What is social work?
SOCIAL WORK is a profession committed to the pursuit of social justice, to the enhancement of the quality of life, and to the development of the full potential of each individual, group and community in the society. It seeks to simultaneously address and resolve social issues at every level of society and economic status, but especially among the poor and sick.
Social workers work with people who use social services to assess and respond to their care requirements. This will usually involve working alongside other professional agencies to ensure that people who use social services receive the support they need.
Social workers help service users to find solutions to their problems, so that they are able to live more successfully within their communities. Social workers also work with the family and friends of people who use social services.
Social workers are concerned with social problem their causes, their solutions and their human impacts. they work with individual, families, group, organizations and communities.
Social work and human history go together. Social work was always in human societies although it began to be a defined pursuit and profession in the 19th century. This definition was in response to societal problems that resulted from the Industrial Revolution and increased interest in applying scientific theory to various aspects of study. Eventually an increasing number of educational institutions began to offer social work programmes.
Professional social workers are generally considered those who hold a professional degree in social work and often also have a licenseregistered. Social worker have organized themselves into local, national and international professional bodies to further the aims of the profession.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos060.htm
http://www.sssc.uk.com/Social+Service+Careers/Becoming+a+social+worker/What+is+social+work.htm
