ABSTRACT
THE social worker has nearly always been a reluctant writer. It was until recently a common complaint amongst social workers that their colleagues seldom described their work or formulated their problems and theories in print. Now it seems that some of those outside the profession are voicing firm and indignant complaint, but about the content of what social workers have managed to publish, not its rarity. Such criticism would have been more positive had it taken into account some of the difficulties facing workers who might, for example, be trying to describe aspects of their work. These difficulties arise from the social workers’ view of themselves, from certain aspects of their training and from their position in society.
