Social Work in Search of a Radical Profession

Abstract

The search for radicalization of the social work profession has taken two major forms: questioning the role of the professional association and changing the essence of the social worker's professional activity. In this paper, the author identifies and discusses four major professional creeds for social work: (1) traditional casework, (2) radical casework, (3) community sociotherapy, and (4) radical social policy. Their identification is based on two dimensions—acceptable forms of social behavior expected of social work clients and theories of intervention. The author concludes that a radical casework approach may be the enduring strategy to pursue.

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