FIGURE 4 Occupational standards for S/NVQs for Community Work

Key purpose: Work with communities experiencing disadvantage, to enable them collectively to identify needs and rights, clarify' objectives and take action to meet these within a democratic framework which respects the needs and rights of others.
Key roles
Key Role A Engage with communities and establish agreements for involvement
Al: Assess communities and their needs.
A2: Develop community work opportunities
A3: Build relationships with key people, organisations groups in and across communities.
A4: Contribute to effective relationships in the community
Key Role B: Enable people to work and learn together effectively
B1: Establish the basis for community organisation
B2: Promote social inclusion and equality for communities
B3: Support social inclusion and equality for communities
B4: Enable community groups and communities to deal with conflict and work collaboratively.
B5: Enable individuals and community groups to deal with conflict and work collaboratively
B6: Enable community groups to develop their own capacity
B7: Facilitate group learning
B8: Design Learning Programmes
Key Role C: Enable people in communities to identify needs and rights and plan action
C1 Enable community groups to plan collective action.
C2 Assist community groups to prioritise needs, rights and objectives.
C3 Co-ordinate the planning and review of collective action within communities.
C4 Assist community groups to plan collective action.
Key Role D Enable communities and community groups to take and review collective action
Dl Contribute to the implementation and review of collective action.
D2 Assist collective action.
D3 Contribute to the advocacy of community rights and needs.
Key Role E Provide organisational support to collective action.
El Recommend, monitor and control use of resources
E2 Contribute to the recruitment and selection of personnel
E3 Develop teams, individuals and self to enhance performance
E4 Plan, allocate and evaluate work carried out by teams individuals and self
E5 Contribute to the planning, monitoring and control of resources
E6 Research, prepare and supply information
E7 Organise and record meetings
E8 Draft and prepare documents
E9 Contribute to the effectiveness of workflow
El0 Contribute to the arrangement of events
Key Role F Contribute to the development of own and organisation's work
Fl Contribute to the formulation of policy
F2 Establish and maintain own practice.
F3 Develop own practice, knowledge and values.
F4 Contribute to the establishment, maintenance and monitoring of organisational policies, plans and procedures.

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