participatory approach; commnunity work; community based participatory research

The aim of this paper is to discuss the possibility of using a participatory approach in social work. The text follows the preparatory phase of the research, which aims to identify and analyze the needs in terms of housing of Roma living in socially excluded localities. The changing role of social workers from a fixer to facilitator between the clients and the environment is the big issue on social work. The identifying the needs of clients and their submission to the macro level so that the systems at the macro level as to be able to react effectively, it seems as a very effective first step. Our research is oriented by community based participatory research. We research in socially excluded localities where professionals realized community work, and where is already some degree of community organizing. In this paper we seek to answer the question whether, when and how do we know that all those involved (people, community workers and academics) access to such research prepared.