SOCIAL WORK AND MANAGEMENT ›› 2023, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (3): 32-38,79.

• SHEHUI GONGZUO • Previous Articles     Next Articles

From “Self Care” to “Life Care”: The “Life” Turn of Social Work and Its Development

SHI Dandan   

  1. Shool of Law, Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310018, China
  • Received:2022-05-26 Online:2023-05-15 Published:2023-05-30

Abstract: For a long time, Social workers have pursued the purpose of “life on life”. That is, social workers enter the life of clients with an understanding of life and bring about changes. But under the orientation of positivism, social workers only pay attention to clients and cannot take care of their own life status in reality. This contradiction has triggered the issue of “self care” in social work. Through a critical understanding of “self care”, the author puts forward the social work turn of “life care”, which refers to Frankl’s thought of life meaning, tries to build a framework of creating a work narrative, experiencing truth, kindness, and love, and meeting suffering with empathy. Finally, it is suggested that the content of “life care” should be integrated into the professional education curriculum.

Key words: social work, life on life, self care, life care

CLC Number: 

  • C916
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