Methods of community organization

Deals with social work - Community organization. the ppt talks about the methods in community organization.

1. METHODS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION BHARGAVI . G I MSW

2. OVERVIEW COMMUNITY ACTION PROMOTION CO-ORDINATION PHASES OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION STUDY ANALYSIS ASSESMENT DISCUSSION ORGANIZATION OF ACTION EVALUVATION MODIFICATION & CONTINUATION.

3. COMMUNITY ACTION Community organization is used as a means to achieve. The action to address any problem are planned and executed with active participation of the people. The planning of actions and execution of plans involve the members of the community.

4. PROMOTION Community organization is an approach involving the entire community and it calls for knowledge of the activities for the entire community. Community promotion activities enable promoting the idea of co-operation, individual participation and individual responsibilities which are core concepts of the concept of community organization.

5. CO-ORDINATION to avoid duplication and overlapping of plans and activities, either the community organizer or the members of the community co-ordinate the activities. The process of co-ordination will enable the community to practice community organization.

6. PHASES OF COMMUNITY ORGANOZATION STUDY: carry out survey or initiate the members of community to collect the base line information about the community. ANALYSIS: information collected is classified according to common characteristics and quantified for its magnitude and severity.

7. PHASES CONT… ASSESMENT: the needs and problems that are widely felt by the community are identified and given priority according to urgency and severity. DISCUSSION: it is essential to invite the attention of the community & initiate a discussion to highlight the issues & find out the ways & means to solve the issues & also to prioritize the issues. It is further discussed about the resources required & the plan of action for meeting the problem.

8. PHASES CONT… ORGANIZATION OF ACTION: L ocate the capable individuals and groups suitable to carry out the task. Committees are formed, roles and responsibilities allotted. The members of the community are encouraged to take part actively and accept responsibility so that the action plan can be implemented smoothly. Implementation has to take place with the active participation of the people. The action plan has to be monitored by the members of the community t ensure that the activities carried out within the time frame and the resources allocated.

9. PHASES CONT… EVALUVATION : T he community makes an assessment of the whole process, the outcome and the successes and identifies the deviations of failure. While reflecting on outcome of process the reasons for failure are identified and assessed so that they are avoided in the future. MODIFICATION: I n case the task has to be continued, the modifications, which are needed as identified in the evaluvation & reflection, are incorporated in this stage and continued.

10. PHASES CONT… CONTINUATION: F rom the list of issues, the other issues are taken up & community organization process is continued. If the task undertaken is not successfully completed, the strategy is modified and implemented.

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