Field Work - The Heart of Social Work Profession

What makes a professional successful? Undoubtedly his ability to understand the core of that profession. For a doctor his ability to diagnose the disease, prescribing the medicine while evoking the patient’s confidence and morale to restore his health. Similarly for the Social Work Professional the heart of profession is the experience in the field work where the multidisciplinary professional knowledge is translated into action by building the self-confidence of the client to enable him/her to recognize and utilize their internal resources of positivity, determination and self-development to recognize, face the reality and overcome the challenges, in short, “HELP THE PERSON TO HELP HIMSELF.” “Field Work – The Heart of Social Work Profession” gives the necessary support and hand holding to the budding social work professional in developing his / her professional repertoire, step by step, systematically and builds upon his / her internal resources. This book is intended to help budding social workers, faculty in guiding the students and the lay public interested in the subject.