As social workers, of course, we work for meaning, not for money. However, it does not mean that we do not need money or know about money. Many social workers think that the core components of social work intervention are mainly related to ‘relationships’, including intra-personal, inter-personal, intra-organizational, inter-organizational, international and even human–nature relationships. However, as everyone understands, without resources, social work probably ‘doesn’t work’. Finance provides the ‘means’ to deliver social work services. This is prerequisite for linking people to many essential resources. Without finance, our work is existentially limited because while we can engage with meaning we cannot fulfil action or even provide basic needs. Thus, social work loses capacity to deliver authentic outcomes and impacts. The principle is different from the business sector: on one hand, our entrepreneurship is to link people with resources, and on the other hand, we need money to deliver this service; our profit is the well-being and empowerment of our clients and community. To this end, social work is an essential part of the political economy; without a functioning community, the business sector cannot flourish.

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经济不确定时期的社会工作实践

当然，作为社会工作者，我们为意义而工作，而不是为金钱而工作。然而，这并不意味着我们不需要钱或不知道钱。许多社工认为，社会工作干预的核心内容主要与“关系”相关，包括人际、人际、组织内、组织间、国际乃至人与自然的关系。然而，众所周知，没有资源，社会工作可能“行不通”。财务提供了提供社会工作服务的“手段”。这是将人们与许多重要资源联系起来的先决条件。没有资金，我们的工作在存在上是有限的，因为虽然我们可以参与意义，但我们无法完成行动，甚至无法提供基本需求。因此，社会工作失去了提供真实结果和影响的能力。原则和商业不同：一方面，我们的创业是把人和资源联系起来，另一方面，我们需要钱来提供这个服务；我们的利润是客户和社区的福祉和赋权。为此，社会工作是政治经济学的重要组成部分；没有一个运作良好的社区，商业部门就无法蓬勃发展。