Salisbury University Social Work Essay

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Native Hawaiian Children’s Center: Changing Methods from Casework to Community Practice

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1. If NHCC had it to do over again, what steps might management have taken to ensure a smoother transition from the strategic planning stage through to its implementation?

a. How is community building better than casework as perceived by those social workers who are expected to adopt the new practice?

b. Which employees experience what losses and gains?

c. Is the organizational culture receptive to change?

d. What aspects of NHCC need to change and which can be maintained?

2. Can or should community building be professionalized?

3. Can nonindigenous, or nonethnic people- whether faculty, residents, or professionals- do community work with indigenous popu