Community Development Workers
My Mother, to this day, does not understand exactly what I do for a job. My Mother understands what a youth worker does and what a teacher does. However when I try to explain exactly what a community development worker does, it all falls apart.
But to be fair, I have to admit, it is very difficult to explain what exactly my job is and even today I would be hard pressed to describe it without hiding behind buzz words and jargon. So another challenge for today to all of the trainees, and indeed to anyone else who wants to join in, try to describe in plain english what exactly is community development work.
If anyone finds a good definition on the internet then give us the link in your response and we can all go and have a look.
posted by Gareth @ 3:38 pm
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A community development worker can be described as helping individuals and communities as a whole to help themselves. He/She helps the whole bottom up approach and sources education and training, services, etc.
In my opinion
A Community Development worker is someone who engages with the community and empowers them.
We support them through the processes of learning new skills and gaining greater understanding, then slowerly step back to watch them acheive what they were stiving for.
Community Development Workers are usually good listerners.
Know your audience.
Sit back the answers are all there but the community needs a little help to put them into practice.
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