在弱勢社區從兒少服務出發是台灣的新流派

Reinventing the Settlement House Movement in Taiwan

羅秀華(Rosa Shiow-Hwa Luo)

《輔仁社會研究》 8期 (2018/01) Pp. 27-75

摘要

人們因著追尋更好生活的心意，移居城市，移居他國。然而，因著資產不足以落腳在相對優的生活空間，貧弱族群集居在都市邊陲，形成生活機能不佳的弱勢社區。社區工作起源的睦鄰組織運動，是由知識分子帶著救貧的思維，進住貧窮勞工所聚居的社區，以改善不公不義的社會現象。近代，經濟全球化拉大各國的貧富差距，需要貼近弱勢社區，共同提振其生活條件。這樣的心意在少數社工人與弱勢社區住民的夥伴關係中，開創台灣社區工作的新局，由兒少服務出發，家庭服務、生產生計條件改善、公民意識的融入學習與在地服務網絡的連線，本文探析10個改良型睦鄰組織經驗，為本土社會工作創新發展流脈，也希望互助典範的弱勢社區工作能夠帶來新氣象。

關鍵字

新底層階級 ； 睦鄰組織運動 ； 弱勢社區工作

並列摘要

Work on poverty is a basic job for social workers. The settlement house movement was the origin of community work, by which an elite move to live with the poor in slums. The massive increase of the population of poor people in Taiwan and around the world is caused by globalization. The new underclass is forced to live in disadvantaged neighborhoods with limited resources. A small group of social workers and local people work together with the poor to promote their quality of life in Taiwan. I present 10 touching experiences to show the possibility of community-based developmental social work, beginning with services for children and youth, then for families and their economic life, and including citizenship training and resource networking for the poor. By undertaking such community work, social workers in Taiwan will be able to assist in bringing a new spirit to combat poverty.

並列關鍵字

New Underclass ； Settlement House Movement ； Community Work for the Poor