Social work is an academic discipline and profession aimed at meeting basic human needs and enhancing well-being through services such as child development, medical care, clinical therapy, community organizing, and crisis intervention. Effective social workers must be caring, committed to helping vulnerable groups, and skilled in facilitating positive change for individuals and society according to principles of human rights, social justice, and integrity.

11. Social Work

12. work carried out by
trained personnel with
the aim of alleviating
the conditions of those
in need of help or
welfare.
an academic discipline and
practice-based profession
concerned with meeting the
basic needs of individuals,
families, groups, communities,
and society as a whole to
enhance their individual and
collective well-being.

29. Choose among the discussed
professional services for social work you
believe you can engage actively. Why?
What will motivate you to consider
engaging in social work?
What traits must you have to become an
effective social worker?

31. Goals of
Social
Work
Cure
Care
Change

32. Child
Development
Social work
Medical Social
Work
Clinical Social
Work
International
Social Work
Social Work
as Community
Organizer
Women
Welfare
Crisis
Intervention
Criminal
Justice

34. Search on the different
principles of social
work with respect to:
• Human Rights
• Social Justice
• Professional Integrity