| Abstract | | Since the development of the profession of social work as well as its circumstances feature growing complexity, the system approach is becoming more and more important. Therefore, it is essential to introduce and use the distinctions by which a (professional) system facilitates its own outward and inward orientation. To differentiate outward (i.e., towards the surroundings) is necessary for overcoming the functional interdependence by the interpenetration of the systems, which is particularly relevant in the Slovenian circumstances. To differentiate inward, however, is necessary for a self-orientation or an organisation of the internal complexity of the system that enables its reproduction. The author demonstrates the first with an example of the integration of the profession of social work into European currents, while the criteria of the British association for social work serve as an instance of the second.
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