Abstract
This article analyzes the importance that the community-based approach has taken in modern Social Services. In the first part, the evolution that the subject has experienced since configuration of these mechanisms up to the current time is described. The second part focuses on the practical implementation of community work, using the perceptions and speeches of Social Service professionals in vulnerable neighborhoods in a large city of the Andalusian region as supporting evidence. The final part plumbs the mentality which characterizes community intervention while identifying the limits and contributions of professionals seeking its improvement.
Highlights
This article analyzes the importance that the community-based approach has taken in modern Social Services
the evolution that the subject has experienced since configuration of these mechanisms
The second part focuses on the practical implementation of community work
Summary
Recibido: 03/10/2011 Revisado: 24/11/2011 Aceptado: 04/11/2011 Disponible on line: 15/02/2012. Resumen Este artículo actualiza el tratamiento que el enfoque comunitario ha tenido en los Servicios Sociales modernos. En la primera parte se narra el tratamiento que el asunto ha tenido desde que se configuron estos dispositivos hasta el tiempo actual. En un segundo momento se detiene en la aplicación práctica del trabajo comunitario, utilizando como soporte las percepciones y discursos de los profesionales de Servicios Sociales de los barrios vulnerables de una gran ciudad andaluza. En la parte final indaga en las lógicas que han caracterizado la intervención comunitaria, identificando los límites y aportaciones que, orientadas a su mejora, hacen los profesionales. Palabras clave: servicios sociales, comunidad, intervención social, trabajo social
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