The ability to resolve conflicts constructively is essential for effective social work practice. Social workers must be willing to know themselves and take care of themselves. Social work is helping me to learn more about my own beliefs and values and how they affect my work with clients. An interest in what makes people tick, in keeping posted on what's happening in the world each day, picking out key facts in a stack of data, and taking responsibility and making important decisions are important criteria for social workers. A social worker cares about the state of the nation and of the world, sees each human problem in its relationship to the whole community, and works for better housing, better health services, better schools, and better wages.
Social work is a combination of career competency and a sense of moral and social responsibility.