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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Motes, Patricia.

Contributor:

Motes, Patricia Stone, editor.

Hess, Peg McCartt, editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community-based family services.

Family services.

Community organization.

Family social work.

Community development.

Community development consultants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 204 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Community groups and human service organizations are under a tremendous amount of pressure to strengthen their programs and measure the effectiveness of their work. These challenges have prompted many to seek consultation and technical assistance in order to better plan, develop, and evaluate their services and resources and be more responsive to the needs of funders and the community.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. 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.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Motes, Patricia Collaborating with Community-Based Organizations Through Consultation and Technical Assistance

ISBN:

9786613008442

9781283008440

1283008440

9780231502856

0231502850

OCLC:

225864999