CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT

This book is essentially a collection of diverse intervention tactics, modern social work methods, resource mobilization processes, the vision of cultivating indigenous knowledge, and understanding disaster management for community empowerment. It emphasizes the conceptual aspects of empowerment, focusing on equity, productivity, and sustainability across its ten chapters. The text underscores skill training for social work students and professionals using ICT tools and IEC materials, along with digital proficiency awareness, to achieve effective community work outcomes. It offers an overview of welfare economics, human development, sustainable development, and LPG, providing valuable insights into community development. The book underscores the importance of education, encouragement, enlightenment, and training in social work practice. It explores how to attain self-sustainability through self-help, drawing from the author's teaching experience, field practicum supervision, research, and grassroots community inputs.