Download or read book Rural Planning and Development in Northern Ireland written by John Greer and published by Institute of Public Administration. This book was released on 2003 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The community development reader written by Craig, Gary and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community development emerged as a recognisable occupational activity in the United Kingdom in the 1950s. Since then, whilst struggling to remain true to its basic values it has often been manipulated to serve differing policy and political purposes. This unique Reader traces its changing fortunes through a selection of readings from key writers. It will be invaluable to those pursuing community development careers, for activists, and for all those teaching, training and practising community development.
Download or read book Community Organization and Development written by Steve Clarke and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the development of community development/organization as it evolved separately in Britain and the United States, and how the social and political situations in each country determined the various shapes and directions it took. In presenting a comprehensive history of the subject, Community Organization and Development draws on local and international factors that have helped to shape its application and fortunes across varied settings. Recent economic and social pressures, the changing demographics of developed economies, and the rise of social and cultural diversity all contribute to the need for a comprehensive model that can be deployed to effect the necessary social changes required for sustained change with stability. The history of this intervention technique throws up many examples from which insight can be gained for the present time, and Wales is used as an example of how national policy and local development could be combined for maximum effect. Community development should become reliable and quantifiable, and the comprehensive model developed here demonstrates how and when it should be deployed.
Download or read book Community Development and Primary Care in Northern Ireland and England written by and published by Combat Poverty Agency. This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Two Paths One Purpose Voluntary Action in Ireland North and South written by Nicholas Acheson and published by Institute of Public Administration. This book was released on 2004 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Community Development Social Action and Social Planning written by Alan C. Twelvetrees and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-12 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now going into its fifth edition, Alan Twelvetrees' invaluable guide to the theory and practice of community work has been educating students and practitioners alike for over three decades. Covering topics such as work with community groups, the various dimensions of social action and project planning and how to engage effectively with public bodies, this is a truly comprehensive must-read for community workers, as well as anyone keen to undertake effective work in the community. Drawing on the author's wealth of experience, and benefiting from the grounded style of writing that has made the previous editions so popular, the book considers everyday community work situations to provide readers with a genuine feel for the realities of practice. This classic text is essential for anyone studying, working or just interested in community work, community regeneration and service planning. New to this Edition: - A classic highly regarded textbook, substantially updated to reflect new service needs and a tougher economic climate - Includes new pedagogic features including chapter overviews, 'practice focus' boxes, and 'putting it in to practice' features
Download or read book The Politics of Evaluation written by Taylor, David and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2005-01-19 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The widespread popularity of evaluation is based on the need to provide evidence of the effectiveness of policies and programmes. This book sees evaluation as an inherently political activity, and using a wide range of examples it relates practical issues in evaluation design to their political contexts.
Download or read book Social Work as Community Development written by Stephen Clarke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2000: The second edition of Social Work as Community Development is thoroughly revised and updated taking into account lessons from community development and international experiences applicable in developed economies. The application of system theory to the problems of managing change is the core theme. The book will be essential reading for the UK DipSW/MScEcon in Applied Social Studies and MScEcon in Community Care Studies as well as for students of community development and social work in the USA, Asia and Australia. It will also be useful for practitioners and policy-makers across social work, social welfare and social policy.
Download or read book Social Work in Northern Ireland written by Heenan, Deirdre and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past 40 years, social work in Northern Ireland has been responsive to a number of changing contexts and environments. Throughout 'the Troubles,' social workers had to develop methods of ensuring services were delivered in spite of the surrounding violence and civil disturbance. At the same time, they developed imaginative and creative new services in response to needs and demands. This book outlines the historical development of social work in Northern Ireland, looking at what has been achieved and analyzing the challenges for the future. It considers the role of social work in a society emerging from conflict, facing demographic, technological, and economic changes. Social work in Northern Ireland has been dismissed by policy makers and academics as unique, special, or different, and therefore not worthy of attention. This book demonstrates that international audiences have much to learn from the social work response to a changing political landscape.
Download or read book The Evaluation Handbook for Health Professionals written by Anne Lazenbatt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-04-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy-to-use handbook is a useful resource for all health professionals engaged in processes of evaluation in a variety of contexts within the world of healthcare. Encouraging an evidence-based approach to practice, it provides: * guidelines on how to design and evaluate an intervention * examples of good practice * reliable and easy-to-use measures * advice on how to work effectively. Designed to prompt self-evaluation and group project evaluation, it illustrates how simple evaluation methods can help to break down the divisions between research and practice. It shows how more practitioners can apply such methods to improve the quality of care as well as the treatments and services which they offer their patients and clients. The examples, drawn from clinical settings, community practice and work in the voluntary sector, demonstrate the kind of evaluation that can be undertaken by a small-scale team or a single practitioner with limited resources. The Evaluation Handbook will be a useful source of reference for those new to evaluation as well as more experienced managers and researchers.
Download or read book Understanding Care Welfare and Community written by Vivien Bacigalupo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-08 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Care, welfare and community are three key concepts in contemporary social policy. This reader covers a wide range of topics associated with them and relevant to the delivery of care and support to adults. It includes a wide-ranging collection of articles by leading writers and researchers, some previously published, some newly commissioned. It also has first-hand accounts by users and providers of care and welfare in the community. Groups covered include people with mental health problems, homeless people, older people, people with learning difficulties and people with impairments. The focus throughout is on how policies and practice can be developed appropriately and sensitively through an understanding of current issues. The 40 chapters are grouped into four sections, each with an introduction. Five of the chapters are made up of extracts from a wide range of documents and testimonies. * Power and inequality * Difference and identity * Rights and risk *Territories and boundaries Most of the material relates to a diverse turn-of-the-century Britain, but this is set in a wider context enabling the student to explore the alternative realities of other countries and other times. Understanding Care, Welfare and Community provides an integrated, multidisciplinary overview of the many different aspects of community care. It is appropriate for students and professionals following a wide range of courses in social work, nursing, care, health, social policy, medicine, voluntary work and welfare services. It will also be a valuable resource for carers and practitioners, teachers and policy makers.
Download or read book Evaluation written by Green, Jackie and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is evaluation? This work provides an examination of the key theories and principles underpinning approaches to evaluation. It offers a guide to how these principles can be implemented in practice and provides insights into dealing with some of the real-life challenges and complexities of evaluation.
Download or read book Building a Deliberative Democracy written by Marian Barnes and published by Institute for Public Policy Research. This book was released on 1999 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Learning from Health Action Zones written by Linda Bauld and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2002-02-02 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since they were established HAZs have been at the forefront of attempts to modernise health services and to reduce health inequalities. As a result there is much to learn from the efforts they have made. But the path that HAZs have taken, and the learning that they have generated, is not a straightforward one.
Download or read book Working in the Community written by Rod Purcell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-07-29 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book for all those engaged in working for change in communities. The book explores the nature of community development and social change in a time of globalisation and post modern culture. It proposes, and explores, a Freirian driven participatory model of practice.
Download or read book Evaluate it written by and published by Combat Poverty Agency. This book was released on 1989 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Making Spaces for Community Development written by Pitchford, Michael and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2008-07-30 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in association with the Community Development Foundation (CDF) Making spaces for community development offers an account of the key changes to the context and practice of community development since the 1970s, told through the experiences and insights of a group of highly experienced practitioners.
