Core functions and objectives of social work

Helping individuals, groups, and communities by providing counseling and collaborating to address problems.

A foundation of values and principles that guide practitioners in their professional conduct.

Provision of treatment and direction towards accomplishing goals using specific techniques and skills.

Connecting people with necessary services by linking them to available resources.

Active engagement in legislative processes to advocate for and promote positive social change.

An organized system of social services and institutions aimed at improving the standards of life and health for individuals, groups, and communities.

Social welfare is viewed as temporary, offered during emergencies, and withdrawn once the regular system functions properly, often carrying a stigma.

Social welfare is seen as a proper, legitimate function of modern society to help those unable to meet their needs, with agencies accepted as regular.

The profession that helps individuals, groups, and communities develop, enhance, or restore their capability to cope with environmental demands through social work methods.

The law that gave recognition to social work as a profession.