As an academician in the field of social work, I must admit that there is a long way to go before one can claim that all the methods currently used in social work are strongly backed by research. Although I am certain that many of them are truly effective as they emerge from fieldwork, we need more social work researchers to scientifically prove some of the methods we adopt such as casework and group work. We need to find ways to scientifically test them through randomised control trials and so on.