摘要：The seven-nation CABLE project aimed to develop an approach to the practice of community based work and community diaconia based on practices that support change and transformation. The CABLE network continues to develop the work in a multiplicity of settings across Europe. This article is a personal reflection on the emerging double learning process that CABLE has developed. A working model was developed which assumes that in working for change with people, the worker should also be open to change. The article develops the key themes in the approach, which is based in a specific understanding of persons in relation. Learning and related practice are described and dilemmas of implementation are explored. Critical to the approach are an understanding of the impact of socialisation on the approach of the worker and the difficult and ambiguous position of the worker between everyday ‘life worlds’ and ‘system worlds’ in an important point in the analysis. To explore this, the CABLE project proposes a learning process based on biographical reflection, ‘exposure’ and consequent exploration of the motivations and expectations of workers. The article proposes a ‘service model’ based on participation, respect and dialogue and which builds on the recognition of the ‘strengths and expertise’ of so-called ‘clients’.
