WORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY 2012

Motion Text

That this House welcomes 20 March as World Social Work Day 2012;notes that social work is a global profession defined by the United Nations as promoting social change, problem solving in human relationships and the empowerment and liberation of people to enhance well-being; believesthat utilising theories of human behaviour and social systems, social work intervenes at the points where people interact with their environments globally; and further believes that principles of human rights and social justice are fundamental to social work.