Apply an empowerment perspective to the social work profession Using a discipline-based, empowerment-oriented approach, Social Work: An Empowering Profession introduces students to the social work profession with a holistic, integrated view of the field so that they gain a solid understanding of the "who, what, and why" of social work. Aligned to the 2015 CSWE competencies, the text helps students apply what they've learned with practice applications,...