This paper explores the pivotal and influential roles of an informal leader in community development at Pasar Banggi village, Rembang, Central Java particularly in relation to social capital, social scenarios of change, organization and local community participatory engagement in the development process. This paper, thus, presents social welfare perspective with qualitative approach by phenomenological method. As this paper was based on case studies, it deploys purposive technique to determine the key informants forwarding to next informants. Participatory observation and in-depth interviews were carried out to obtain information. The results were then analyzed through descriptive-qualitative analysis. The findings showed that the informal leader possessed natural ability in building up social capital, networks and trust in the community which revitalized socio-cultural and environmental values.

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Fenomena homoseksual telah menjadi trend di kehidupan masyarakat Indonesia. Tidak hanya di kota-kota besar, di kota-kota kecil yang sarat akan norma dan budaya pun homoseksual menjadi permasalahan yang sulit dikendalikan. Bukan hanya mengenai aspek moral, homoseksual dipengaruhi pula oleh gaya hidup dan hubungan sosial. Hal ini telah menjadi perhatian yang serius bagi pemeritah Kota Tasik karena homoseksual dianggap masalah sosial yang mencoreng nama baik Kota Tasik sebagai Kota Santri. Bagi lesbian, menunjukkan dirinya sebagai penyuka sesama jenis adalah hal yang sulit. Terlebih posisi perempuan di Indonesia sangat sentral dan terikat pada nilai dan norma-norma sosial. Kesulitan membuka diri menjerumuskan lesbian untuk bergabung kedalam komunitas lesbian agar memperoleh penerimaan diri dan rasa aman. Konsep diri lesbian cenderung negatif karena terdapat faktor labeling dan penolakan yang diterima lesbian dari lingkungan sekitarnya. Masyarakat lebih senang ”mengobati” lesbian daripada ”merubah perilaku” padahal lesbian bukanlah penyakit, melainkan perilaku seksual menyimpang. Pemerintah telah memiliki kebijakan yang mengenai larangan menjadi homoseksual. Namun diperlukan dukungan lain dari berbagai pihak terkait dan para profesional untuk mengatasi permasalahan lesbian. Pekerja sosial adalah profesi profesional pemberi bantuan yang berfokus pada keberfungsian sosial dengan memperhatikan aspek orang didalam lingkungan. Pekerja sosial dapat berperan dalam mengatasi permasalahan individu dan lingkungan. Hasil penelitian ini mengungkapkan : Keberadaan lesbian di Kota Tasik cenderung meningkat setiap tahun; belum ada program yang tepat bagi penanganan lesbian; belum adanya peran pekerja sosial dalam upaya penanganan lesbian di Kota Tasik.

The implementation of conditional cash transfer gets a serious attention from a number of developed countries as an effective approach to cut poverty and increase long-term social investment for the poor family. However, in terms of multicultural social community, the implementation of Program Keluarga Harapan (Hope Family Program) gives a little attention to the local culture-based sensitivity. This research focuses on the enforcement of local culture-based Hope Family Program in South Jayapura district. This research aims to analyze the implementation of PKH and to determine a local culture-based program implementation. The research design selected was a sequential explanatory design by applying random sampling and purposive sampling technique. Data analysis is emphasized by a qualitative-descriptive analysis. This research result reveals that the implementation of local culture-based Hope Family Program never fully considered the cultural sensitivity of the poor family even though 10% of the poor family of Hope Family Program beneficiary has said to consider that local cultural sensitivity. This conclusion emphasizes that the implementation of conditional cash transfer assistance to the local culture-based poor family truly influences the achievement of program purpose in a dominant community of socio-culture. Thus, technically, the aspect of cultural competence and cultural sensitivity is important to pay attention to the organization of program implementation.