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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY WORK AND YOURSELF -- 1 Introduction: What is community work? -- The 'enabling' imperative -- Defining terms -- Different dimensions of community work practice -- Starting where people are: A paradox -- The centrality of networking (much of which was provided by Gilchrist) -- What is community work for? -- The contribution of socialism and feminism to British community work -- Effects of community work -- Towards evidence-based theory -- Conclusion - community work - an idea for all time? -- Points to ponder -- Further reading -- 2 Planning for effective community work, and evaluation -- Types of community work project or programme -- Designing the intervention for a generic project -- Contact making -- A community profile (or needs analysis) -- From community profile to analysis and action -- Evaluating community work, part one, by Gabriel Chanan -- Evaluating community work, part two -- Conclusion -- Points to ponder -- Further reading -- 3 Survival, professional development and reflective practice -- Introduction -- Surviving agency pressure -- Resisting project closure -- Building protection, creating space and credibility -- Managing your own situation -- Stresses of the job -- Critical support -- Knowledge, skills, qualities -- Professional self-development -- Planning and recording -- Coping with tricky situations and making mistakes -- Reflective practice (RP) -- Leaving your job -- Final points -- Points to ponder -- Further reading -- PART TWO: community development and community action -- 4 Helping people set up and run community groups -- The enabler - key points -- Contractual work -- Social audit -- Community capacity building (CCB) -- Training for community groups? -- Community development and/or education?.