In the current landscape of Social Work, the shortage of specialists, (de)professionalization tendencies and the increasing complexity of social problems are omnipresent challenges that social workers are confronted with in their various fields of work - be it in direct practice, teaching and research, professional organizations or in interdisciplinary networks. To address these and other issues, the Department of Social Work launched the “Social Work Platform” in April 2024. This is an interdisciplinary, cross-practice network that connects players in the Tyrolean social landscape.