Introduction to Community Service

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Introduction to community service
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INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY SERVICE
The job which is usually non-paid and performed by a group of people or an
individual for the benefit of any community can be termed as community service.
Community service is quite different from volunteering in a way that it is not performed on
the basis of voluntary. Community service may be performed for variety of reasons like it
may be mandatory for the schools to meet the requirements for some class. Community
service may be required by the government for the requirement of citizenship. When people
engage themselves in community service, they will have a positive impact on the society
(Downes & Marchant, 2016). It as helps students acquire life skills and knowledge. There are
presence of psychological benefits, social benefits and cognitive benefits. Community service
also helps in personal development. Community service aims to support families in fulfilling
their roles, provide support and care when the families are not able to, when the need of the
people are not met without intervention. This kind of service includes activities such as
providing support for social and personal functioning in daily life which may help in
promoting the development of personal skills. Community service also includes activities
which will provide support the welfare of children and family, providing financial assistance
or residential care.
The Australian State and Territory governments plays a significant role in the
provision of community services. The government of Australia ensures that acceptable
standard of living is maintained and the vulnerable people in the society are protected. Local
governments of Australia are also the providers of the community services (O'Grady, 2014).
There are also presence of some community services which are only funded by the local
governments. The participation of government in the community services consists of offering
services to the clients, funding the community services which are non-governmental. The

INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY SERVICE
government of Australia also monitors and evaluates community service programs. It also
takes the responsibility of planning strategically and policy.
Some of the man objectives of community services include:
 Aged care service which works in promoting the wellbeing of the older people by
funding and by delivering care services
The professional practices framework is the conceptual framework that organizes
authoritative guidance promulgated by the IIA.
History: Human services are a kind of profession that has been introduced in response
to the direction of human needs in the year 1960s. Human services provides assistance for the
clients within their communities (Hall & Christian, 2017) The professionals of human
services encourag3e different unique values and various characteristics of human services.
The fundamental values in this kind of profession consists of respecting the dignity and the
welfare of people. It also includes advocating of social justice with genuineness and honesty.
Historical knowledge plays a significant role for the development of social work identity.
However, there is a very little analysis on the historical literature on both social work and
workers in Australia. It can be said that history holds a special position in both Australian
social work and social policy. Social work has its roots in the attempts of society at a large in
order to deal with the problem of inequality and poverty. It is also some way or the other
linked to the charity work (Downes & Marchant, 2016). Even before there was a rise of new
European states, the church used to provide social service. Back in the 580 AD, the church
had a system of circulating consumables to the poor. Also, during the middle ages, the
Christian church had a huge influence on the European society.