A Community Social Work Paradigm: Thoughts and Reflections

Author:

Weiss-Dagan Shlomit1,Aviv Inbal2,Eliyahou Ayala2,Levy Drorit3,Makaros Ayelet4,Freiberg Smadar5,Zriker Amit6

Affiliation:

1. School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University PhD, MSW, is faculty member, researcher, and lecturer, , Ramat-Gan, Israel, 52900

2. School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University PhD, MSW, are lecturers, , Ramat-Gan, Israel

3. School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University MSW, PhD, are faculty members, researchers, and lecturers, , Ramat-Gan, Israel

4. School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University PhD, MSW, are faculty members, researchers, and lecturers, , Ramat-Gan, Israel

5. School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University MSW, is a PhD student, , Ramat-Gan, Israel

6. Department of Social Work, Ruppin Academic Center, Emek-Hefer PhD, MSW, is lecturer, , Israel

Abstract

Abstract Community social work (CSW) is often regarded as a practice with a variety of intervention models. The objectives of the present article are to examine CSW’s philosophical and theoretical roots and to bridge the gap in the literature regarding the theoretical and philosophical origins of CSW and to conceptualize these theoretical bases as a paradigm with ontological, epistemological, axiological, and methodological aspects. The ontology of the proposed CSW paradigm relies on ecological theory, critical theory, and community psychology. The paradigm’s epistemology relies on the basic assumption that community members are autonomous subjective human beings with important and valid knowledge who make decisions concerning their lives. Axiologically, the most prominent value of the paradigm is participation, from which other central values derive. The paradigm’s methodology derives from its three abovementioned components. The conceptualization of a CSW paradigm provides a theoretical foundation for community interventions and refining the goals of these interventions. The paradigm can be used as a pedagogical and identity-building tool with students and social workers who focus on CSW.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Sociology and Political Science

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