Activate

As a profession, social work has a strong critical tradition. This has involved recognising that our role in society must go beyond merely reacting to the consequences of social injustice and oppression, but should also involve critical analysis of the causes of such injustice, disadvantage and oppression. Based on this analysis, social workers have a clear and important role to play in taking action to address these causes and their consequences. This page suggests a number of ways in which social workers can take action - as individuals, as workers within organisations, and as members of civil society groups engaged in social action to address the climate emergency.