4.

0 Intended Learning Outcomes

and Topics
Topics

 Nature of Community Work

 Development of Community Work
 Community Service

Intended Learning Outcomes

At the end of the session the students are expected to:

1. Identify possible community outreach program activities for adopted

communities.
2. Explain the concepts underpinning community outreach programs.
3. Discuss the significance of community outreach program in the attainment of
the T.I.P. graduate attributes.

4.1 Community Work

Community work involves work done by community-based, it is a range of services
including information and advice, counseling, advocacy, and support — targeting an
equally diverse range of people and areas of interest.

4.2 Range of Community Work

Community Work Can Mean a Range of Things

 being involved in local or neighborhood groups or associations

 being a volunteer or unpaid worker
 being involved in a non-profit, not-for-profit, or charitable organization or
association
 doing public interest or public benefit work
 doing work for a “cause” or a “calling”.
4.3 Community Development
Worker
Community development workers help communities to bring about social change and
improve the quality of life in their local area. They work with individuals, families, and
whole communities.
 

 identify their assets, needs, opportunities, rights, and responsibilities;

 plan what they want to achieve and take appropriate action;
 develop activities and services to generate aspiration and confidence.

4.4 The Act of Community

Development Worker
A community development worker often acts as a link between communities and a range
of other local authority and voluntary sector providers. They are frequently involved in
addressing inequality, and projects often target communities perceived to be culturally,
economically, or geographically disadvantaged.

4.5 Typical Work Activities

 Community development work seeks to actively engage communities in
making sense of the issues which affect their lives
 Setting goals for improvement and responding to problems and needs through
empowerment and active participation.
 A good deal of the work is project-based, which means that community
development workers usually have a specific geographical community or social
group on which to focus.

4.5.1 Examples of Activities

1.Tree Planting
2.Gift Giving
3.Mural Painting
4.Tutorial and Preschool Storytelling
5.Clean-Up Drive
6.Recreational Activities and Feeding
7.Film Showing
8.Information Seminar
9.Livelihood / Entrepreneurship Program
10.Habitat for Humanity Philippines  (Community Building)

4.6 Community Development

Community Development is:

 A structured intervention that gives communities greater control over the

conditions that affect their lives. 
 This does not solve all the problems faced by a local community, but it does
build up the confidence to tackle such problems as effectively as any local
action can. 
 A skilled process and part of its approach is the belief that communities can be
helped if they themselves agree to this process. 

4.7 Community Service

Community Service is identified by the Higher Education Institution (HEI) in consultation with
the local government, community-based organizations, and non-governmental organizations
as designed to improve the quality of life for community residents, particularly low-income
individuals, or to solve problems related to their needs. 
1. First aid training or health care, preschool storytelling, social welfare, social services,
street cleaning, and community improvement
2. Serving in the youth corps as defined in the NSTP Act of 2001
3. Assisting students with disabilities
4. Tutoring supporting educational activities, and counseling, including career counseling.
 
Volunteer Community-service can be rendered in government offices, private companies, or in
any place where services may be needed.