Which COP role enables community members to use their own resources toward problem resolution?

Which COP role enables community members to use their own resources toward problem resolution?

• A. Socio-therapeutic
• B. Enabler
• C. Broker
• D. Expert

Answer: (B)

The main idea being tested is how a COP role centers on empowering a community to solve its own problems by using what it already has. The enabler helps community members recognize, mobilize, and leverage their own resources—like skills, networks, leadership, and informal supports—to address issues. Rather than providing direct services or external experts, the enabler creates the conditions for people to act, such as helping them map assets, build collaborations, and remove barriers so residents can take ownership of solutions. This fits because the goal is sustainable problem-solving that grows from within the community itself. In contrast, a broker focuses on connecting people to external services or resources rather than building internal capacity; an expert brings specialized knowledge to solve the problem from the outside; and a socio-therapeutic role emphasizes therapy or group work rather than mobilizing community assets to resolve issues.

The main idea being tested is how a COP role centers on empowering a community to solve its own problems by using what it already has. The enabler helps community members recognize, mobilize, and leverage their own resources—like skills, networks, leadership, and informal supports—to address issues. Rather than providing direct services or external experts, the enabler creates the conditions for people to act, such as helping them map assets, build collaborations, and remove barriers so residents can take ownership of solutions.

This fits because the goal is sustainable problem-solving that grows from within the community itself. In contrast, a broker focuses on connecting people to external services or resources rather than building internal capacity; an expert brings specialized knowledge to solve the problem from the outside; and a socio-therapeutic role emphasizes therapy or group work rather than mobilizing community assets to resolve issues.