Both the new social work degree and post-qualifying award in social work require that students are competent at working with groups, and such skills are also valuable in inter-professional practice, partnership working and within the social care workforce. This accessible book introduces the practicalities of planning, establishing, facilitating and evaluating social work projects, and contains common-sense guidance on setting up, facilitating and closing small helping groups, inter-professional and other groups. The reader is introduced to the relevant skills, stages and decisions in groupwork, and guided through what to do when things seem to be going wrong.