definitions of CO based on your literature search a. Community organizing is the process of building power that includes people with a problem in defining their community‚ defining the problems that they wish to address‚ the solutions they wish to pursue‚ and the methods they will use to accomplish their solutions (Susan‚ Stall & Stoecker‚ 1997). b. Community organizing is social work concentrating upon the organized development of community social welfare through coordination of public and private
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treatment being an expensive and time consuming exercise‚ it is easier to prevent our young people from getting into alcohol and substance use and abuse. Some of the roles of addiction counselor in community prevention include the following; Enabler In the enabler role‚ an addiction counselor helps communities become capable of coping with situations or stress of having members of the society battling substance use and abuse. Addiction counselor conveys hope‚ reducing resistance and ambivalence‚ recognizing
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Discuss Ken Dempsey ’s reading on Community In the reading Community: Its Character and Meaning‚ the author‚ Ken Dempsy stresses the difficulties that arise when attempting to define this concept of community. It is one of the most contested concepts in the social sciences‚ yet sociologists persist in using it because the informal relationships we have beyond the household continue to play a significant part in people’s daily lives‚ and they find the notion of community indispensable to talking about
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are part of a community? Why? No‚ Because I don’t support any sporting teams and I’m not from another country so I don’t think that there is any other ways that you can be in a community Do you think that being in a community is beneficial? Why? Yes‚ Because you get to share your fondness of something with others that like the same thing. Do you think that being in a community has any down-falls? You can get to familiar with your community and forget about life outside of the community. How important
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Community policing Community policing is defined as a " philosophy that promotes organizational strategies‚ which support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques‚ to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime‚ social disorder‚ and fear of crime" according to the U.S. Department of Justice. (U. S. Department of Justice). In other words the main goal of community policing is the allocation of various police agencies/staff
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Community organizing was utilized by involving the poor and working class communities. He espoused that it was a contest for power and between those who have money and those who have people. Since the poor greatly outnumber the rich in most communities in the United States‚ his tactic of dividing the rich and the poor made it easy to choose sides. Alinsky knew that participation in the political process was key to securing his demands. He also used the concept of an organization for organizations
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Essay One: Community When I think of community‚ I think of a much larger concept. It becomes a large mess of interests‚ values‚ and sub-categories‚ which make it impossible to digest the large capacity the word community holds. Community is a mess and yet manages to maintain its wholeness and withhold larger amounts of diversity. Individuals in a community can be different ages‚ ethnicities‚ or come from different backgrounds‚ and incomes. The concept of being apart of a community goes beyond
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present worldwide‚ consisting of various community organisations that are driven by the human desire to assist others without gaining personal benefits‚ and bring about social change (Hudson‚ 2009). Categorised into three aspects‚ the basis for such organisations include professional and industrial associations‚ member benefit groups‚ and charities. As the not-for-profit sector becomes increasingly influential with providing hope‚ advocacy and policy for communities‚ a majority of its successive strength
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CHCCS411A Work effectively in the community sector Assignment 2: Research a sector of the Community Services Industry You need to choose a sector of the Community Services Industry and research the current issues influencing service delivery in that sector and answer the questions below based on your research. A sector could include: * Aged care * Home and community care * Disability services * Alcohol and other drugs * Family and domestic violence * Mental
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11/22/14 Discourse Community Essay Best Buddies Discourse community‚ a term given multiple definitions‚ has been most consistently defined as a group of people‚ who normally meet in a certain place‚ that have texts and practices in common. John Swales‚ the author of The Concept of Discourse Community‚ gives a list of six characteristics a group of individuals should uphold to be considered a discourse community. Even though a few of John Swales’ characteristics of a discourse community are shown in the
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