Requirements for social work education -- Book structure -- Learning features -- Terminology -- ch. 1 What is groupwork? -- What is a group? -- What is groupwork as a social work method? -- Why can groups help? -- Possible limitations of groupwork -- Who can groups help? -- The tasks of facilitation -- ch. 2 Planning your group: initial planning decisions -- What preliminary decisions do you have to make in planning your group? -- Group Planner -- ch. 3 Facilitation and co-facilitation -- Personal awareness -- Facilitator tasks -- Co-facilitation -- Group Planner -- ch. 4 Setting up the group -- Offering the group -- Preliminary meetings -- ch. 5 Group processes -- Understanding process -- Stages of group development -- Challenges of facilitating groupwork process -- Learning and being assessed in groups -- ch. 6 Programming and activities -- Programming -- Activities -- Example games and exercises -- Group Planner --

ch. 7 Issues of power and oppression -- Context -- Structuring and planning decisions -- Facilitation and co-facilitation -- Programmes -- ch. 8 Coping with unexpected or unhelpful responses -- Thinking about problem areas and responses -- Mentoring -- ch. 9 Monitoring, recording and evaluating your work -- Recording -- Methods of recording -- Evaluation -- Evaluation for practice evidence -- Group Planner.