriers ‣ De ning power ‣ Connecting the client to a group ‣ Letting them know they aren’t alone fi Jacob Campbell, LICSW Heritage University Foundations of Groups Part II SOWK 487 Spring 2022

STEPS IN EMPOWERMENT IN MICRO PRACTICE STEP 3: SOCIAL CHANGE The third step in empowerment theory is creating larger social change. The following are some possible ideas: ‣ Creating policy and or legal changes ‣ Having the client act as a mentor ‣ Connecting to another activity that allows them to make social change Jacob Campbell, LICSW Heritage University Foundations of Groups Part II SOWK 487 Spring 2022

STAGES IN EMPOWERMENT IN MEZZO PRACTICE (Breton, 2017) INTERVENTION/COLLABORATIVE ACTION PLANNING CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING / CONSCIENTIZATION SOCIAL / COLLECTIVE ACTION EMBEDDEDNESS IN THE COMMUNITY Jacob Campbell, LICSW Heritage University (Garvin et al., 2017) Foundations of Groups Part II SOWK 487 Spring 2022

STAGES IN EMPOWERMENT IN MEZZO PRACTICE (Breton, 2017) INTERVENTION/COLLABORATIVE ACTION PLANNING ‣ Inclusive to all participants CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING / CONSCIENTIZATION ‣ Clear understand purpose of the group ‣ Dual focus of group SOCIAL / COLLECTIVE ACTION EMBEDDEDNESS IN THE COMMUNITY Jacob Campbell, LICSW Heritage University ‣ Involves risk ‣ Takes time (Garvin et al., 2017) Foundations of Groups Part II SOWK 487 Spring 2022

STAGES IN EMPOWERMENT IN MEZZO PRACTICE (Breton, 2017) INTERVENTION/COLLABORATIVE ACTION PLANNING CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING / CONSCIENTIZATION SOCIAL / COLLECTIVE ACTION This is when the start of the collaborate action… ‣ Mutual aid model ‣ Developing actions to address needs expressed EMBEDDEDNESS IN THE COMMUNITY Jacob Campbell, LICSW Heritage University (Garvin et al., 2017) Foundations of Groups Part II SOWK 487 Spring 2022

STAGES IN EMPOWERMENT IN MEZZO PRACTICE (Breton, 2017) INTERVENTION/COLLABORATIVE ACTION PLANNING CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING / CONSCIENTIZATION SOCIAL / COLLECTIVE ACTION Implement the actions to address expressed needs EMBEDDEDNESS IN THE COMMUNITY Jacob Campbell, LICSW Heritage University (Garvin et al., 2017) Foundations of Groups Part II SOWK 487 Spring 2022

STAGES IN EMPOWERMENT IN MEZZO PRACTICE (Breton, 2017) INTERVENTION/COLLABORATIVE ACTION PLANNING CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING / CONSCIENTIZATION SOCIAL / COLLECTIVE ACTION EMBEDDEDNESS IN THE COMMUNITY fi Jacob Campbell, LICSW Heritage University ‣ Poststage portion of the group ‣ What does it look like when you are nished or end ‣ How do we consolidate changes made (Garvin et al., 2017) Foundations of Groups Part II SOWK 487 Spring 2022

PRACTICAL EXAMPLE OF A COLLABORATIVE ACTION GROUP DR. ANDREA MONTGOMERY DI MARCO, PH.D. ▸ How a Group of Refugee-immigrant Women Living in the Diaspora in MetroVancouver De ne Flourishing and Experience ParticipatoryHospitality: A Feminist Participatory Action Research fi Photo from Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and Mail

Empowerment for Students Thinking about using empowerment in relationship to students at Heritage and Potential needs. Start the planning of what a social action group might look like.

ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND GROUPS TASKS IN THE EVENT OF AN ETHICAL DILEMMAS ▸ Identify ethical issues ▸ Determining appropriate help ▸ Thinking critically ▸ Managing con ict ▸ Planning and implementing decisions ▸ Evaluating and follow-up fl Jacob Campbell, LICSW Heritage University (Garvin et al., 2017) Foundations of Groups Part II SOWK 487 Spring 2022

BREAK OUT GROUPS WORK WITH GROUPS CASE EXAMPLES Break Out Session 1 Break Out Session 2 Break Out Session 3 Pawlukewicz and Ondrus (2013) have a journal article, Ethical dilemmas: The use of applied scenarios in the helping professions. Appendix A (at the end) has a set of numbered scenarios. Talk about the following: 3, 7, 9, 11, 17, 22, and 25. Garland (2010) in her book, The Groups Book Psychoanalytic Group Therapy: Principles and Practice, has a number of vignettes. I’ve provided Vignette D: Verbal abuse. Read through the example and the discussion. What are thoughts that it brings up and considerations we should have? Goodrich and Luke (2015) in their book, Group Counseling with LGBTQI Persons provide a number of great case examples and discussions. An example about starting an empowerment group. Read through the example and the discussion. What are thoughts that it brings up and considerations we should have? Jacob Campbell, LICSW Heritage University Foundations of Groups Part II SOWK 487 Spring 2022

SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUP WORK UNDERLYING VALUES ORIENTATIONS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUP WORK Solidarity Shared leadership Tolerance Inclusion Empowerment Cultural Humility Jacob Campbell, LICSW Heritage University Trust (Garvin et al., 2017) Foundations of Groups Part II SOWK 487 Spring 2022