It is a question on many people's lips but why does such a question arise? How have social workers come to lose ownership of their own profession?
Comparing social work to medicine, nursing, psychology or teaching, you can't help but notice an absence of a lobby or voice that champions the profession as unique and necessary to society.
In recent years, social work has felt like a profession united by apathy rather than a determination to defend its critical role. But it is time for social workers to wake up.
The role of social work in safeguarding the weak and vulnerable amid the complexity of human behaviour and relationships is by its very nature difficult and full of tensions.
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