Full Description
Drawing on his own professional experience, Alan Twelvetrees addresses the needs of students, field-level community workers and managers. Both theory and practice are described in a highly readable and honest way and the updated fourth edition of this bestseller includes placing community work at the centre of neighbourhood renewal.
Contents
What is Community Work?.- Planning for Effective Community Work.- Helping Set up and Run Community Groups.- Dealing with Practical issues in Community Groups.- Survival, Personal Development and Reflective Practice.- Social Planning Approaches to Community Work.- Community Work, Social Change and Broad Based Organising.- Advanced Practice.- Specialist Community Work.- Community Work and Public Policy.- Conclusions.
