Abstract:

Nowadays, uncertainty has emerged as a structural force on the human stage. It has gradually become a holistic feature of social development and a realistic situation that the development of social work should face. Due to the complexity and variability of practice scenarios, the changes brought about by the development of digital technologies, and the dynamics between social workers and their interacting subjects, uncertainty further intensifies the challenges to social work theoretical research. In addition, uncertainty challenges the construction, research and application paradigms of traditional social work theory at the ontological, epistemological and methodological levels. In response, we need to build a more reflective and inclusive social work theory for the era of uncertainty, enabling social work theory to better integrate with practice in an uncertain society and serving the construction of a new social service system and a new form of social civilization.

Key words: uncertainty, social work theory, new challenges