FRHD 4310 Chapter Notes - Chapter .: Fifth Force, Cultural Mediation, Paradigm Shift

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 4310
• Professor: Claire Mcmartin

Document Summary

Community agency - any institution - public or private, nonprofit or for-profit - designed to provide a wide range of social and psychological services to the community. Community worker - human-service workers whose primary duties include serving individual within the community in a variety of community groups. Community workers include social workers, community organizers and developers, clinical mental health counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, counselors, couples and family therapists, artists, activists, clergy persons, human-service workers, and residents involved in the community. Community counselling - a comprehensive helping framework that is grounded in multicultural competence and oriented toward social justice. The focus of community work is on preventing rather than remediating. Fifth force - social justice is referred to as a fish force that entails a paradigm shift beyond the individual. Counsellors who have a social justice advocacy perspective demonstrate leadership abilities and understand the importance of speaking out to empower individuals, families, and their community.