Understand The Importance Of Community Practice

In the field of social work practice it is ideal to know and understand the importance of community practice. All social workers should be knowledgeable when it comes to skills needed for community practice. The definition of a community reflects the purposiveness that serves as organizing scheme for social systems theory.
Definition of a community:
• A community is an inclusive form of social organization that is geographically based and through which most people satisfy their common needs and desires, deal with their common problems, seek means to advance their well-being, and relate to their society. A community is an inclusive form of large scale social organization within a social system. Geographically based boundaries include cities, villages, towns, regions, and states
The highest purpose of a community:
• The highest purpose of a community is to obtain the ability to advance human well-being and survival of community members
• To socialize its citizens into their culturally relevant social roles
Components or subsystems of the community:
• The components
At this event there will be donation tables and merchandise/clothing sold that supports the increase of medical care for needy children these funds will be donated toward increased health care for the needy children population. This event will be open to the public as a “Benefit Event” to increase fundraising sales and awareness around the community. The clothing sold at this event will symbolize the number of people that support the cause and will raise awareness within the community and the suprasystem to initiate the social systems to help in the effort to improve health care for needy