SOCWORK 4O03 Lecture 7: SW with Communities - Lecture 7

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SOCWORK 4O03
• Professor: Jennie Vengris

Document Summary

There is process and outcome oriented work. It is interconnected with other social work practices. Stuff to consider in the beginning phase. Insider vs outsider status in community work. Heard about current, on campus community building. **see table in notes on approaches to community practice. Bringing people together to look at an injustice. Popular educator: working with people to understand selves, conditions and systems. Planner: strategy, organization, helping to gure out the steps ahead. Respect for the community (as a whole and as individuals) Comfort not leading or leading from behind/afar. Accepting where the client wants to go, not where you want to go. Transit, parking, easy to nd, fully accessible, big enough, not too big, will work for what you want to do, neutral". Method matches who you want to draw out, easy to understand, variety of languages (if that makes sense for your event), explains why people should consider coming.