Social welfare in the UK means that the social work profession promotes social
change, problem solving in human relationships and the empowerment and liberation of
people to enhance well-being. The curricula in the UK have been operated free from the
UK government regulation. It means that the venue of welfare education has been shifted
from university to workplace, which symbolizes the Professional Capabilities
Framework(PCF). PCF has nine domains. The nine capabilities should be seen as
interdependent, not separate.
Throughout their careers, social work students and practitioners need to demonstrate
integration of all aspects of learning, and provide a sufficiency of evidence across all
nine domains: professionalism, values and ethics, diversity, rights, justice and economic
well-being, knowledge, critical reflection and analysis, intervention and skills, contexts and
organizations, professional leadership.