Social work is
an academic discipline and practice-based profession that
concerns itself with individuals, families, groups, and communities in
an effort to enhance social functioning and overall well-being by aiding them
in finding their own solutions that leads to self-reliance. Social
functioning defines as the ability of an individual to perform their social
roles within their own self, their immediate social environment, and the
society at large. Social work applies social sciences, such as sociology, psychology, political
science, public health, community development, law, and economics,
to engage with client systems, conduct assessments, and develop
interventions to solve social and personal problems; and to bring about social
change. Social work practice is often divided into micro-work, which involves
working directly with individuals or small groups; and macro-work, which
involves working with communities, and - within social policy - fostering
change on a larger scale.
