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5 Scotland: Fife Council’s community social work team
Abstract
This chapter offers a recent example of the early development of a community social work team in Scotland. With contributions from staff and community members, it explores in depth the dynamic involved in the bottom-up creation of a service that started in a Scottish town suffering from the effects of post-industrialisation. Endemic poverty and alienation spurred some imaginative and creative forms of support, as well as a partnership between team members, community members and allied agencies within the local council and the third sector. Social work skills were central to the community development approach of the team.
Abstract
This chapter offers a recent example of the early development of a community social work team in Scotland. With contributions from staff and community members, it explores in depth the dynamic involved in the bottom-up creation of a service that started in a Scottish town suffering from the effects of post-industrialisation. Endemic poverty and alienation spurred some imaginative and creative forms of support, as well as a partnership between team members, community members and allied agencies within the local council and the third sector. Social work skills were central to the community development approach of the team.
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
