Description
Book SynopsisAn essential resource for operational and strategic managers in local government, housing, health and other service delivery agencies, social inclusion and community regeneration projects.
Trade Review"This fine volume is further confirmation of the growing importance of 'neighbourhood' in delivering public services. The book is for managers and practitioners and helps understand 'going local' and how it will help reshape organisations as they redirect their energies toward providing neighbourhood-based services." Community Care, about the first edition "This well-written, highly recommendable text provides readers with much that will be valuable in the challenge of managing of community practice in order to benefit local people." Keith Popple, London South Bank University
Table of ContentsWhat is community practice? - Sarah Banks and Hugh Butcher; The historical and policy context: setting the scene for current debates - Marjorie Mayo and Jim Robertson Organisational management for community practice: a framework - Hugh Butcher Individual and organisational development for community practice: an experiential learning approach - Hugh Butcher Negotiating values, power and responsibility: ethical challenges for managers -Sarah Banks Linking partnerships and networks - Alison Gilchrist The manager’s role in community-led research - Murray Hawtin and Tony Herrmann Participative planning and evaluation skills - Alan Barr Conclusion: sustaining community practice for the future - Andrew Orton
