Community profiling 1
Community profiling is defined as building a detailed picture of a target community through involving local people and organizations that deliver services. It provides a comprehensive description of a population's needs and community resources, with the active involvement of that community, for the purpose of improving quality of life. Some key steps in community profiling include needs assessment, community consultations, social audits, and collecting information to develop an understanding of the community makeup and level of interest in getting involved. The purpose is to gather information not already recorded, highlight gaps, encourage broader thinking, determine who is affected, and build relationships and capacity over time. Communities are complex so care must be taken to avoid information overload and ensure engagement is clear.
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Community profiling 1
- 1. Community Profiling 1 Exploring Meanings
Editor's Notes
- As financial audit can reveal financial health of an organization social audit reveals health of an org or enterprise. Can also be applied to the health of a community which results in interplay of public services, housing, employment, natural and social environment Inequities between communities for the purpose of reallocating resources
- Range of information such as the diversity within the community, their history, social and economic characteristics, how active people are and what social and infrastructure services are provided
- Gaps made clear can inform future research direction Broader thinking about who a community is and who is involved in a project and how Can help to determine who is likely to be influenced by change of affected by a project Aw understanding is researched together relationships develop and can be a means of developing build interest in community members as it raises awareness. In other words a step of community development As project progresses and therefore info easily passed on.
- Those involved in profiling need to be clear about why it is occurring and what will happen with the information that is collected (ie privacy laws) Over time a rich and diverse picture mat develop. Important to think about how information is collected, managed and presented to prevent overload. plan