Its describing about the hidden beauty of social work profession.

1. Social Work an Enigma
By Grace Babu & Harsha Baby
Social work is a helping profession; the main goal of social work is to improve a society’s
overall well-being, especially for the most vulnerable populations.
You may be wondering, “Why social work instead of other helping professions?” Social work’s
distinguishing characteristics are its emphasis on the person-in-environment model and its
emphasis on social justice. In other words, social workers not only consider individuals’ internal
struggles, as other counselors might, they also work with people to examine their relationships,
family history, work environment, community environment, and the structures and policies that
impact to identify ways to help address a problem or challenge. Social workers also do not limit
their work to individuals; they work with individuals, couples, families, groups, neighborhoods,
communities, and organizations.
Social work practice is also strengths-based. Social workers help people or groups identify their
problems, determine their skills and capacities, what they are doing well, and how that was
accomplished, and then analyze ways that those strengths might be applied to the identified
problems.
Many social workers work directly with clients who are individuals, families or small groups.
These social workers help clients cope with problems such as poverty, abuse, addiction, and
mental illness by providing counseling, connecting clients with service providers, and
empowering clients to meet their own needs.
Other social workers choose to work with communities, organizations or governments. These
workers advocate for vulnerable populations, fighting to end the inequalities and injustices they
see in their communities. They create policies, break down barriers, and drive reform. Social
work is a passion as well as a profession. The best social workers don’t do this as a job. They do
it as a career and as a passion, something that fills up who we want to be in the world and what
we want to be in the world. If you want to take your passion, create something, and work with
people to create something in their lives, social work is the place to be able to do that.