Collaborating with community-based organizations through consultation and technical assistance / edited by Patricia Stone Motes and Peg McCartt Hess.

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ISBN:

9780231502856

9781283008440

Title:

Collaborating with community-based organizations through consultation and technical assistance / edited by Patricia Stone Motes and Peg McCartt Hess.

Author:

Motes, Patricia Stone.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 204 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Organizational and community capacity building : mediating change in family-serving organizations and groups / Arlene Bowers Andrews and Patricia Stone Motes -- Consulting to organizations and community groups : defining and distinguishing the provision of technical assistance / Patricia Stone Motes, Judith Ann Whiting, and Jeannine P. Salone -- Cultural competence : at the heart of capacity building / Peg McCartt Hess and Andrew Billingsley -- Collaboratives : avenues to build community capacity / Anita Floyd -- Putting it all together : building capacity for strategic planning / Paul Flaspohler, Angela Ledgerwood, and Arlene Andrews -- Building capacity for self-evaluation among community agencies and organizations / Vicki Crocker Flerx.

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Subject Term:

Community-based family services.

Family services.

Community organization.

Family social work.

Community development.

Added Author:

Motes, Patricia Stone.

Hess, Peg McCartt.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2007

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Summary

In this volume, practitioners and researchers present methods and strategies for assisting and collaborating with groups and agencies serving families. Helping a community or organization involves many tasks (reaching out to the community, building leadership, developing and planning for action) and requires specialized knowledge and skills. The contributors combine a research-based, theoretical framework with practical guidance to explain this process and offer cross-cultural case studies in a wide range of settings.

The book begins with a discussion of the role of the coach or capacity-building consultant and the related but distinct activities of consultation, technical assistance, and service. The value of empowerment theory, adult learning theory, and change theory, among other theories, are outlined. Special emphasis is placed on the importance of cultural competence-the need to balance diverse needs, ethical mandates, and dilemmas is crucial. The book concludes with a detailed, step-by-step guide for helping an agency or program perform a self-evaluation.

Skilled consultation and assistance enable organizations to better support and strengthen families. While this book is grounded in research, it also reflects the lived experiences of each contributor and illuminates the complex yet vital role of the consultant.

Author Notes

Patricia Stone Motes is associate director and research associate professor at the Institute for Families in Society (IFS), University of South Carolina.

Peg McCartt Hess is an independent consultant and former associate director at the Institute for Families in Society (IFS) and former professor at the University of South Carolina College of Social Work and the Columbia University School of Social Work.
Patricia Motes (Ph.D., South Carolina State University, Clinical-Community Psychology) is the Associate Director for Planning and Development at the Instititue for Families in Society (IFS), University of South Carolina. Peg Hess (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign) is the IFS Associate Director for Research and Scholarship. She is the former Associate Dean of the School of Social Work, Columbia University and Professor of Social Work. Her books include Nurturing the One, Supporting the Many (Columbia, 2002) and Child Welfare for the 21st Century (Columbia, 2005).