Building Bridges Into Work The Role of the Community Workers

This is a practical book, describing policy and practice in community work. The initiatives looked at present accounts of community enterprise from 11 community workers from England and Scotland. They are run in a variety of urban and rural settings and the schemes are funded in different ways and supported by social services, education, training and voluntary organizatons.;These accounts form the main part of the book which considers each of the individual cases and then attempts to draw conclusions about the aims of community enterprise and the role of the community worker. It outlines their aims and objectives, management and funding issues, recruitment and selection, the role of the community worker, liaison with other sections of the community and the lessons learned.;The introduction and conclusion look at community enterprise and community work approaches, the role and problems for community workers in employment schemes, service, action and community development approaches, questions concerning community enterprise, revised roles for the community worker and skill and knowledg development.