Needs, Wellbeing & Resources
The acronym for the social, physical, economic, emotional, cultural and spiritual factors affecting wellbeing.
SPEECS
Things people aim to achieve to help satisfy their needs and wants.
Goals
The accepted rules and expected behaviours within a group.
Norms
A leadership style in which the leader makes decisions with little or no input from group members.
Autocratic leadership
A family consisting of parents or carers and their dependent children.
Nuclear family
Things required for survival and optimal wellbeing.
Needs
The process of selecting from a number of alternatives.
Decision making
Changing behaviour or attitudes to match the expectations of a group.
Conformity
A leadership style in which group members participate in making decisions.
Democratic leadership
A couple who live together as partners without being legally married.
De facto family
Skills, abilities and talents that belong to people.
Human resources
The communication component describing how a message is transmitted.
Medium
The sense of attraction, connection and unity holding group members together.
Cohesiveness
Power gained through specialised knowledge, abilities or skills.
Expert power
A family created when adults and children from previous relationships come together.
Blended family
The substitution or exchange of one resource for another.
Interchangeability of resources
A communication style that expresses needs clearly and respectfully without violating the rights of others.
Assertive communication
A role focused on completing activities and achieving the group’s goals.
Task-oriented role
Power gained because others admire, respect or identify with an individual.
Referent power
The family role involving the provision of needs such as safety, health, education and an adequate standard of living.
Satisfying specific needs
Conserving and managing resources so they remain available into the future.
Resource sustainability
The management process involving identifying an issue, developing alternatives, selecting a solution and evaluating the result.
Problem solving
A role focused on maintaining relationships, morale and harmony within a group.
Socioemotional role
Unlike a mediator, this support person speaks on behalf of one party and protects that party’s interests during conflict resolution.
Advocate
An individual’s understanding of who they are, influenced by family relationships, culture and experiences.
Sense of identity