Alice came to a fork in the road.  "Which road do I take?" she asked.
"Where do you want to go?" responded the Cheshire cat.
"I don't know," Alice answered.
"Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."

I have been asked to start thinking about a social work and philosophy special for Community Care and this quote from Lewis Carrol's Alice in Wonderland got me thinking.

Is it possible for a profession to know which way to go without a philosophical or ethical underpinning? And without such a foundation is it all too easy for a profession to be buffetted in whichever direction the wind is currently blowing?

Do you have a philosophical basis to the work you do? Are there any particular thinkers that inspire you? Does social work in the UK currently have a strong enough ethical or philosophical base?

Let me know your thoughts, either on this blog or on CareSpace, and we can put together an interesting edition of the magazine.

(Pic: c.W.Disney/Everett/Rex Features)

Read the complete post at http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2011/07/does-social-work-know-where-it.html