Running head: INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY SERVICESIntroduction to Community ServicesName of the studentName of the UniversityAuthor note
1INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY SERVICESUnited Nations in the year 1955 considered community organisation to besynonymous with community development. Murray G. Ross defined community organisationas a process with the help of which community identifies the objectives and helps indeveloping collaborative activities within the community (McGorry, Bates & Birchwood,2013). The Australian Community Workers Association started around 45 years ago in ameeting that was held at Sydney on the 16th of April 1969. After a lot of discussion, theattendees of the meeting formed an association that will represent the community workersthat will be irrespective of the field of practice.There are different views regarding how the community sector should be defined.Traditional methods that can define the Australian Community Sector are: organisation type,legal status, service provision and service type. Community Organizations in Australia fallunder the ambit of following categories like health, personal growth, social welfare and self-help for disadvantaged class. The community based organizations operate within a localityand helps in insuring the community with the sustainable provision in relation to communityservice in the sector of health, education, social welfare and personal growth (Burford,2017). Community becomes directly involved in the operation when a monetary support isgenerated. In the developing countries, community organizations focus on the arena ofcommunity strengthening that includes awareness in relation to HIV/ Aids Awareness, healthclinics, orphan children support and related to economic issues.The three basic models in relation to community organization are localitydevelopment, social planning and social action. In the sector of leadership development, itrevolves around meeting needs of target population. This method was earlier made use of bythe settlement houses. Social planning revolves around the method in relation to workingwith large population. The primary focus is regarding the evaluation of welfare needs andplanning blue print that will ensure efficient delivery of service. It accounts for a responsive
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