Community Work is not only work for the community, nor in the community; it is a process of

transformation from the community: dreamed, planned, led, and evaluated by the community itself
community. Its objectives are to empower the strengths and actions of the community to achieve a
better quality of life for its population and achieve new goals within the chosen social process
by the inhabitants; playing, therefore, a relevant role in the participation in it of
all its members.
Community Social Work, in relation to other levels or areas, let us consider that more
that a strictly delimited reality, Community Social Work, is configured as a
amalgamation of all this, with as many variations as there are different communities, projects and
intervention programs. Although it can be pointed out that Community Social Work involves
a personal challenge, regardless of the institutional framework and the contractual relationship that
link the professional with the community.
This challenge puts at stake the values of solidarity, participation, and coexistence to help the
community in raising awareness about its needs, its situation and its possibilities of
change.
The T. S. of community
The concept of community and community work predates social work. As a discipline, it emerged during the 19th century.
around 1880) in England as a result of the expansion of industrialism and the accelerated process of urbanization, it
they create social centers to preserve spiritual human values” aiming at social integration in pursuit
to improve social conditions. This experience extends to the US.
In 1925 at the 'National T.S. Conference,' community work was proposed as 'the way to help a
group of people to recognize their common needs and to solve those needs” this scheme taken
as a colonialist political strategy after the Second World War, applied in Asian countries and
Africans..
The 'community development' as a political strategy was a palliative response to underdevelopment and a
brakes on national liberation movements. Initially complemented by the English and later adopted by
North Americans to assert their economic dominance. The United Nations recommends the
implementation of this working method in all countries to raise the standard of living of the population.
In A.L, the practice of community development has a guiding thread, which is the Alliance for Progress.
driven by the USA. Through the Inter-American Development Bank.
The community organization method aims to introduce planned changes in a
community aimed at improving living standards but without pursuing structural transformations in the
political and social organization.
To account for the conception of 'community' in this socio-historical context, we take as
representative of the definition given by Ezequiel Ander Egg: "Community is a territorial group of people with
reciprocal relationships that serve as common means to achieve common goals.
In what has been expressed so far, the community is subordinated to a kind of geographical limitation. The habitat in
common is the main factor of unity of the group. So much so that if its members had to leave it, life
the community would disintegrate.
In this brief historical overview, principles present in the conception of community are highlighted.
in her way of intervening. Thus we find common components:
Structure ends and static

Absence of conflict

Homogeneity

Territoriality

Common means and common ends are characteristics of an organized and structured social group.

What do we understand by community?

Una comunidad es una agrupación o conjunto de personas que habitan un espacio geográfico delimitado y
delimitable, whose members have a sense of belonging or identification with some local symbol and that
interact with each other more intensely than in any other context, operating in networks of communication, interest and
mutual support, with the purpose of achieving certain objectives, satisfying needs, solving problems or
perform relevant social functions at the local level.
The term community is one of the most used concepts in social sciences referring to
very diverse realities. In its original acceptance, the term 'community' referred to a realm
space of relatively small dimensions and in a broad sense the word denotes the quality of common, or
Well, the possession of something in common is about something shared; depending on what is shared, there will be ...
different scopes of the term.
Problem statement.
There is a long history of mutual aid and community action that has existed since humanity itself.
the family. The tribe, the religious communities, the mutual aid societies up to the welfare state and
well-being. For 50 years, community development has been promoted by governments giving an approach
scientific technology to the natural forms of society of the communities that is becoming more and more
impersonal, complex and external.
HISTORICAL STAGES OF T.S.
For Ezequiel Ander, social assistance is based on a benevolent and supportive conception, the service
social in the technocratic development model while the T.S. is based on a consciousness-raising perspective
revolutionary.
Egg, in 1985, presents the historical evolution of the T.S. as a profession divided into three stages in which
there would subsequently be three conceptions of the profession that he refers to: charitable assistance, aseptic
technocratic and developmentalist awareness-raising highlighting the identification of these conceptions the
disqualification of the first two that would correspond to the Classical T. S.

Según los autores del libro:

T.C. is a type of ACTIVITY that aims for the ORGANIZATION of populations. It would be about a
ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICE carried out by professionals in the FIELD OF SOCIAL INTERVENTION and in
back to certain COLLECTIVE OBJECTIVES

It aims to address the transformation of COLLECTIVE SITUATIONS through ORGANIZATION and the
ASSOCIATIVE ACTION.

It aims to address the transformation of COLLECTIVE SITUATIONS through ORGANIZATION and the
ASSOCIATIVE ACTION.

It can be a simple group (for example, an association) or involve more complex organizations.
intergroups (for example, a group coordinator, a group platform...)

Concept of GROUP:

appears as a new element that redensifies (coheses) social life

politically strengthens the groups or populations of which it is a part
- promotes and encourages democratic participation in society
It is because of these repercussions that we talk about SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. It is about
generate new social subjects, new collective agents and/or new structures of relationships among them,
that allow for tackling the transformation of collective situations.
Community Work organizes people to carry out A SET OF well-planned ACTIONS
that are COHERENT with the SOCIAL SITUATIONS that are intended to be addressed.

Within Social Work, Community Work is considered one of its three methods.
traditional intervention.
1 Case Social Work
2 Group Social Work
3 Community Social Work

1) The TC would differ from the TS of Cases and Groups in that these two would address the treatment of
personal social situations (problems that arise in the context of the individual's own character)
and in the context of their immediate relationships with others) and the TC would address "collective" social situations
(problems that relate to issues that go beyond the individual's immediate environments and beyond the
scope of his private life.

To better see the differences between the different types, we will look at the following scheme:

CASE STUDIES GROUPS COMMUNITY TS

METHODOL Individual or family Treatment group is Approach to social sites

OGIA a system collectives through the org. and the
Relationships deliberately associative action. To achieve this
bidirectional subject structured by the is established and sustained a
sdad and personality professional in which the organization (group or
modification of the intergroup) around the
Recipients must
customer behavior collective projects. Group=
also mobilize their effects through autonomous subject that is
potentialities social interaction with the relates to other groups and
others. Work institutions.
individualized in the womb
from a group and through the
group.
CHALLENGES Establishment of some Organization of environments Discover needs and
QUALITY relations group (selection and potentialities of space
ALES professional-person motivation of the members social, whatever it's about; to take
recipient that allow through the process of contact with people, help to
an accurate analysis and personal diagnosis and set goals, maintain
common problems and group) the active organization
social situations that to develop the will of
they wrap them. Dynamic driving of the work to satisfy
sessions (activities, forms) needs.
Mobilization in a of functioning, roles
improvement project personal...)

Reconstruction of the Personal and group assessment

social sphere of the subject.

OBJECTIVES Improvement of situations Support for individuals or families Make concrete changes
FROM personal or familywho face in the social environment, to help
INTERVENTION through the activation difficult
of circumstances to get people to acquire
ON internal resources and modify attitudes confidence and skills for
externals personal, relationships face other problems...
interpersonal and
Promote the effectiveness of
capabilities to achieve
client to solve act effectively in their
problems environment

INSTRUMENTInterview, management of Sessions of group, meetings, work with

TOS professional for mobilizing interaction professional members around development
TECHNICIANS social resources client, work with 3rd parties for positions, managements and work
BASICS change the personal SSPs. with third parties in favor of the
group projects.

.
Currently, Community Work has been incorporated into various professional groups:
social educators, community psychologists.... In some countries, the fragmentation has been so intense that
Some professional groups tend to establish in methodological approaches the source of identities.
different professionals.

The TC can be divided into 3 levels of intervention:

a) MICRO: strengthening of individuals, collectives, groups
b) MESOSOCIAL: neighborhood, the locality
c) MACRO: national and international
The main tasks according to Henderson & Thomas would be:
Entering the neighborhood
Discover the neighborhood
3) Define objectives and your own role
4) Make contact, bring people together
5) Form and establish collective structures, organize tasks
6) Help define objectives, classify them, establish priorities
Keep the organization active
Take care of relationships
9) Withdraw and conclude

In summary: they focus significantly on the ORGANIZATION of a group in search of the solution of
his problems.
Prof. Esther Raya Diez

Topic 4 Foundation and objective of the Community T.S.

4.1 Fundamentals, objectives and principles

No existe un acuerdo respecto a la naturaleza del Trabajo Social Comunitario, tal como ha destacado Escartin
(1998:116). It is debated whether community work is: a) a differentiable activity from political action;
b). a differentiated activity from volunteer work and leadership; c) whether it is a specific profession or
In a way of working, it is assumed by different social professionals; d). if it is a part of the T. S.

Ultimately, the T. S. C. is an action WITH and BY the community, it is not an action FOR or ABOUT it.
community, although one should not underestimate the effect of the latter, especially if they produce a
expansion of social rights. However, it is worth noting as a basic premise of the T. S. C.
community participation in intervention processes, and this is only possible when they are organized
actions counting ON the community, which are felt as their own by it.

CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY

MarcoMarchioni

it says that the community in terms of dimensions, functional and institutional is the true beginning of the
social intervention that must be carried out to better and more coordinately address a
localcommunitywithallavailableresourcestoincludewithinsocialactionthe
conceptandpracticeofplanning
This author collects information from Ángela Zucconi. M. M.
Define community as a group of people who inhabit the same territory with certain ties and certain
common interests. The community consists of four elements:
Territorio. Población. La demanda. Losrecursos.
The relationship between these elements is such that they condition each other.
Terrtiory:Itsiofgreatm
i portancebecausetiembodeisasereisofreatilesthat
determine in part the conditions of life and work.
Demand; It speaks of the current and the future. It talks about explicit and implicit demand and
objective and subjective demand.
Resources; It classifies them into private and public, existing and potential.
The Lament of the Authors, standing out in distinguishing
Threefundamentalfunctionsofsocialsupport:
Emotional support.
Elapoyoinstrumental.
Informative help: guidance, advice, etc.
Other authors, in addition to these three functions, include others such as:
Support self-esteem.
Social company.
The possibility of providing support to others.

1.2 CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY SOCIAL WORK Some authors

theytalkabouttheorganizationoftheCommunityandothersofCommunityDevelopment;bothare
they refer to Social Work with Communities.
The organization of the Community:
the term began to be used in the US and Community Development was used to talk about the
work that was done with the communities in developing countries. For a time, it
they maintained the two terms to talk about Social Work with Communities; then they were given
It is noted that in advanced societies there were also areas where development was needed.
Community, so in the end it was decided to use the term for both activities.
Community Social Work. There are moments when Social Work has been considered
Community as the method
After the reconceptualization, it is referred to as a level of intervention. It is important to know that the
Community Social Work (TSC) is the response to
the question of how social work can help communities
to understand the social problems existing in your area/community
n i d a d y a d a r solutions for them.

1.2.1 COMMUNITY WORK

Community Development
It is the process by which the people themselves participate in planning and in carrying out
programs aimed at raising their standard of living (definition by the United Nations)
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Communities can develop the capacity to resolve
their own problems.
People want and can change.

3. The people must participate in order to control the changes.

Important events taking place in their communities.
The changes in community life that are self-imposed or self-developed
Ithasameaningandapermanencethatimposedchangesdonothave.
The global approach of the T.S. with Communities solves problems in a partial way
they could not be resolved within the Community.
It is necessary to have a democratic platform for participation to exist.
ion and cooperation in community affairs
7. Communities often need help in order to organize themselves for
confront their needs.
Ezequiel Ander-Egg

Methodology and practice of community development VOLUME

Chapter II Brief historical reference on the
community work as a method and program
of social intervention

Throughout history, there were various communities that carried out different
actions of mutual support, indeed through different means and modalities that range from
social institutions such as the family and the tribe to the very Welfare State and
Well-being.

The history of community action and mutual support is long-standing, without

these characteristics have not been the main components of the history as
it has been the conflicts, the competition, and the antagonisms.

For about fifty years, governments have emphasized what

they will be called 'community development', these are induced actions that provide a kind
from scientific and technological clothing to ancient forms of collaboration. But they also have
another reason for being; community development programs emerge and become necessary
when individual solidarities are disappearing due to an increasingly
more individualistic and competitive, that is why state participation is necessary to
that promotes and legitimizes this type of cooperative actions.

For centuries, the family was the main nucleus of mutual aid, then that solidarity
it occurred in other types of small societies such as the clan, the tribe, the village, and as it progressed
societies became more urban, religious communities and guilds became
they transformed into areas of that solidarity. Already in the modern world and with the process of
With industrialization on their shoulders, the mutuals and unions fulfilled that role by creating networks of
solidarity to help and protect the rights of workers and their families.

As the natural solidarities of the human being are fading and disappearing,
help became a profession, the forms of assistance were institutionalized and
is building a bureaucratic administrative machinery to give shape and substance to the
social solidarity. With the emergence of social intervention programs and methods
community actions have only been given a scientific technical guise to very
ancient mutual collaborations that men have carried out throughout history.

The tests of solidarity, altruism, and community spirit in Latin America have
a distant origin that we can trace back to pre-Hispanic cultures, where the
indigenous communities maintain a clear tradition of cooperation to this day.
mutual aid.

Part I: What is community development

Chapter I About the concept of community
1.- The different scopes with which the concept of community is used.
Community is one of the most used concepts in the social sciences.
maintaining wide use within the disciplines, endowed with extensive polysemy. This
multiplicity of meanings occurs in scientific language, as well as in language
common.
The concept of community, the word denotes the quality of 'common' that belongs to
or extends to several. It refers to something 'shared'.
The term as previously referred is used in different circumstances, to
sometimes, to designate a small group of people living together for some purpose in
common, as it is also referred to a neighborhood, town or municipality. In a scope or area
wider region, province, region, nation, continent until reaching the set of the
humanity.
When examining different uses of the concept in the field of social sciences, one
pude comprobar que, dependiendo los casos, se comparte lo que el termino tiene alcances
diferentes, se pude constar esa diversidad a través de una revisión de los diferentes
aspects that are often highlighted.
Delimited space or territory, determines to designate people and relationships
that are established among those who live in a specific territorial space constituting a
individual identity by geographic boundaries.
They share a common social heritage, referring to customs, languages or
belonging to the same ethnicity. Recognizing a history, an identity
having a common destination.
Feelings or awareness of similarity and belonging, people share a network of
relationships and common ties identified psychologically.
Social relationships, a group of people who share interests, aspirations, values and
common objectives.
Autonomous functional entity, this social functionality of a community is expressed in:
The economic activities of production, distribution, and consumption.
Availability of certain resources, goods, and services.
Institutions, roles, status, and social classes that exist within.
2.- The common elements in the different uses of this concept.

There are different scopes in which the term is used, with some
common elements or areas of overlap:

A group of people who interact, maintaining common relationships and ties,

interests, objectives or common function.
It involves a space where the existence of the community takes place, having as an element
the territory.
The sense of belonging, where a group of people feel part of a
community having a social heritage. Shared, customs and values.
The functionality for which these people are together, this functionality requires the
availability of resources, goods and services, and the execution of activities in which it occurs
a diversity of roles and in which there are different positions and social classes.

The most important structural elements:

The territory (geographic location)
The geographic population (that inhabits that territory)
The resources/services (productive activities and available services)
The forms of interaction, relationships, and common ties provide identification, (a sense of
awareness of belonging

3.- What do we understand by community?

Grouping or set of people, the people linked to each other. However, not all
A group or set of people constitutes a community.

That inhabit a defined and definable geographic space, for there to be a community, the
a group of people must share a settlement space and common habitat. All
the community always occupies a specific territory, even when that occupation is
transitory. When it is said "delimited and definable", it means that it cannot be defined a
community scope, but it must be a space that can be defined by the people who
They are integrated by political-administrative, historical, and cultural coincidence.

Whose members have a sense of belonging or identification with some symbol

the person should feel identified with some local symbol, taking into account that the
most people are immersed in several communities simultaneously, varying
the degree of belonging to each of them.

Members of a neighborhood interact with each other more intensely than in other contexts.
they interact more intensely with each other than with people from another community or neighborhood.

Operating in communication networks, based on mutual interests and support within it,
heterogeneity that exists in a community with different forms of differentiation: age,
sex, income levels, cultural norms, religious options, political and ideological aspects among
others, the actions of the members of a community, the concept of social network contributed
by British anthropology which has been widely used in recent years, has been of
great usefulness. The relationships that an individual builds around themselves with other people,
These relationships have diverse characteristics and contents, such as a nature
utilitarian (productive tasks or activities) and emotional (mutual support group). In addition,
In a community, there may be people or networks, linked to others that transcend the
community territorial scope.

In order to achieve certain objectives, satisfy needs, solve

problems or performing relevant social functions at the local level, these purposes are
they can specify and carry out in the scope of activities, in the use of
equipment and common services shared by its members in social participation
in the different organizations and mutual support, whether through mechanisms
institutional or primary groups.

Taking into account all the observations, a definition can be clarified of

community.
A community is a grouping or group of people who inhabit a space.
geographically defined and definable, whose members have a sense of belonging or
of identification of some local symbol that interact with each other more intensively than
in another context, operating in communication networks, mutual interests and support, with the
purpose of achieving certain objectives, satisfying needs, solving problems or
perform relevant social functions at the local level.

Regarding the methodology of social intervention, the concept of community explained by

Murray Ross applies in two senses that are opposed to each other:

1.- All the people who are located in a specific geographical area.
2.- Group of people who share a common interest, not all of them but only the
that have a shared goal.

RESUMEN PRIMER TOMO EZEQUIEL ANDER EGG

METHODOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
AUTOR: EZEQUIEL ANDER EGG
VOLUME NO. 1
What is community development?

CHAPTER 1: ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY

1.- The different scopes with which the concept of community is used.-
The term community is one of the most used concepts in the sciences.
social, referring to very diverse realities. In its acceptance
Originally, the term 'community' referred to a spatial realm of
relatively small dimensions and in its broad sense the word denotes the
the quality of being common, or the possession of something in common, is about something
shared, depending on what is shared there will be different meanings of the term.
Sometimes the term is used to designate a small group of people who
they live together with some common purpose or to refer to a neighborhood, town, village
the municipality.
When we talk about community, we refer to a defined space or territory and of
the people and relationships that are established between those who live there. It also
denominates a group of people who share a common social heritage as
traditions, language, customs or ethnicity, and finally refer to feelings or
awareness of similarity and belonging which is what makes people feel
part of the group.
In other cases, the concept refers to social relations and functional entities.
autonomous, the latter embedded in the economic activities of production,
distribution and consumption; the availability of certain resources, goods and
services; the institutions, roles, status, and social classes that exist in their
interior.

2.- The common elements in the different uses of this concept.-

It assumes as the most important element, a group of people who have
interests or common objectives. It also involves a space or area where
of the existence of the community and the basic element is the territory. Also a
a sense of belonging is feeling part of something that everyone is a part of
part. Another range of the term is the functionality by which those people are
together their relationship, interaction, and availability of resources, goods, services and
common ties that provide a shared identification.
Structural elements of community development
_ the territory (geographical location).
the population (that would be in that territory).
the resources/services (profile of the productive and service activity
available).
The forms of interaction, relationship, and common ties give an identification.
collective (sense or awareness of belonging).

3.- What do we understand by community?.-

A community is a grouping or set of people who inhabit a space.
geographically defined and definable, whose members are aware of
belonging or identification with some local symbol and that interact with each other
yes more intensely than in other contexts, operating in communication networks,
mutual interest and support, with the purpose of achieving certain objectives,
satisfy needs, solve problems or perform social functions
relevant at the local level.

4.- The notion of development.-

In a strict sense, development and underdevelopment is a phenomenon that begins towards
1750, when the industrial revolution and capitalism converge as part
of the same process. Since the development began to come to the forefront of
The present has provided exquisite themes for organizations.
international, scientific colloquia and cultural conferences, underdevelopment has
also allowed some personalities to discover their vocation as experts.
It is not enough to study the problems and needs that people have; it is necessary to
commit to concrete actions and activities that lead to the solution
of those problems and to the satisfaction of those needs.
 In the 1960s, the problem of development and underdevelopment constitutes one of
the main concerns of the countries.
Henrique Cardoso said that 'development as practice and as ideology
it constitutes the quintessential challenge of the Latin American man.
Conceptos similares utilizados en diferentes momentos históricos.
Upon reaching this concept, a series of clarifications have been introduced such as
integral and harmonious development, unified development, the other development, for
to arrive at the current idea of sustainable development. The last four expressions
used by schools of economics and humanism, the Ilpes, the proposal of
Hammarskjold report and the latest one that is circulated by the commission.
world environment and development.
When the idea of the current development concept began to take shape.
it had a meaning and scope much narrower.
Although much less is said about development today, the current conception is more
close to the style and spirit that has always prevailed in the development of
community.

CHAPTER 2: BRIEF HISTORICAL REFERENCE ON COMMUNITY WORK

AS A METHOD AND PROGRAM OF SOCIAL INTERVENTION.

1.- Problem Statement.-

There is a long tradition of mutual aid and community action that exists.
since humanity exists, since the family. The tribe, the communities
religious, the mutuals of guilds until reaching the welfare state and
well-being. It has been 50 years since community development has been promoted by the
governments giving a scientific technological approach to natural forms of
solidarity of communities that is becoming increasingly impersonal,
complex and external.

2.- Organization and development of the community: methodological procedure

similar ones that evolved separately.
The development of the community as a form of social intervention is the result
of two separate methodological processes to respond to problems
different but essentially similar. The organization of the
community emerged within the social work profession and its main evolution
It was in the United States. The development of the community later arises in Africa.
and Asia where it originates and develops before expanding to Latin America and
Europe. The term community development is used to describe the
efforts to assist the communities of less developed countries and the
term community organization to plan the welfare services of the
communities of industrialized countries (Murray Ross).

3.- Community Organization.-

It originated as a method of social work in the United States and its background is
they announced during certain activities of the COS (Charity Organization)
Societies
From inter-group action to community planning councils: this
method arises from the cooperation and coordination of aid agencies and of the
social work to carry out a type of group action that transcends individuals,
family and groups acquiring a collective and community profile.
Lindeman en 1920 fue uno de los primeros en utilizar el término organización de
the community to designate the "community organization phase for
control their problems and achieve better services from institutions.
Pettit in 1925 refers to the organization of the community as 'form
social help to a group of people to recognize and address their needs
common.
A partir de la crisis de 1929 se crean servicios públicos y se introducen técnicas
of planning to solve social problems at the community level, here the
community development has greater significance and workers
social issues hold more importance in local councils.
The changes in American society as a result of urban growth and
industrial brought a large number of European immigrants with it
all the problems that growth generates. To address this
The issue arises from the community planning advice known.
also as "tips for community well-being", to coordinate
activities of the different groups and institutions that operated at the local level.
In the 1930s, Steiner attributed the method of organization of the
community as the goal of addressing "adaptation and adjustment problems"
social” and this method is an “organized way of working that aims to solve
conflicts and create possibilities for consistent progress.
Another important fact is the creation of the organization section of the
community within NAWS where studies on the field are conducted,
It gathers conceptions, definitions, practices, etc., that culminates in the Lane Report.
(1939).
b. The Lane report: Robert P. Lane presented that report (The field of community
organization) to the NAWS in 1939, was one of the most important contributions to the
social work in this subject. The most important characteristics are:
Community organization (process or field of action).
It is carried out both in the spheres of social work and outside of it.
Social work is organized in part by primary and secondary officials.
The process can occur at the local, federal, and national levels.
This organization does not offer direct services to users.
c. The inclusion of community organization as a method of social work:
In 1943 in the already established community organization section within the
National Social Work Conference made 3 different proposals of
definition: methodological operational aspects (discover social needs, of
create, coordinate, and systematize the instruments that the groups have for the
realization of the ideals and objectives of the same group); specify what type of
social service was the organization of the community (all those efforts that
they tend to effectively direct social resources towards the
specific or total needs of a certain area); and what is the scope
of their tasks (process with individuals or groups interested in the services or
objectives of social welfare, to increase, improve its quality and distribution and
participate to achieve such objectives).
 At the NAWS conference (1947), processes that were unique were distinguished.
of social work and those who were external to it such as educational activities and
of promotion and the administrative process of this type of programs.
What is characteristic of social work is the procedure of helping people to
find effective means of working in coordination with others to improve the
community resources.
d. The principles of community organization: the maturation process
It was in the 1950s with McNeil's work, in which 7 principles were formulated:
It is a method of social intervention, in which resources and ...
needs (this method is still in effect today).
The community is the first client of the community organization.
The community must be accepted as it is, without being underestimated.
One of the essential objectives is that all interests are represented.
shortcomings of the population.
The need is a constant process of refinement and maturation.
No agency can work alone but in constant relationship with the
others.
The organization of the community is part of the generic process of work.
social.
e. The 'maturation' of the community organization: maturation takes place
in the 1950s and especially in the 1970s in the United States,
highlighting 2 main contributions:
The NAWS synthesized the specific objectives of the organization method of the
community in 3 questions:
1.- Proporcionar a la comunidad recursos para resolver o prevenir problemas
social
a. Offering citizens means to move, express themselves, and confront
the responsibilities of social welfare.
b. Providing means to social agencies to fulfill responsibilities
before the community.
c. Providing means to professionals to fulfill their responsibilities
community.
2.- Provide means of interaction to sectors of the community.
a. Citizens and groups concerned with the well-being of the community.
b. Specialists in the profession, professionals, and community leadership.
c. Specialists and institutions (school system, medical staff, lawyers, etc.).
d. Political community and social welfare.
3.- Provide the community with a welfare service.
a. Development of social welfare plans.
b. Implementation of said plans.
c. Influence on social welfare policies and other direct public policies or
indirect references to the well-being of the people.
d. Ayuda a la movilización para lograr una financiación adecuada, gubernamental
and voluntary.
The book by Murray Ross establishes basic points of this method some of
they are:
Communities develop their capacity to solve their own problems.
People want and can change.
• La gente participa en cambios de su comunidad.
The self-development of the community has a meaning that the changes do not have.
taxes.
A good community job depends on a holistic approach to problems,
Fragmentary approaches are few and ineffective.
Democracy requires participation and cooperative actions in matters of
the community; people are preparing to make this possible.
Communities and individuals need external help to face the
solutions to their problems and needs.