CESC 12

Community Profiling
and Needs and
Resources Assessment
CESC 12
In ths lesson, you are expected to:
 Define community profiling and resources
assessment(enrichment);
 Identify the basic similarities and differences of
community profiling and resources
assessment(enrichment);
 Show an understanding of the importance of community
profiling and its types and methods (enrichment);
Definitions of
Community
Profiling
 PROFILING
Profiling is a process of creating a series of
information that is applied to
something or someone through
techniques of data elaboration.
COMMUNITY
PROFILING
Community Profiling is a method used to
establish a better understanding and
description of the community in a
specific geographical location and its
community member’s context and
reality.
“A community profiling is a comprehensive description
of the needs of a population that is defined or defines
itself, as a community, and the resources that exist
within that community, carried out with the active
involvement of the community itself, for the purpose
of developing an action plan or other means of
improving the quality of life of the community.”
Needs and
resources
assessment
 NEEDS VS. RESOURCES

NEEDS RESOURCES
Needs is something that is Resources are a type of
lacking-either a support, service, or
resource, a tool, or a program made available in
program that puts the the community (Billings
community at 1995).
disadvantage or risk.
 A community needs a resource
assessment so that it can:
 Learn about the services that are needed
and are appropriate for the community;
 Identify the strength, weaknesses, and
resources of the community;
 Measure the community’s readiness for
change;
 Establish a community baseline for
tracking changes through time; and
determine the readiness of the
community sectors.
According to community matters (2014), the
nine resources to be considered in community
profiling are the following:
 History
 People of the community
 Presence of different agencies, support,
and institutions
 Health and welfare and development
programs
 Work and economy
 Housing needs and resource assessment
 Leisure
 Religion
 Aspects related to people with special
needs (differently-abled people)
 Types of
Community
Profiling
 Rapid appraisal- this type of profiling
deals with how the researchers
extract data by means of observation
and by conducting a discussion with
the key informants from the
community.
Blackshaw (2010) discussed the
following types of profiling:
 Priority searching- in this type of
profiling, the primary means of data
collection is a focus group discussion
(FGD)

Blackshaw (2010) discussed the

following types of profiling:
 Compass- this method uses 400-item
questionnaire, which also allows the
respondents to add their own
questions.

Blackshaw (2010) discussed the

following types of profiling:
Harvey and Percy Smith (2007) also enumerated and described other types of
community profiling:

 Community profile- It includes the types of resources that are

present in the community and the kind of active involvement that
the members have.
 Needs assessment- this is usually done by certain agencies to plan
out what type of policy is needed in a certain community.
 Community consultations- as what its name suggests, this involves
conducting meetings and consultations with the community
members.
 Social audit- this deals with measuring and producing reports
regarding the health of a certain community, which in turn, gives
researchers an idea of the community’s status and well-being.
Self-Paced Learning
 Conduct a Community Profiling in your own Barangay
based on the 9 resources discussed.
 Discuss what needs improvement, as well as the improved
facilities and projects and its effectiveness.
 Upload your Community Profile in Google Classroom.
Thank You!
Community
Description
1. Area as a place to live
2. Area as social community
3. Area as economic community
4. Area as a political community
5. Area as a personal space
 7 TYPES OF
PARTICIPATI
ON
1. PASSIVE PARTICIPATION
2. PARTICIPATION IN INFORMATION GIVING
3. PARTICIPATION BY CONSULTATION
4. PARTICIPATION FOR MATERIAL
INCENTIVES
5. FUNCTIONAL PARTICIPATION
6. INTERACTIVE PARTICIPATION
7. SELF-MOBILIZATION
 STRENGTHS AND
LIMITATIONS OF
COMMUNITY PROFILING
 Strengths

1. Empowerment of community
members
2. Alignment with social work codes of
practice and values.
3. Holistic in nature
Limitations

1. Lack of resources
2. Expertise in the method
3. Involvement of community
members
Structural constraints
Thank You!