 The rhetoric of “bonds” among social work students or how “bonds” can create “reliance”? 
The reform of social work training at the level of the universities of applied sciences in French-speaking Switzerland tends to erode the specificities of the historical social work professions. Therefore, it raises the question of a professional identity no longer linked to the profession but to a field characterized by its heterogeneity. On the basis of practical training reports and student testimonies from practice analysis, we propose, in this contribution, to analyze the rhetorical scope of “bonds” in the constitution of a community of practice and, thus, of a professional identity linked to a sense of belonging in social work as a professional field. How can the narratives on “bonds” create a « reliance » ?