Publications from ODSW Social Insights: Letters by DSW (Vol 1) | Page 9

Social Work Scene in Singapore: From its Beginnings till Present

learning. Some have published their application of theories and practice.
New perspectives to old problems and issues have helped us to deliver
services better. The academic leaders and professors with their current
research interests will hopefully be recognized for their research regarding
social challenges, trauma-informed interventions, and evidence-based
solutions. Today we also see many social workers sitting on influential boards
and committees not because of the need for power but because of their
advocacy for clients, and to participate in the design of programs and service
delivery. Social workers today are co-creators of policies and programs. Our
skills and knowledge are now visible in society.

Moving Forward...
Social workers must continue to stay abreast of developments in interventions,
behavioural economics, and global dynamics that affect social issues in
international borders and intergenerational pressures. Social work is an
integral part of solutions that work because social workers have stood side by
side with those who are distressed, homeless, unemployed and, more often
than not, resilient. Social workers are present with people as listeners and
beacons of hope. And because social workers often carry the sadness of
people, caring and supporting each other is so important. Social workers in
most instances need to safeguard themselves from becoming cynical, untrusting, or unimpressionable.
Now is the time for social workers to be the social architects that we are.
3rd February 2014

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