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Monitoring the implementation of community service

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Community <strong>service</strong> placements in action<br />

A framework for analysis<br />

Figure 1: A framework for analysis<br />

Note: CS = Community <strong>service</strong>.<br />

17: Community <strong>service</strong><br />

The framework that arose from analysis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> data ga<strong>the</strong>red in <strong>the</strong> current study, is represented in<br />

Figure 1.<br />

The policy decision to implement compulsory <strong>community</strong> <strong>service</strong> was taken at national level amid<br />

some controversy. Clear guidelines were not formulated to support <strong>the</strong> policy <strong>of</strong> compulsory <strong>community</strong><br />

<strong>service</strong> before <strong>the</strong> first large group <strong>of</strong> post-interns was allocated to <strong>the</strong>ir <strong>community</strong> <strong>service</strong> posts in<br />

January 1999. This has lead to some confusion and creative interpretations <strong>of</strong> what was originally intended<br />

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