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Social Work Intervention Strategies for the Sustainable Development of Community Volunteer Teams: A Case Study of Organization X in S City

Author(s)

Ting Chen, Xingtao Zhou, Li Liang*

Affiliation(s)

School of Political Science and Law, Hanshan Normal University, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China *Corresponding Author

Abstract

This study takes the volunteer team of Organization X in S City as a case, employing literature review and semi-structured interviews. Grounded in empowerment theory and the strengths perspective, it systematically analyzes the team’s sustainable development dilemmas and corresponding social work intervention strategies. The findings reveal four interwoven dilemmas: insufficient resource acquisition, difficulties in human resource retention, lagging institutional development, and weak external collaboration. The essence of these dilemmas lies in insufficient empowerment and underutilized strengths at the individual, interpersonal, organizational, and community levels. In response, this study proposes intervention strategies across four dimensions: establishing a diversified resource acquisition system, consolidating the human resource base, refining management and operational mechanisms, and building long-term external collaboration patterns. Specific measures include community asset mapping and resource capacity building; person-post matching, diversified incentives, and team-building activities to achieve individual and interpersonal empowerment; quantitative assessment and systematic training for organizational empowerment; and exploring low-fee services and enterprise cooperation based on complementary strengths. Through empowerment and strengths excavation, social work can potentially activate the team’s endogenous momentum, facilitating its transition from episodic activities to a normalized organization, thereby achieving standardized, professionalized, and sustainable development.

Keywords

Social Work; Community Volunteer Teams; Sustainable Development; Empowerment; Strengths Perspective

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