Engaging Communities
Who provided the four tasks framework for community assessment?
What is
Ronald Warren
_ is intimately tied to values and may affect how a person feels.
What is Prejudice
When identifying community structures, self-help groups, grass roots associations, and voluntary associations are examples of
What is formal units
What is assessing community social and political assets?
What is Identifying existing strengths, leaders, and sources of power in a community.
Why would a social worker assess community structure before starting a new program?
What is
To understand how existing agencies and services are organized and whether they already address the issue.
When employing a framework for assessing a community, the authors recommend that the framework should be used
What is an interactive guide.
A social worker examines maps to determine the specific geographic boundaries for a community. This task is
What is determining community characteristics.
When social workers adjust programs or interventions because community conditions or needs have changed, they are demonstrating
What is Flexibility
What are political assets?
What is
They are individuals or groups that have decision-making power, such as elected officials, policymakers, or advocacy groups.
Why is it important for social workers to understand how local systems are connected?
What is
gaps or poor coordination between systems can create barriers for clients.
According to the authors, assessing collective needs requires
What is understanding the history and development of the community.
A social worker verifies that there have been many verified requests for addictions counseling services in the community but no agency has developed any. This is an example of populations at
What is community in need
A group of shelter workers meets on a specific date at 3:00 am in the downtown, fans out, and counts the number of homeless people living on the street at that time. This is measuring
What is prevalence?
Why is it important to assess social and political assets before starting community change?
What is
Because it helps identify who has influence and who can support or block change efforts.
How does assessing community structure align with social work values?
It supports ethical practice by ensuring services are accessible, coordinated, and responsive to community needs.
Why do macro social workers need a systemic approach to conceptualizing and assessing communities?
What is Person-in-environment view, Community History Matters, Communities Are Always Changing
A social worker who is working a neighborhood plagued by youth gangs, identified the focal population as youth already in gangs and has focused on ways to divert the gangs from criminal activity. Thus, the focal population would be considered
What is a community in need
When social workers look for patterns of inequality or barriers that prevent certain groups from accessing resources, they are identifying
What is Oppression or systemic barriers
What does assessing social and political assets help social workers understand?
What is
It helps them understand power structures, influence, and available resources within the community.
Why should a social worker evaluate community capacity before proposing policy changes?
What is
understanding the community’s readiness, leadership, and resources helps determine whether the change is realistic and sustainable.
What are the 4 approaches to engage communities?
What is
Community development
Community organizing
Community planning
Progressive change
When specifying boundaries for a population, under inclusion risks
What is reaching too few people
The process of ranking community problems based on urgency, severity, and available resources is called
what is Prioritizing needs
How does identifying community leaders support social work practice?
What is
It helps social workers build partnerships with influential individuals who can support programs and community change.
According to the authors, which approach is preferred when assessing need within a particular population?
What is using existing data