S W 334 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Farmworker, United Farm Workers, Human Services
Document Summary
The role of the social worker in the community: Capacity building and asset mapping: capacity building and asset mapping focus on the strengths of informal networks within communities, household units, natural support systems and social networks, self-help groups, voluntary associations. Community practice models: neighborhood and community organizing, organizing functional communities, social and economic development, social planning, program development and community liaison, political and social action, coalition building, social movements. Introduce a proposal for consideration: be an active participant in the process, work behind the scene to influence people who participate in the process. Political and social action: desired outcome action for social justice focused on changing policy or policymakers, scope of concern building political power, institutional change (naacp, maldef, United farm workers: system targeted for change voting public, elected officials, potential participants, social work roles advocate, organizer, researcher, candidate for political office.
