| |
Strategy |
Main role/title of
worker |
Examples of
work/agencies |
Key texts |
| Community
Care |
Cultivating
social networks and voluntary services. Developing self-help concepts. |
Organizer /
Volunteer |
Work with
older people, persons with disabilities, children under 5 years old |
Beresford
& Croft (1986); Heginbotham (1990); Mayo (1994) |
| Community
organisation |
Improving
co-ordination between different welfare agencies |
Organizer /
Catalyst / Manager |
Councils for
Voluntary Service, Racial Equality Councils, Settlements |
Adamson et
al. (1988); Dearlove (1974); Dominelli (1990) |
| Community
development |
Assisting
groups to acquire the skills and confidence to improve quality of life.
Active participation. |
Enabler /
Neighbourhood Worker / Facilitator |
Community
groups, Tenants groups, Settlements |
Association
of Metropolitan Authorities (1993); Barr (1991) |
| Social/community
planning |
Analysis of
social conditions, setting of goals and priorities, implementing and
evaluating services and programmes |
Enabler / Facilitator
|
Localities
undergoing redevelopment |
Marris
(1987); Twelvetrees (1991) |
| Community
education |
Attempts to
bring education and community into a closer and more equal relationship |
Educator /
Facilitator |
Community
schools/colleges, 'compensatory education', Working class/feminist adult
education |
Allen et
al. (1987); Allen & Martin (1992); Freire (1970, 1972, 1976,
1985); Lovett (1975); Lovett et al. (1983); Rogers (1994) |
| Community
action |
Usually
class-based, conflict-focused direct action at local level |
Activist |
Squatting
movement, welfare rights movement, resistance against planning and
redevelopment, tenant's action |
Craig et
al. (1982); Jacobs & Popple (1994); Lees & Mayo (1984) |
| Feminist
community work |
Improvement
of women's welfare, working collectively to challenge and eradicate
inequalities suffered by women |
Activist /
Enabler / Facilitator |
Women's
refuges, Women's health groups, Women's therapy centres |
Barker
(1986); Dixon et al. (1982); Dominelli (1990, 1994); Flynn et
al. (1986) |
| Black and
anti-racist community work |
Setting up
and running groups that support the needs of Black people. Challenging
racism. |
Activist /
Volunteer |
Racial
Equality Councils and Commission for Racial Equality funded projects |
Ohri et
al. (1982); Sivanandan (1976,1990); Sondhi (1982,1994) |