Abstract

 
 
 Social work is an academic discipline and practice -based profession. As an academic discipline, social work is supported by theories derived from social work itself, social sciences and other relevant sciences. This confirm that social work is an applied social science that is at once a profession. To be considered a profession that social work should be practiced. Therefore, social work not only studied as an academic discipline but must be practiced. Practice without based on academic disciplines not directed and could be fraudulent, academic disciplines without practice is nothing more than discourse.
 
 
Highlights
Social work is an academic discipline and practice -based profession
Pada tahun 2010, the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) dan diterima oleh International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) dan International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) merilis definisi definisi global mengenai pekerjaan sosial adalah sebagai berikut: “The social work profession promotes social change, problem solving in human relationships and the empowerment and liberation of people to enhance well-being
Hal ini dipertegas lagi oleh Hoffer (1960) yang mengatakan sebagai berikut “If social welfare is reserved for describing the field of work or services, ‘social work’ could be used to designate the major professional core of social welfare”
Summary
Adi Fahrudin1 1Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta 1Visiting Professor & Research Fellow, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) 1Visiting Professor, Social Work Research Institute, Japan College of Social Work. Pekerjaan sosial merupakan disiplin akademik dan profesi berbasis praktek. Pekerjaan sosial ditunjang oleh teori-teori yang bersumber dari pekerjaan sosial itu sendiri, ilmu sosial dan ilmu lain yang relevan. Hal ini menegaskan bahwa pekerjaan sosial merupakan ilmu sosial terapan yang sekaligus sebuah profesi. Untuk dapat dikatakan sebuah profesi maka pekerjaan sosial harus dipraktekkan. Oleh sebab itu pekerjaan sosial tidak hanya dipelajari sebagai disiplin akademik melainkan harus dipraktikkan. Praktik tanpa dilandasi disiplin akademik tidak terarah, disiplin akademik tanpa praktik tidak lebih dari sekedar wacana
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