SCK3703: COMMUNITY WORK ASSIGNMENT 02 2021.

TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION........................................................................................................................... 3 QUESTION 1...............................................................................................................................4 SUMMARISE THE CASE STUDY ACCORDING TO THE FIVE STEPS OF COMMUNITY WORK PROCESS WEYERS......4 1.1 SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 DISCUSS IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS................................................................. 4 1.3 FORMULATION OF A PLAN OF ACTION............................................................................................... 5 1.4 IMPLEMENTATIONOF A PLAN AS STEP IN THE COMMUNITY WORK PROCESS........................................6 1.5 EVALUATION OF THE PROCESS, RESULTS, AND SUSTAINMENT OF CHANGE..........................................7 QUESTION 2...............................................................................................................................8 DISCUSS THE APPLICATION OF APPROPRIATE COMMUNITY WORK PRACTICE MODEL........................................8 2.1. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MODEL (WEYERS.2011)....................................................................... 8 QUESTION 3...............................................................................................................................9 DISCUSS THE APPLICATION OF APPROPRIATE COMMUNITY WORK THEORY/APPROACH....................................9 3.1. ECOSYSTEM PERSPECTIVE.............................................................................................................. 9 3.2. STRENGTH BASED PERSPECTIVE..................................................................................................... 9 3.3. THE ASSETS BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT APPROACH (ABCD).............................................10 3.4. SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS........................................................................................................... 11 QUESTION 4.............................................................................................................................11 DISCUSS THE APPLICATION OR LACK OF APPLICATION OF THE FIVE ETHICAL PRINCIPLES OF PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT (HUMAN ORIENTATION, PARTICIPATION, EMPOWERMENT, OWNERSHIP, AND RELEASE) IN THE CASE STUDY............................................................................................................................................ 11 4.1. HUMAN ORIENTATION.................................................................................................................... 11 4.2. PARTICIPATION............................................................................................................................. 12 4.3. EMPOWERMENT............................................................................................................................ 12 4.4. OWNERSHIP................................................................................................................................. 12 4.5. RELEASE-FOCUSED DEVELOPMENT................................................................................................ 13 QUESTION 5.............................................................................................................................14 DISCUSS THE APPLICATION OR LACK OF APPLICATION OF THE FIVE FEATURES OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (COLLECTIVE ACTION, SELF-RELIANCE, NEEDS ORIENTATION, OBJECTIVE ORIENTATION, AND GRASSROOTS ACTION) IN THE CASE STUDY.................................................................................................................... 14 5.1. COLLECTIVE ACTION..................................................................................................................... 14 5.2. SELF-RELIANCE............................................................................................................................ 14 5.3. NEEDS ORIENTATION.................................................................................................................... 15 1 5.4. OBJECTIVE ORIENTATION.............................................................................................................. 15 5.5. GRASSROOTS ACTION.................................................................................................................. 15 QUESTION 6.............................................................................................................................16 DISCUSS THE APPLICATION OR LACK OF APPLICATION OF THE FIVE OUTCOMES OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (AWARENESS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LEADS TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION EFFECT, COMMUNITY BUILDING AND SUSTAINABILITY) IN THE CASE STUDY................................................................ 16 6.1. AWARENESS................................................................................................................................. 16 6.2. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LEADS TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT...................................................... 16 6.3. DEMONSTRATION EFFECT............................................................................................................. 17 6.4. COMMUNITY BUILDING.................................................................................................................. 17 6.5. SUSTAINABILITY............................................................................................................................ 17 CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................................... 18 BIBLIOGRAPHY....................................................................................................................... 19 2 DECLARATION SCK3703: COMMUNITY WORK I declare that this assignment is my own original work. Where secondary material has been used (either from a printed source or from the internet), this has been carefully acknowledged and referenced in accordance with departmental requirements. I understand what plagiarism is and am aware of the department’s policy in this regard. I have not allowed anyone else to borrow or copy my work. 10 July 2021 3 Question 1 Summarise the case study according to the five steps of community work process Weyers. 1.1 Situational analysis. The basic purpose of situational analysis is to gain understanding of the nature of the practice situation. This step will prepare the practitioner to select the practice model or models that would be used as a basis of intervention. According to the case study in relation to the task mentioned above the student did historical backgrounds about the school and the community that is located in the north west of the greater Johannesburg in the district of Sandton where most of the black people are employed as farmer workers and domestic workers and socially disadvantaged, their basic needs such as education accommodation was not made a priority the other findings were that the school mainly catered for the children of the farm workers, domestic workers and from squatter camps in the area. The student according to the case study had an idea of bringing a project that would benefit the community. She was introduced to the principal of the school and presented her idea, and the principal became interested and gave the student permission to present it to community members and they liked it too, and that is where she managed to achieve finding a committee aligned with different roles to help make the project a success. The student was able to identify the problem in the community hence she took steps to try and make this kind of project to benefit the community as whole. Task 1: Analyse the context: The aim of this broad angle scan is to familiarize the practitioner with the elements of the practice situation that might impact on the nature of the service delivery. The broad angle scan should cover important components, namely, the community, the context within which action takes place and the nature of the employer organization. Task 2: Analyse the expectations: The aim of this task is to analyse the expectations of important role-players in service delivery identified in the contextual analysis. Task 3: compare findings with practice models: The aim of this task is to compare the results of the previous two tasks with the context of the practice models (Weyers.2011:91- 96). 1.2 Discuss identification and analysis of impediments. The purpose of this step is to identify and gain understanding of the nature of the social problems, social needs and/or the unutilised potential in the community that should be the focus of attention. According to the case study the student gained the full