Introduction to Community Services 2022 Essay

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Introduction to Community services
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Historical perspective of community sector....................................................................................3
Contemporary perspective of community sector.............................................................................4
Role of government organization within community sector...........................................................5
Role of non-government organization within community sector....................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
Reference list...................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
The aim of the essay is to understand the importance of community health service and
how it has evolved in the last few decades. The essay is based on exploring two objectives; the
first is to define and discuss the historical development of community services within Australia.
In addition to that the essay plans to compare and contrast between government and non-
government organizations through the use of relevant literature.
Community service can be termed as an integral part of education. Through the
mentioned aspect student can develop a sense of responsibility among the younger generations.
Community service needs to be well planned and organised effort that is designed voluntarily for
addressing the specific needs of a community. As stated by Javanparast, Windle, Freeman and
Baum (2018), a meaningful community service needs to address the exact problem occurring
within the society. The current assignment thus aims to understand the historical and
contemporary community service sector through use of models. The study further highlights the
role of government and even non-government organizations contributing to community services
Historical perspective of community sector
The greatest strength with community health in initial days was the intense political
nature. It successfully drew the interested people not to improve individual health but also help
in changing the world. With the rise of social justice movement in the year 1970 led to rise of
new generation of progressive and educated individuals that give rise to community health
movement. As pointed out by Cheshire, Esparcia, and Shucksmith (2015) adept at advocacy,
political campaigning worked on addressing community issues whether be it transport, urban
development or housing through the use of political activism. A short tenure of progressive