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Category Archives: Social Work Practice in Communities

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Community Needs Assessment

There are several reasons why social workers may conduct a community needs assessment. The primary purpose is to define the problem that needs to be addressed within the community. Secondly, the assessment is used to determine what causes the...

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Social Action Model

Political protest. Demonstration. This month's blog will focus on the final model of community organizing and social action. Locality development, social planning, and social action use different interventions for addressing social problems....

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Social Planning Model

In this month's blog, we will review the model of community organizing, social planning. As mentioned in the previous blog, locality development is a self-help model that places great emphasis on community involvement and reaching consensus. By...

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Locality Development Model

Jack Rothman introduced three models of community organization: locality development, social planning, and social action. Today's blog post will focus on locality development model. Locality development (also called community development) is...

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