DEFINITIONS
Group Sessions: A face-to-face discussion, between at least one counselor and two or more clients focusing on the needs of the clients.
Group Leader: The counselor in charge of the session and the counselor who shall write the respective progress notes in the client file.
POLICIES
- Clients must be cleared by the LVN before initially participating in group sessions
- Orientation shall be completed prior to admission into group sessions.
- Clients shall not be under the influence of alcohol or illicit drug/s
- Clients should expect to be drug screened every time a group session is conducted
- Clients are expected to arrive on time to all group sessions
- Clients should be in attendance to all scheduled group sessions unless cleared by the Clinical Director or LVN.
- All group sessions shall be at least 60-minutes in duration.
- A group leader is appointed by the Clinical Director for each group session.
PROCEDURES
- Attendance is taken at the start of each session by the group leader
- All group members are asked to express three feelings and what they are working on today.
- Scheduled and completed assignments are read aloud to all group members.
- Group leader may choose a topic and then asks the group, “Who would like to start?”
- If nobody volunteers the group leader will choose a group member to begin the session.
- Assignments are handed out at the end of each session with the expected completion date of one week ahead expressed by the group leader and acknowledged by the client.
- At the end of 60 minutes the group session is dismissed by the group leader
- Group leader delivers attendance sheet to Clinical Director’s inbox
