The Community Development Program (CDP) was first implemented in 1968 in Taiwan and achieved the goal of the first phase of infrastructure construction in 1980. For administrative and historical reasons, CDP is implemented by the social welfare department who has been looking forward to integrating Community Development Associations (CDAs) into the social welfare provision system. However, like Western countries, CDAs function as community clubs and lack capacity and cannot meet the expectations of the authorities. The experience of the Community Care Centre Project (CCCP) started in 2008 has accumulated initial experience for social workers to guide CDAs to enhance their capacity, which was beneficial to the establishment of Community Empowerment Centers (CECs) in local authorities in 2015. CECs provide a practical mechanism for social workers to implement community empowerment. The Changhua and Tainan CECs use social work methods to implement team building, external supervision, and case management, distinguishing them from the other 21 community empowerment centers in Taiwan. The two centers not only transformed CDAs into local welfare service points, but also clearly articulated the methods they used based on a theoretical foundation. This article analyzes these community empowerment modules, using social work methods to define service objectives within a helping philosophy, employ social work concepts as internal communication language, and outlining the role of empowerment in the professional role of social workers. It discusses how the social work profession enhances the efficiency and accuracy of implementing community empowerment and concludes with suggestions for further professional development and expanded application.
