Using group analysis with teams in the NHS, prisons and other organisations
Saturday 11th April 2015- 10:00am – 4:15pm
At: The Institute of Group Analysis 1 Daleham Gardens London NW3 5BY
Facilitators:
Gwen Adshead
Marion Brown
Christine Thornton
Leaders and managers invite group analysts and others to run reflective practice groups or staff groups with workplace teams, especially where there have been conflicts. The NHS and other caring organisations place a special emphasis on workers’ ability to work in teams with others.
How well does a group analytic training prepare us for understanding teams, and how team working may become fragmented or ineffective? Are there important contextual differences between working with stranger groups and working with work teams? We can at least be certain that there is no one certain way of improving working practice and working relationships. We pose the question: ‘Are teams groups?’, and propose that group analysis is a theoretical framework which accommodates all the perspectives we need to understand team processes, without giving primacy to any one perspective.
Come and explore these interesting questions with us. We aim to create a collaborative reflective space to think together about what makes an effective team intervention, and how far group analytic thinking helps us understand healthy team working, as well as breakdowns of working relationships.
Who should come?
This study day is aimed at
• group analysts and others working with teams, reflective practice groups and staff groups
• leaders and managers using or considering reflective practice groups
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09:30 – 10:00
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Registration and Coffee
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10:00 – 10:15
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Introductions – Gwen Adshead, Marion Brown, Christine Thornton
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10:15 – 11:15
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Small Groups:
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What experiences do we bring here today?
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What do we hope to gain?
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What do you know about Group Analysis, how has it been useful in work, and what is missing?
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11:15 – 11:30
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Break
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11:30 – 13:00
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Plenary discussion from small groups
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Are teams groups? – how group analysis can help us understand and work with teams – Christine Thornton
Questions and discussion
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13:00 – 14:00
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Lunch
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14:00 – 15:15
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Two presentations: reflective practice in open/closed systems: hospitals and prisons – Marion Brown and Gwen Adshead
Questions and panel discussion
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15:15 – 15:30
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Break
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15:30 – 16:15
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Large group reflection: Thoughts unuttered, feelings unexpressed
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16:15 - 16:30
16:30
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Closing reflections
Ends
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Fees:
Full fee: £95
IGA members: £85
IGA students: £70
To book:
Book online
If for any reason you cannot book online, please call the office (020 7431 2693) and we will be happy to help.
by phone (020 7431 2693) using your debit card (no charge) or credit card (2% fee)
or send your name, address and contact details, including your email address and organisation (please state your occupation) with a cheque (made out to “The Institute of Group Analysis”) for £95/£85/£70 to The Events Administrator, IGA, 1 Daleham Gardens, London NW3 5BY
Flyer:
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