What Are The Five Stages Of Partnership In Community Development

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Many organisations and community development workers will deliberately adopt a specific model that clearly identifies its parameters within a project (Kenny, 2006). Working within a model, provides community development workers a framework to plan and review the aims, goals, strategies and methods being used within the health promotion project (Free, 2005). Models are also based on philosophical positions and values, so that community development workers can think critically and determine how such values fits within the project (Kenny, 2006). Models can assist community development workers in asking questions, offer methods in assessing problems that arise while also providing insight into practice directions (Kenny, 2006). This essay will …show more content…

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MacLeod & Byrne (2012) state it is imperative that community development workers expand their toolkit to include community organising methods when power holders do not respond to community needs (p. 36). Therefore it is essential that the principles of community development practice be enforced for the best possible outcome to the community (Kenny, 2006). For instance, six key principles were demonstrated in the Horsham Living program mentioned earlier; empowerment, participation, inclusion, equality of opportunity and anti-discrimination, self-determination and partnership (Kenny, 2006; Couch, 2010). While key principles are essential in community development, it is also important to keep in mind the theories and model frameworks when implementing such programs to ensure goals are being achieved (Twelvetrees,

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