Professional Documents
Culture Documents
APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY
INTERVENTION
Course Instructor
Abul Kashem
Associate Professor
Social Work, SUST
• Arthur Dunham: Community welfare
organization, Principles and practice, Thomas
Y.Crowell Co., New York, 1958, pp23.
• Murray Ross: Community Organization-
Theory and Principles, Harper Bros., New
York, 1955.
• Goel, et. Al, (Edi.): Community Work:
Theories, Experiences and Challenges, India,
2014.
Objectives of the Course
Community organization is one of the basic methods
of social work. Social workers have to work from
micro level to macro level where clients and
functions are not similar. Community is the
fundamental and largest field of social work
practice. As we have taught about social case work
and social group work, so it is essential to learn
about community, its settings, needs, methods,
techniques, etc.
Cont……
There are some specific objectives like,
1. To understand community and its distinct features
2. To understand and to analyze the community needs to
develop plan of action
3. To know the historical background of CO
4. To learn about the methods of CO to facilitate people to
use their resources to cope with the situation
5. To get idea about community development and how it is
different from CO
6. To learn about the required knowledge and skills to
perform as a community organizer
COMMUNITY
Community
In Greek language community means “fellowship” or a group
of people who come together for mutual support and to
fulfill their basic needs.
Mobility
Cultural diversity
Less integrity
Family structure
Individuality
Time and space
Urban planning
Diverse mood of income
Weak social bondage
Framework for Studying Community
Community typology framework
By Warren and Warren
– Build on four characteristics
• Identify
• Integration
• Group norms
• External linkages
Factors in Studying a Community
1. Description of the community
Geographical: Location, physiography, climate, etc.
Accommodation: House, rooms, ventilation, etc.
History
Religion and religious activities
Service and facilities
2. Population
Size, structure, trend, ratio, migration, etc.
3. Health and Sanitation
Health practice, diseases, drainage, water supply, medical facility,
nutrition, infant mortality, toilet, etc.
4. Communication and Transportation
Mood of communication, distance, e-service, internet use, roads,
use of television, news paper, etc.
5. Education: Literacy, Access, gender participation, trend, institute,
6. Economic Affairs: Mood of production, occupation, profession,
capital, market access, financial institute, women role, etc.
7. Kinship pattern: Family type, relationship, marriage, socialization
process,
8. Religion and culture: Religious practice, cultural practice, types,
rituals, relation, etc.
9. Recreation: Common practice, facilities, organization,
10. Political Institute: Political situation, practice, decision making,
leadership, etc.
11. Resources and Limitations: Local resources, use, barriers,
crises, etc.
Community Power Actors
What is power?
What is community?
What is power structure?
Who work as power actors?
How do they place in power position?
Why do they place in the power position?
Position
Social
Control of
Resources
Connectio
ns
Power
Personal
Characteri
stics Expertise
Informa
tion
Formal and Informal Power Actors
•System is a concept
•It functions according to order or pattern
•It is an orderly arrangement
•Patterned relationship among parts of structure
•Based on functional relations
•It binds the part into unity
•A system-natural-solar system
•Organised system- social system
Meciver and Page:
•Social system is an organisation
•As it is an orderly and systematic arrangement of
parts
Loomis and Loomis:
•Social system is composed of patterned interaction of
members
Talcott Parsons:
a social system consist of plurality of individuals,
actors interaction in with other in a situation
Elements of Social System
Belief: Keeps people together based on a common
belief that gives inner strength
1. Study
2. Problem identification and analysis
3. Assessment
4. Determination of strategies
5. Organization
6. Action
7. Evaluation
8. Modification and continuation
Methods of C O
1. Programming
1. Fact finding 2. Analysis 3.Evaluation 4. Planning
2. Coordination and Integration
5. Conference 6. Consultation 7. Negotiation
8. Organization
3. Education and Promotion
9. Education 10. Legislative Promotion
11. Non-legislative Social Action
4. Financing
12. Fund Raising 13. Federal Financial Campaigning
14. Joint Budget
See- C. Welfare Org. by A. Dunham
Some Methods of Community
Organization
Analysis
Analysis involves breaking up a problem, situation, or
collection of data.
The purpose of analysis is to gain insight and understanding ,
particularly, to understand the content better by dividing it
up on some logical basis; and to understand the relationship
involved in the content.
Ways to Analysis
The application of the six analytical questions: What, who,
where, when, why, how?
For example, the problem what shall be done about the
older people in our community of 100000, needs to be
broken down into the specific questions, such as the
following:
-What do we mean by older people?
-How many of them are there?
-What ages?
-Where do they live?
-Where do they live?
-What are their basic needs in respect to income,
maintenance, housing, health, employment, recreation and
so on?
-What are the resources available for dealing with these
problems?
Classification
For example, A large community welfare council must
classify its member agencies to obtain picture of the
resources in various functional fields in the community.
Comparison
Comparison of case loads, service statistics, and per capita
costs
Process—
Building Support
Making a Plan
Implementing and Adjusting the Plan
Maintaining Momentum
Building Support
Community enhancement and capacity building are
fundamental to CD. The first step is to create awareness,
understanding and support for the CD process. There are
some queries---
Q1. Why do you believe a CD approach should be initiated?
Q2. What benefit would result form it?
Q3. What steps needed to be taken at first?
Q4. Who should take leadership role?
Q5. What are the longer term issue need to consider?
Q1. Why do you believe a CD approach should
be initiated?
Community Needs Assessment
Need
A need is something you have to have and cannot do
without it. So,……..