? ● According to the strategic plan of comprehensively promoting social work in China: by 20 15, the whole country needs 2 million social work professionals. At present, there are more than 200 universities offering social work majors, and the number of social work professionals trained each year is about 10000, which is far from meeting the needs of society.
With the acceleration of urbanization in China, various deep-seated social problems have become prominent. Empty nesters, left-behind children, and family parent-child communication barriers all need social workers to provide various professional services. Social worker fever? Then set off. However, the reality is that on the one hand, the demand for social workers is increasing, on the other hand, most students majoring in social work are reluctant to join the social work industry, but choose one after another? Run away? What is the reason behind this seemingly contradictory situation?
Social workers are communicating with the families of the disabled (data map). Reporter Hai Guoshe
The future is uncertain. Are there many social workers? Run away?
Zhou Yuanjin is a graduate of 20 12 majoring in social work in Xiamen University. She said that among the 23 graduates in her class, only one really engaged in social work. ? Some people choose to go to the bank and take an examination of civil servants. Anyway, these jobs are not limited to majors, and some people go to enterprises to do human resources or training. These jobs have some similarities with what we have learned. ? Joo Won? Jin said that most people who don't choose to do this industry are mainly not interested in this industry.
Zhou Yuanjin told reporters that most people around her are not optimistic about the prospects of engaging in this industry. In the final analysis, the social work industry is actually a service industry, and the value of social work has not been widely recognized by the society. This industry is still in the initial stage of development, and no one can say what will happen in the future. Many people don't want to be explorers in this industry. ?
In addition, the income of social workers is also an important indicator to restrict whether these graduates who have just left the university choose the social work industry. ? Many people think that the income of social workers is not high, but the work is very hard, and social workers are not very recognized in society. This may be one reason why many people are unwilling to choose the social work industry. ? Zhou Yuanjin told reporters that the student who is engaged in social work in the class is now working in a social work office in Beijing. The salary during the probation period is only 2,000 yuan, and even after becoming a full member, it is only about 2,500 yuan. It's really hard to survive in a big city like Beijing.
At the same time, although the government has vigorously led the development of the social work industry in the past two years, it has been adopted in many places. Government purchases social services? However, Zhou Yuanjin believes that this is not a long-term way to develop the social work industry. She believes that this model can only attract some people to enter the field of social work in a short time, but there is no clear plan for the long-term development of the social work industry, so she decided to continue her studies and practice while learning.
? There is a huge gap in social workers, too many fresh graduates and insufficient practice.
Contrary to what most students majoring in social work think, the gap of social workers is still huge. By the end of 20 1 1, only 8 178 people in Guangdong province had passed the qualification examination for social workers, and the talent gap exceeded 40,000.
According to the staff of the Social Work Department of Dongguan Civil Affairs Bureau, there are only over 700 full-time social workers in Dongguan at present. What if we follow the previous proposal of Guangdong Province? 20 15 There should be 5 social workers for every 10000 people? At present, there are more than 8 million people in Dongguan, and there should be more than 4 100 social workers. At present, the gap is more than 3000.
The staff told the reporter that the main threshold for engaging in the social work industry at present is to pass the social work qualification examination and get a social work certificate. Moreover, since the results of the social work qualification examination generally come out in August every year, Dongguan is still willing to accept fresh graduates of social work majors, as long as these graduates can pass the social work qualification examination of that year.
But the main problem now is that these social workers often have advanced ideas and a solid theoretical foundation, but they lack practical experience. Therefore, they have to undergo special training before they formally take up their posts, and they have to be trained in specific jobs.
The staff member said that the development of social workers in Dongguan is mainly to learn from Hong Kong. We will invite some social workers from Hong Kong to supervise our social workers in Dongguan. In addition to imparting professional knowledge, we will also give emotional support and guidance to social workers. Because social workers themselves work hard and are under great pressure, we will also ask social workers in Hong Kong to teach them how to decompress. ?
The voice of social workers:
Find self-worth from work
Although the social work industry is facing a large number of brain drain, there are still some senior social workers who are willing to join in this industry for many years and find their own value. Huang is an ordinary social worker working in Dongguan. Although I have only worked for four years, I am a senior social worker. Huang said that not many students are engaged in social work when they graduate. Because social workers didn't develop as fast as they do now, and the corresponding work was less, it was about 20 10 before the social work industry began to develop rapidly, and many students came back to work as social workers. ?
Huang Xian worked as a social worker in Shenzhen and came to Dongguan after 20 10. At present, judicial correction work in the community is mainly to help some people who have served their sentences in the community reintegrate into society as soon as possible. Although the work is very hard, he thinks it is meaningful to do this job, and he can find his own value from it.
For the phenomenon that many social work graduates are unwilling to engage in the social work industry, Huang feels that the most important thing is to find what they like to do. If they want to be social workers, they should be social workers. If they don't want to, they shouldn't be forced because social workers want to help people. Only by loving this job can they do it well.
(Text/Reporter Zhang Xiangyu)
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