Regulating Training - Roles and Tasks of Social Work

Northern Ireland Social Care Council has been commissioned by Paul Martin, DHSSPS (NI) Chief Social Services Officer to lead an exciting project to review the roles and tasks unique to social work. This review is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to identify the unique role, value and contribution of social work in Northern Ireland today. It will articulate the full range of what social workers do and importantly, the difference they make in people’s lives through their work and interventions. 

The breadth and diversity of what social work has to offer makes this review a complex task. Social work cannot be defined as a specific skill or a specific body of knowledge. Rather it is an eclectic range of different skills and expertise. This diversity, this ability to be flexible, to be responsive, to be person-centred is what makes social work unique and valuable. Similar projects to review the roles and task unique to social work have been carried out in England (Roles and Tasks of Social Work) and Scotland (21st Century Scotland)  NISCC will be consulting widely on the roles and tasks of social work during the next six months. Details will be available here shortly.

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