Group work

Group workers :
1. Arathy Soman
2. Donamol Kurian
3. Simi Tomy

Day : Tuesday
Date : 17/10/2023
Time : 2.00pm to 2.35 pm
Duration of the session: 35 minutes

Sl.no Name Sex Age

1 Ms.R F 43
2 Ms .P F 35
3 MS. AS F 56
4 Ms.SS F 45
5 Ms.V F 47

NATURE OF THE GROUP

The group is closed and consists of 5 members. It consists of patients of the agency and interns.

OBJECTIVES

• To help the inmates to self aware of themselves

• To help the inmates to develop skills
• To enable the inmates to solve problems in their social life.
Observation

The first group session started at 2.pm. The group itself arranged the physical setting,.The session begin by
introducing the members. The group worker explained the objective and ground rules for the group. The
session started with a relaxation technique . Then trainees conducted a game to gain trust from the inmates
. And build rapport with them. For that trainee conducted “head shoulder knee and toes “. Through the
game the trainees focus to improve their concentration, motor skill, listening skill, observation skill and
competitive skill . Trainees collected feedback from group members and they told them that it help them to
improve concentration and listening skill.

Day : Wednesday
Date :18/10/2023
Time: 2.00 pm to 2.35 pm
Duration: 35 minutes

The second session was related to memory. The trainees explained about cognition, importance of strategies
used in memory. The session begun by relaxation technique by one of the trainee. Then trainee did a
memory test through a memory puzzle. The session ended by the feedback from the group members. From
the feedback group members identified their memory power, their shared strategies for memorizing, they
got an aware about their capabilities.

Day : Friday
Date :20/10/2023
Time: 3.00 pm to 3:45 pm
Duration: 45minutes

The third session was based on cooking . Trainees ask some questions to analyse the interest of the group
members and identified the problems regarding cooking. After demonstrating a sandwich making, trainees
ask the group members to make one by themselves. The group members make themselves a sandwich and
distributed among the inmates and staffs. Then collected feedback from group members. Through that they
told that they enjoy and learn new skill.

Day : Monday
Date :23/10/2023
Time: 3.00 pm to 3.45 pm
Duration: 45 minutes

The last was based on skill development through craft making. Trainee group worker explained the
importance of skill development and demonstrate the craft work to group members. After the demonstration
the group members creates their own craft work with origami papers. Later the feedback the group work
know that it helps the group members improve observation, listening, concentration, memory skill and
socialization through communication with group members through doubt clearness.

EVALUATION AND CONCLUSION

The group work was very effective for the group members. Trainee collected feedbacks from the group
members and they shared that the sessions were very informative and useful for them. The problems
between some of the group members were solved by their own efforts. Many of the group members were
not aware of their problems related to socialisation. After the class they were able to understand the their
own capabilities. They also learned many techniques such as breathing techniques, memory puzzle,
cooking, crafting etc .....