Mantolino, Fhatma Warda K.

BSSW3-B

Phases of the Work

Schwartz describes four phases of the work in this approach which include:

1. Assumption that can be made about the laws of nature appropriate to the tasks of the worker

2. The valued outcomes that need to be brought about, and

3. The implementing acts which the worker may have to do.

The following is a summary of the features of these phases.

PHASES ASSUMPTIONS VALUED OUTCOMES IMPLEMENTING ACTS

I. “Tuning In” as the Beginning tend to stir Workers ability to -Emphatic skills
worker prepares to up feelings of self- “tune” herself to the -Skills in both
enter and re-enter the doubts and hesitancy coded messages and generalizing and
group. about ones disguised meaning partializing the data at
competence. through which her command.
members will be
communicating the
message.
II. The Beginning 1. The new relationship 1. Workers wants to Workers ability to feel
The workers moves will cause certain effect an opening her way deeply into
into the group and asks demands and consensus. both the client and the
expectation from each agency service.
a.) group for a clear other which will create 2. Worker wants a Workers ability to
understanding of what certain behaviors and partialization of task, a reach for feedback and
they are there-for forces which they may clarification of the encourage specifics.
or may not verbalize or specifics of the work
b.) in the agency recognize. before them. Workers ability to
verifies the nature of reach for feedback and
the service and the 2. These demands and 3. Worker wants to encourages specifics.
contract that exists expectation are further help establish some of
between the agency complicated by the the ground rules and
and the group small itself with the procedures that will
processes operating in facilitate collaborative
it. And with the group and independent
now having to interact problem-solving.
with the agency.

3. Any direct statement

of these demands and
expectation is
experienced by both
sides as embarrassing
and taboo, so that a
 force is needed that is
not prohibited by such
taboos.
4. The taboo about
explicit purposes
creates an unclear
framework within
which it is difficult for
the client to choose
their responses.

5. The vagueness tend

to create a prolonged
period of testing during
which the members
make covert attempts
to discover the nature
of the enterprise , the
rules of the game and
what the worker
represents.

6. The ambiguity and

the testing creates a
greater fear of the
worker of the agency
and the workers power
to invade their lives
without restrictions.

7. There is the general

problem of beginning.

III. The task

1. The search for An individual’s major Worker will be The ability to decode
common ground access to new ideas lies reaching repeatedly for messages for reach for
between the needs of in his sense of their feeling of self-interest ambiguities, to probe
clients and those of the usefulness to him and that are buried under for negative, to show
system they have to in his consequent the consideration of love and energy to the
negotiate. ability to invest feeling politeness, self- denial work.
in the job of making and the desire to
2. Detecting and them his. cooperate with one’s
challenging the oppressor.
obstacles that come
between the members
and their system.

3. Workers
responsibility for
contributing ideas,
facts and values.

4. Workers shares her

own vision of the work
her feelings about the
process and her faith in
the client strengths

5. Worker must help

define the limits and
requirements of the
situation in which the
worker takes place
IV. Transition and -“Door knob therapy” That the members In the context of
Ending i.e., members save made the ending a temporary endings,
The essential task is to their most important serious part of their worker recognizes the
make a transition from disclosure for the time work together. informal system (the
one stage to another when they are on their private informal system
experience to the next way out of the door of the members where
between – meeting
a.) Temporary ending developments are
legitimate and may be
B.)Permanent ending valuable material to
4 stages the group
1. evasive period
2. sudden angry stage
3. period of mourning
4. Graduation effect