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3 Community social work for the present era
Abstract
As a core chapter of the book, this chapter outlines a model of how to build community social work as a planned and concerted team approach. It assumes that this will be done on a pilot/test-of-change basis by the public sector organisation that organises social services in the area concerned. While emphasising that this involves non-prescriptive but locally conditioned top-down enabling and bottom-up building, it offers a systematic approach to planning and executing a model that should fit most situations, whether involving a geographical neighbourhood or a dispersed community of interest, such as an ethnically minoritised group.
Abstract
As a core chapter of the book, this chapter outlines a model of how to build community social work as a planned and concerted team approach. It assumes that this will be done on a pilot/test-of-change basis by the public sector organisation that organises social services in the area concerned. While emphasising that this involves non-prescriptive but locally conditioned top-down enabling and bottom-up building, it offers a systematic approach to planning and executing a model that should fit most situations, whether involving a geographical neighbourhood or a dispersed community of interest, such as an ethnically minoritised group.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of figures and tables v
- List of abbreviations vi
- Glossary of keywords and terms vii
- Acknowledgements xiii
- Introduction 1
- A history of community social work in the UK 13
- Bringing community into mainstream social work 33
- Community social work for the present era 47
- Policy drivers and relevant legislation in the UK 70
- Scotland: Fife Council’s community social work team 81
- Northern Ireland: Clarendon Medical Practice’s multi-disciplinary team – from ‘Healthy Connections’ to ‘Strengthened Connections’ 98
- Wales: examples of community orientation and community social work from Carmarthenshire and Torfaen 107
- Community social work with a marginalised minority ethnic group: Gypsy and Traveller communities in England 118
- Learning from contemporary experience: reflections on the examples from across the UK 126
- Climate change and community social work 132
- Community social work within social work education 145
- Conclusion: The future of community orientation and community social work 159
- References 168
- Index 187
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of figures and tables v
- List of abbreviations vi
- Glossary of keywords and terms vii
- Acknowledgements xiii
- Introduction 1
- A history of community social work in the UK 13
- Bringing community into mainstream social work 33
- Community social work for the present era 47
- Policy drivers and relevant legislation in the UK 70
- Scotland: Fife Council’s community social work team 81
- Northern Ireland: Clarendon Medical Practice’s multi-disciplinary team – from ‘Healthy Connections’ to ‘Strengthened Connections’ 98
- Wales: examples of community orientation and community social work from Carmarthenshire and Torfaen 107
- Community social work with a marginalised minority ethnic group: Gypsy and Traveller communities in England 118
- Learning from contemporary experience: reflections on the examples from across the UK 126
- Climate change and community social work 132
- Community social work within social work education 145
- Conclusion: The future of community orientation and community social work 159
- References 168
- Index 187
