Differences and connections between social workers and volunteers.

I definitions of social workers, volunteers and volunteers:

Social workers are people who specialize in social work by helping others. They are employed by public and private social welfare institutions and engaged in social services. They are professional helpers, different from those volunteers who engage in social welfare activities or social services in their spare time.

Volunteers refer to individuals who voluntarily contribute their time, energy and skills based on social responsibilities and obligations and participate in social service work for free to promote social development and progress. People who do voluntary work are called voluntary workers, or simply "volunteers", or "volunteers" or "volunteer workers".

Second, the difference and connection between volunteers and volunteers

Volunteers and volunteers are both one word in English, that is, volunteers. There is no essential difference between the two, but the translation is different. Translated into volunteers in mainland China and translated into volunteers in Hong Kong and Taiwan provinces. At present, southern areas of the mainland, such as Shenzhen, are often called "volunteers" because of the influence of Hong Kong. The north is often called the "Volunteer Army".

Third, the difference and connection between volunteers and social workers.

It can be seen that social workers have their specific meanings and certain qualifications. With regard to the qualifications of social workers, although there are differences in education levels in different countries and regions, the "social workers" recognized by international social workers should meet the following requirements: (1) having the qualifications of social workers recognized by the state; Social work education background; Restricted by social work ethics; Become a member of a professional social work organization; Take social work as a profession. As for volunteers, because there are many forms of voluntary service and the requirements are not high, volunteers can be engaged by everyone, even anytime and anywhere. For example, in your community, you are engaged in environmental protection and neighborhood service. If you have a professional background, you can also use your expertise to volunteer. For example, licensed hydropower masters carry out house inspection and maintenance for low-income families, and professional lawyers provide legal advice to the public. Therefore, the difference between volunteers, volunteers and social workers is that volunteers do not need professional background, and their services are free, while social workers have to go through certain professional training and education processes, and they are people with professional knowledge and technology in social work and take social work as their profession. Of course, in order to improve the service quality and better serve the working objects, many social service organizations will also provide various forms and different levels of job training for volunteers. But whether social workers or volunteers, their work has the same value basis, including people-oriented, altruism and collectivism, and caring for others and the collective is the first. Volunteers and their voluntary service work is a noble act of self-interest and benefit others. Through the combination with social workers, non-profit organizations, government departments and the public, social welfare services will be more perfect. In this sense, volunteers and social workers have the same goal, and they are both indispensable and important forces in building a harmonious society. However, since 1993, social service activities all over the country are collectively called "voluntary service". However, the Shenzhen Volunteers' Federation, which was founded in 1989, insisted on using its original name and followed the title of "volunteer" which was in line with foreign countries and China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and gradually formed a situation in which the two models developed in parallel, learned from each other and diversified. There are connections and differences between volunteers and volunteers.

The connection is that their spirit is the same, and they all pay for free in time and labor. At present, volunteers in many places in China are volunteers, and volunteers are volunteers. But there are obvious differences between volunteers and volunteers here, mainly because their clients are different: volunteers mainly serve the needy groups, emphasizing the humanization and personalization of services, thus benefiting the clients; Volunteers mainly serve public places, emphasizing the publicity and collectivization of services, thus creating a good social environment. Volunteers are non-governmental organizations founded by a large number of sympathetic people who are unwilling to join government volunteer organizations. In fact, they do the same thing and have the same purpose. The only difference is that the main body of the organization is different, one is the government and the other is the people. As a non-governmental organization, volunteer organizations, like private enterprises, have unified goals, free members and concise core. It should also be a non-governmental organization and supervised by the government. There are many difficulties in registering, and the road to growth is very long, which requires the great efforts of core personnel and the diligent exploration of chess volunteers.

The difference between the two is that volunteers emphasize their orthodoxy and were established with the support and encouragement of the party and government departments; Volunteers are led by social forces and established with the permission of the party and government departments. They need to make their own achievements to win the support of the party and government departments. In order to have a mass base, the folk nature is more obvious. From the early stage of development, the volunteer service model is close to the requirements of the party and government departments and accepts more administrative resources. However, the subsequent development shows that the intensity of this resource is gradually weakening, and the volunteer group first gets the support of social resources, and then attracts the party and government departments to provide more resources. Under these two modes, there are three types: volunteer associations established by party and government forces, volunteer associations led by non-profit organizations and volunteer associations established by overseas international organizations. It should be said that these two models compete with each other, complement each other and influence each other. Participating in voluntary work is both a responsibility and a right. Volunteer work is not compulsory, unless it is voluntary, it cannot be called a volunteer. At the same time, we should not encourage volunteers to lower their living standards to help others. Internationally, it is also a basic condition for volunteers to provide "help as much as possible".