Document Title: A social development worker, impact of the work compared to community development worker

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A social development worker, impact of the work compared to community development worker

Question 2: Suggest reasons why the developmental social worker is better positioned as a community development officer to impact on community quality of life as opposed to a typical social scientist in a similar position.

Indeed, developmental social workers are the “tip of the spear” for community improvement programs and development projects, helping to overcome barriers to change. Therefore they are better positioned as a community development officer to impact on community quality of life as opposed to a typical social scientist in a similar position.  This is attributed to a number of views as discussed below;

Firstly, the rationale of developmental social workers is to change individuals and institutions with respect to individual social welfare. Social development focuses on the institutions of society. Developmental social work can there for understood as a process of planned social change designed to promote the well-being of the population as a whole within the context of a dynamic multifaceted development process (Mingle, 2013). It is regarded as a basic perspective of social work, cognate with social treatment.