What is a social worker?

Today I will let you know the things you don’t know about social work...

The embryonic stage

Before 2006, social work in our province had not yet been included in all levels of The scope of work of the party committee and government.

With the increasingly frequent exchanges in the social services field between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, some social service agencies in Guangzhou have begun to explore social work practices since the 1990s. For example, Fengyuan Street in Liwan District, Guangzhou City has established a social service organization to meet residents’ needs for community services. To meet the needs, the Guangzhou Nursing Home cooperates with the Neighborhood Counseling Association to provide social work services; the Guangzhou Nursing Home cooperates with the Hong Kong Anglican Church to introduce professional social workers to implement social work services for the elderly in residential homes; some public welfare service social organizations, such as the Guangzhou YMCA, also try to introduce social workers to accumulate practical experience.

On the other hand, social work professional education has taken off. Since 1999, South China Agricultural University, Guangdong Business School, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou University, Guangdong University of Technology and other universities have successively established social work majors.

The social work service practice explored by social forces and the development of social work professional education have laid a certain foundation for the start of social work in our province.

From 2006 to 2010 (pilot exploration stage)

In 2006, after the Ministry of Civil Affairs held a national civil affairs system social work talent team building promotion meeting in our province, our province quickly launched a pilot exploration , gradually build social work demonstration zones throughout the province, strengthen decision-making and coordination on major social work issues, and pilot work is progressing steadily. Comprehensive promotion stage (2011 to present)

In 2011, the ninth session of the 10th Guangdong Provincial Party Committee conducted a special study on strengthening social construction, and the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee and the General Office of the Provincial Government issued the "About Strengthening the Construction of Social Work Talent Team" "Implementation Opinions", and the "number of certified social workers per 10,000 people" was included in the "Happy Guangdong" evaluation index system, and social work in our province has entered a stage of comprehensive advancement.

Social work practice has gradually deepened, and the service areas have gradually expanded from social welfare and social assistance to disability rehabilitation, anti-drug education, community correction, employment assistance, employee assistance, dispute mediation, emergency response and other fields, serving geographical areas It has expanded from cities to rural areas, and its service targets have expanded from children and adolescents, the elderly, and the disabled to groups such as migrant populations, disaster-stricken people, and women with special needs.

Social work professionals and social work service organizations are the main entities that directly provide social work services. All regions in our province regard cultivating and strengthening social work talents and social work service institutions as the core of developing social work undertakings, promoting social work talents to take root in the front line to provide services, and social work service institutions to establish long-term brands.

Judging from the government’s emphasis on social work, the editor believes that social workers will slowly emerge as a profession. This is not just to distinguish themselves from the enthusiastic aunts in the neighborhood committee, but also to Differentiate a mode of helping others and solve existing problems in depth!

Social workers may be needed by more people in the future. It would be even better if you have a social worker certificate at this time.