Introductions. Introductions



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Introductions.

  • Introductions.

  • Aims. A celebration.

  • What is InSyT?

  • Importance of Systemic Practice Groups.

  • What is Systemic? Time for the Gay Gordon’s.

  • Questionnaire findings.

  • Interview with a ‘systemic’ social worker.

  • In what ways are questionnaire findings meaningful?

  • Reflective discussion.

  • Questions.



InSyT is the Institute of Systemic and Family Therapies (Scotland). It is consortium of systemic psychotherapists who provide:

  • InSyT is the Institute of Systemic and Family Therapies (Scotland). It is consortium of systemic psychotherapists who provide:

  • - training,

  • supervision,

  • consultation and

  • Therapy/intervention

  • in systemic practice approaches including solution-focused, CBT, collaborative and narrative ways of practicing.





Basic idea: People are connected in recursive relationships.

  • Basic idea: People are connected in recursive relationships.

  • What one person does has an effect on other people in the system as well as on relationships.

  • Systemic practice is also about the relationship between our stories, ideas and beliefs and their impact on how we relate to one another and the potential possibilities we have in the world.

  • Contexts give meaning.



The Gay Gordon’s

  • The Gay Gordon’s



Has changed in response to historical, political and cultural context changes. AMT.

  • Has changed in response to historical, political and cultural context changes. AMT.

  • Systemic Practice is about people.

  • Systemic Practice is relational.

  • EG our relationship to the problem. Problem-determined systems.

  • Systemic practice addresses issues of power and ethics:

  • Social GRRAACCEES (Gender, race, religion, age, ability, class, culture, ethnicity, sexuality.)

  • Systemic Practice is multi-contextual. CMM

  • - From ‘contexts of failure to ‘contexts of competence’.

  • - Creates contexts that bring forth ie clients strengths rather

  • than sets forth.



  • Context

  • From Latin/Middle English: ‘Contextus’ meaning woven/sewn together or connected.

  • “Without context there is no meaning.” (Bateson)

  • “Context is about the process of making connections and co-creating meanings.” (Hedges, 2005)



Multiple Contexts and the Communication of Meaning -CMM: Co-ordinated Management of Meaning (Pearce & Cronen, 1991)

  • Multiple Contexts and the Communication of Meaning -CMM: Co-ordinated Management of Meaning (Pearce & Cronen, 1991)

  • Political, Cultural and Societal stories

  • Neighbourhood stories

  • Family stories

  • Relationship stories

  • Definition of relationship

  • Self (gender) stories

  • Episode stories: eg a fight

  • Behaviour/Speech Act: ways of communicating.



  • Systemic practice is multi-positional (Harre, 2001) and about multiple perspectives and mutual influence.

  • Systemic Practice fosters ‘cultures of contribution’.

  • Systemic Practice is about creating contexts within which there are ‘possibilities’ for change.

  • We believe that Systemic Practice helps social workers help their clients better.



Approaches

  • Approaches

  • Methods

  • Techniques

  • From systemic models: Strategic, Structural, Milan, Post-Milan, Solution-Focused and Narrative with a ‘systemic constructionist’ slant.





Course: 8 months

  • Course: 8 months

  • Structure:

  • Teaching Days

  • Small ‘practice-based’

  • tutorial group Days



53 Social Workers from all over Scotland, mainly Central belt.

  • 53 Social Workers from all over Scotland, mainly Central belt.

  • Level of experience:

  • Range between 2 to 25 years as social workers.

  • Most very experienced (in 6 to 14 years range).

  • Most main grade.

  • Mainly child and families social workers.



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“I feel that I think about cases differently.”

  • “I feel that I think about cases differently.”

  • “I feel relieved at not having to be the expert.”

  • “I’m much more positive with clients.”

  • I consider the wider context and various hypotheses.”

  • “I’m always ‘panning for gold’ and remaining curious.”



“I’m much more confident and positive with clients. The course has changed my life.”

  • “I’m much more confident and positive with clients. The course has changed my life.”

  • “I’m more focused in my practice and more able to engage with my clients in a meaningful way.”

  • “I have put down more solid foundations in the way I work.”

  • “The systemic methods and techniques are very useful in my day to day work.”



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  • HV John Sally Paediatrician

  • Police

  • GP Refuge Social Worker

  • Andrew Jane

  • Foster Foster Parent

  • Parent Matthew Sharon



“In my client work, I take more time to prepare and reflect.”

  • “In my client work, I take more time to prepare and reflect.”

  • “I have noticed that my work is more structured and this seems to help my clients focus more.”

  • “I feel that I have more effective tools and techniques to use with clients.”

  • “I feel more curious and freed-up.”

  • “I have a better awareness of what I’m doing and why.”



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“I now have more confidence and enthusiasm for my work. The course has re-focussed me.”

  • “I now have more confidence and enthusiasm for my work. The course has re-focussed me.”

  • “I have more confidence to experiment and take risks together with service users.”

  • “I have found my enthusiasm at work and become unstuck!”

  • “I have changed the way I talk with service users. Its made a big difference.”



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“I now have a more holistic and analytical way of working.”

  • “I now have a more holistic and analytical way of working.”

  • “Before I struggled to think in a systemic way but now I have the skills to work directly in a systemic manner, I love it!”

  • “I take more time to reflect instead of rushing around and feeling useless.”

  • “The course has inspired me. I try to use systemic tools at every opportunity.”

  • “Both professionals and service users have received this approach positively.”



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In order of importance chosen by social workers:

  • In order of importance chosen by social workers:

  • Locating problems in their wider systemic context.

  • Genograms and transitions.

  • Circular questioning.

  • Reflecting practices and reflexivity.

  • Reframing.

  • Hypothesising.

  • Structuring meetings.

  • Adopting positions of curiosity.

  • Externalising problems.

  • Scaling questions.

  • Use of safe/uncertainty.

  • Eliciting clients strengths and hopes.

  • Eliciting client feedback.



Approaches

  • Approaches

  • Locating problems in their wider systemic context.

  • Adopting positions of curiosity: use of safe/uncertainty.

  • Reflexivity.

  • Methods

  • Reflecting practices

  • Structuring meetings.

  • Techniques

  • Circular questioning. Genograms and transitions.

  • Reframing. Hypothesising. Reflecting.

  • Externalising problems. Scaling questions.

  • Eliciting clients strengths and hopes.

  • Eliciting client feedback.



“I have a lot of work to do and was given no extra time for study.”

  • “I have a lot of work to do and was given no extra time for study.”

  • “In work, I don’t get any space to plan and reflect on my practice.”

  • “There is little hope of changing the social work department!”

  • “I’m going to move to a job where I’ll get more time to practice ‘systemic’ social work.”

  • “I have gained more time for systemic practice by relinquishing my management role.”



“I plan to attend the monthly Systemic Practice Group to further develop my skills.”

  • “I plan to attend the monthly Systemic Practice Group to further develop my skills.”

  • “My manager is very enthusiastic and interested in my new ideas.”

  • “A number of my colleagues have completed the course including my senior who gives me lots of support.”





It appears that Systemic Practice may help social workers to:

  • It appears that Systemic Practice may help social workers to:

  • Become relational and more human.

  • View their clients in multiple ways which opens up possibilities.

  • To generally do their jobs better.

  • Improve their confidence, self-esteem and job satisfaction by giving them tools that help them become more useful.

  • Become less certain, less expert, more curious and; therefore, more effective.

  • More research is required.



  • Tracey interview social worker regarding systemic practice now a few years after finishing the Foundation course.



  • In what ways are these findings meaningful, if at all?

  • From the positions of:

  • Front-line social worker

  • Social Work Manager.

  • Social Work Client

  • Each person to talk from one of the above positions to the others about the meaning of these findings and their fears and hopes.





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