1. WHAT IS SOCIAL WORK? Social Work is the professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal. ……The practice of Social Work requires knowledge of human development and behavior; of social, economic, and cultural institutions; and of the interactions of all these factors. The National Association of Social Workers Board of Directors 1

2. WHY DO WE BECOME PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS. We are not in for the income; we are in for the outcome. I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. Rabindranath Tagore

4. FAMOUS QUOTES It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that you cannot sincerely try to help another person without actually helping yourself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Never lose faith in humanity, as it is an ocean. If a few drops in the ocean are dirty, it does not make the whole ocean dirty. – Mohandas Ghandi  Mohandas Ghandi

7. NO ONE SAID IT WOULD BE EASY OR FAIR

8. HOW DO WE DO IT? IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE! “ SURROUND YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE WHO TAKE THEMSELVES SERIOUSLY BUT NOT THEMSELVES. THOSE WHO WORK HARD AND PLAY HARD”. COLLIN POWELL

13. HOW DO WE DO THIS? Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Henry Ward Beecher-Clergy (1813-1887) Surround yourself with healthy people Keep clear boundaries Always remember concept of “self-determination” Never stop learning Keep yourself HUMBLE Utilize a “team approach” to your work Represent the Profession well. Remember we are members of a group of people who have shaped the world through their hard work, paving the way for us here today.

14. NETWORK – TEAM APPROACH