WHAT IS SOCIAL WORK INSIDE COMMUNITY? WHAT IS EXPECTED OF SOCIAL WORKER TO DO/TO SAY IN A COMMUNITY? WHAT ARE THE WAYS SW CAN PROVIDE HELP TO THE BENEFICIERY? A ROLE OF SOCIAL WORKER IN A COMMUNITY – VISIBLE/RECIGNIZED? WHAT SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE SOCIAL WORKER MUST HAVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN COMMUNITY WORK? "Integrating resources of rural area around Town of Daruvar – social responsibility versus economic dependence (developing local community) GEO-POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF CROATIA Croatia is in its geographic, political and econimc structure diveded into: - 20 counties – 1 town as a center/head office + other (smaller) towns - City of Zagreb - Capital CROATIA Bjelovarsko-bilogorska county Social security – Centre for Social Welfare in BB county (institution with public authority (provide social service/s)) CENTRE FOR SOCIAL WELFARE - ORGANISED IN: Bjelovar Čazma Garešnica Daruvar (branche-office Grubišno Polje) Screening BB county Centar for Social population Beneficionaries of Welfare CSW – financial aid (PZU) Bjelovar 59.780 1.504 Garešnica 15.654 846 Čazma 13.042 675 Daruvar 22.009 978 Branche-office 9.258 360 Grubišno Polje Screening: Town of Daruvar and surrounding local communities Centre for Social Welfare Daruvar (concerning social benefit - finanial aid) is organised for local communities: Daruvar, Sirač, Dežanovac, Končanica, Dežanovac (22.009 of population) With local communities of its branche-office Grubišno Polje: Veliki Grđevac, Grubišno Polje (9.258 of population) Services in Town of Daruvar and surrounding local communities area Service/s Social worker (employed/volunte er) Daruvar Centre for psyhosocial 1 rehabilitation Rudolf Steiner All Primary school 0 comunities Daruvar High school 0 All Kindergarten 0 communities All Health center and 0 comunities ambulances Daruvar Police station 0 Daruvar Centre for Social Welfare 10 Area Service/s Social worker (employed/volunte er) Daruvar Red Cross 0 Daruvar Local library 0 Daruvar Local self-government 0 Daruvar Home for the elderly 1 and dissabled All communities Associations 4 volunteers Workshop Project(s): How to empower local communities by using its recources? Local community of Sirač - http://www.sirac.hr/ Local community of Dežanovac - http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%C5%BEanovac Local community of Sirač and Dežanovac Local Sirač Dežanovac community Distance from Sirač (9.43 km) Dežanovac (13.58 km) town of Daruvar Pakrani (7.63 km) Goveđe Polje (20.53 km) area 144,91 km2 99,85 km² Number of small 8 12 communities population table table associations Ethno-cultural Ethno-cultural association/firemans association/firemans .