Basic Introduction to Community Work - Central

There are 10 National Standards for Community Engagement, these
being:
1. Involvement
2. Support
3. Planning
4. Methods
5. Working Together
6. Sharing Information
7. Working with Others
8. Improvement
9. Feedback
10. Monitoring and Evaluation
It is important to remember that groups do not try to use all the 10
standards at once, but should use a few of them effectively then work
on developing the others into the group/organisation.
In the main, most groups/organisations will be keen to adopt and
utilise the National Standards, however, they should be aware that
this could have a major impact on their resources as this could
require time and financial investment.
There are a number of ways which groups/organisation can engage
with the community, some are quite straight forward others are a bit
more complicated, however, it is best to choose a technique that is
best for the group, therefore, the community worker may be required
to have knowledge of a few of these techniques, which they feel will
best suit a specific group.
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