Elements and Performance Criteria
- Set parameters for community relationships or partnerships
- Utilise a community engagement framework to assist in analysing and setting parameters for community relationships or partnerships.
- Establish purpose and parameters for various community relationships or partnerships in consultation with relevant community stakeholders.
- Use a range of strategies and opportunities appropriate to both individual and community needs.
- Provide information relating to community engagement
- Assess current community understandings of the organisation.
- Communicate information about rights and responsibilities of individuals and communities to relevant personnel.
- Communicate opportunities for community involvement in organisational processes and decision making, by using methods appropriate for the diverse needs of the community.
- Build community engagement capacity
- Tap into informal and formal community networks to strengthen local capital and to ensure ongoing capacity.
- Manage dynamics within and across relationships or partnerships.
- Allocate resources to manage partnerships and community relationships.
- Identify barriers to community engagement and formulate and implement solutions in line with the community context.
- Implement mechanisms for communities to raise their own issues with the organisation, in line with the community context.
- Promote and resource strategies to build community capacity.
- Document and report on community relationships or partnerships