Social Casework is a general heading for a number of different treatment approaches utilized by caseworkers in different settings. There are important characteristics that tend to unify and define any form of casework practice and that are central to the tradition from which casework has grown. These characteristics include: 1. A commitment to understand, differentiate, and to act for and with the individual 2. A traditional role in promoting individually satisfying and socially constructive living 3. A commitment to a base in the behavioral sciences 4. A commitment to the operation of the humanitarian values of the social work profession. (11 pp.)