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© British Association of Social Workers

Towards a Conceptual Model of Community Social Work

ALAN S. YORK

Alan York was born in England and received his BA (in Law) from Trinity College, Oxford in 1962. In 1963 he emigrated to Israel and there took a certificate in Community Social Work in Tel Aviv and worked as a community worker in an immigrant development town. He returned to England in 1970 and took his MA in Social Work at Leicester in 1972. Since then he has taught, in the classroom and the field, at Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. He received his doctorate (in sociology) at Bar-Ilan in 1979.

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This paper examines different ways of conceptualizing community social work. Firstly it looks at the conceptualization by areas of work and critically reviews the three-model formulations, and then it analyses the various dichotomous formulation found in the literature. The conclusion reached is that a dichotomous formulation is both conceptually and practically preferable, and the dimension of directive/non-directive type of professional intervention is the most comprehensive continuum. In conclusion, the paper attempts to show how dichotomous dimensions can be used to research or evaluate community work projects and interventions.


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