Learning Lessons from the Past or Re-Visiting Old Mistakes: Social Work and Community Development in Northern Ireland
Learning Lessons from the Past or Re-Visiting Old Mistakes: Social Work and Community Development in Northern Ireland
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汲取过去的教训或重温旧的错误：北爱尔兰的社会工作和社区发展
DOI：
10.1093/bjsw/bch102
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发表时间：
2004
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
D. Heenan
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作者：
D. Heenan
近年来，北方爱尔兰的保健和社会工作重新强调社区发展办法。这些办法的基础是这样一种信念，即地方社区可以组织起来，以满足保健和社会需要，并与政府机构、志愿机构和地方当局合作，提供服务和在当地解决问题。这些工作方法挑战了传统的社会工作侧重于个人和家庭的个案工作干预。北方爱尔兰政府强调，社区发展不应再仅仅是卫生和社会服务关键方面的事后考虑，而应成为其工作的核心。现在人们正式认识到，社区发展有可能对通过法定和志愿部门机构执行的广泛政策和方案产生重大影响。一些重要文件和报告概述了对社区发展的这一承诺。本文评估了北方爱尔兰社会工作与社区发展之间的关系。第一部分简要回顾了社区发展和社会工作的历史，然后阐述了推动社区社会工作方法的背景。在此背景下，一个家庭支持小组，在社区环境中提供一系列服务的案例研究，用来说明如何战略已经通过，这方面的经验教训进行了探讨和讨论。它的结论是，虽然这种方法有很多提供它不是没有它的困难。社区发展远不是一种新的哲学，而是正在被重新发明和重新应用。因此，至关重要的是，不要重温旧的错误和旧的偏见
In recent years there has been a re-emphasis on community development approaches in health and social work in Northern Ireland. Underpinning these approaches is the belief that local communities can be organized to address health and social needs and to work with government agencies, voluntary bodies and local authorities in delivering services and local solutions to problems. These methods of working challenge the traditional social work focus on individual and family casework interventions. Government in Northern Ireland has stressed that community development should no longer simply be an afterthought in key aspects of Health and Social Services, but should instead be at the core of their work. It is now officially recognized that community development has the potential to make a significant impact on a broad spectrum of policies and programmes, which are delivered through agencies in both the statutory and voluntary sectors. This commitment to community development has been outlined in a number of key documents and reports. This paper assesses the relationship between social work and community development in Northern Ireland. The first section looks briefly at the history of community development and social work and then sets out the context in which this move towards the promotion of a community social work approach is occurring. Against this backdrop, a case study of a Family Support Team, which provides a range of services in a community setting, is used to illustrate how the strategy has already been adopted and the lessons of this experience are explored and discussed. It is concluded that while this approach has a lot to offer it is not without its difficulties. Far from being a new philosophy, community development is being reinvented and reapplied. It is therefore crucial that old mistakes are not revisited and old prejudices