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The emergence of the emergence-based approach in community practice
2019
The emergence of the emergence-based approach in community practice
Orna Shemer - School of Social Work, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
Hagai Agmon-Snir - The Jerusalem Intercultural Center, Jerusalem, Israel; School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Abstract
Community practitioners are often challenged to work in complex environments and situations that naturally occur in communities. This article focuses on the theoretical and practical use of the Emergence-Based Approach that is relevant for work in complex community situations. Using this approach, the practitioner encourages the emergence of novel ideas and initiatives, and engages a decentralized network of activists, helping them develop their initiatives. Using a field study, we compare this approach to the traditional Outcomes-Based Approach. Although their mindsets are very different, and even contradict one another, we suggest practical ways to combine the two in an effective way.
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Integrating Cultural Competence in Health Organizations in Israel
2015
Integrating Cultural Competence in Health Organizations in Israel: a Concise Guide (originally published in Hebrew in 2013) is aimed to help health organizations in providing services appropriate to the needs of different cultural populations in order to improve their cooperation with the proposed care, and their health outcomes. In addition to the patient's perspective, this document relates to the implications of adapting the organization to diversity among staff members.
The guide was written as a part of the Cultural Competence Program of the Jerusalem Intercultural Center, in partnership with the Jerusalem Foundation. Another partner to this document is the New Israel Fund, which helped in expanding the program nationally.
Guide: Cultural Competence training in Health Organizations (originally published in Hebrew in 2014) represents an expansion of the chapter dealing with cultural competence training that appeared in the above concise guide. It further develops the ways to manage a system of basic and ongoing training to give employees the knowledge, awareness and skills they need to provide clients with culturally competent service and clinical care. It is based on experience from all around the world, as well as on the vast experience of the JICC and its partners in such trainings in Israel, including original training materials and Israeli-based video vignettes with relevant case studies.
