Zuzana Stanková, Alice Gojová
Implementation of Community Work in a Socially Excluded Locality as Viewed by Its Participants
Číslo: 1/2018
Periodikum: Sociální práce
Klíčová slova: community work, socially excluded locality, case study
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Anotace:
OBJECTIVES: This paper deals with the problem of spatial exclusion and presents a community
work as a method used in social work that increases participants’ capacity to improve their
lives and facilitate social change for the benefit of disadvantaged groups. The objective of the
qualitative research was to understand how individual actors of community work interpret the
implementation of method. THEORETICAL BASE: The theoretical basis for research is social
constructivism and an interpretative paradigm. METHODS: A qualitative research strategy was
chosen to answer the main research question. The research method used was a case study and used
the following techniques to obtain data: focused interview, meetings from the discussions about
community work, and a published article of community workers. Data analysis was performed by
analytically open coding. OUTCOMES: The research has brought several themes to light that
deserve more attention. One of them is the fact that community work clients are understood as
empowered during the process which brings situations interpreted as risks. SOCIAL WORK
IMPLICATIONS: Conclusion of the article brings contemporary discussion perspectives of
actors, especially representatives of self-government and residents over the method of community
work, which can serve as a preparation for further implication of this method in socially excluded
localities.
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work as a method used in social work that increases participants’ capacity to improve their
lives and facilitate social change for the benefit of disadvantaged groups. The objective of the
qualitative research was to understand how individual actors of community work interpret the
implementation of method. THEORETICAL BASE: The theoretical basis for research is social
constructivism and an interpretative paradigm. METHODS: A qualitative research strategy was
chosen to answer the main research question. The research method used was a case study and used
the following techniques to obtain data: focused interview, meetings from the discussions about
community work, and a published article of community workers. Data analysis was performed by
analytically open coding. OUTCOMES: The research has brought several themes to light that
deserve more attention. One of them is the fact that community work clients are understood as
empowered during the process which brings situations interpreted as risks. SOCIAL WORK
IMPLICATIONS: Conclusion of the article brings contemporary discussion perspectives of
actors, especially representatives of self-government and residents over the method of community
work, which can serve as a preparation for further implication of this method in socially excluded
localities.