Author : Melvin Delgado
Release : 1999-09-16
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Community Social Work Practice in an Urban Context by : Melvin Delgado

Download or read book Community Social Work Practice in an Urban Context written by Melvin Delgado. This book was released on 1999-09-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community social work practice based on a capacity enhancement model offers tremendous potential for unifying communities consisting of groups from very different cultural backgrounds, and in the process of doing so, make physical changes in the community. Community Social Work Practice in An Urban Context aims to teach graduate students with an emphasis on community and urban social work how to create positive community environments in marginalized urban-based communities. The use of murals, gardens, playgrounds, and sculptures, for example provide social workers with an opportunity to identify, engage, and plan services with communities. These projects, in turn, are based upon a community's strengths and represent an effort at developing a community's capacity to help itself with assistance from professionals.