What are the prospects of social workers?

Social workers, referred to as social workers for short, refer to professional and technical personnel engaged in specialized social services in social service institutions such as social welfare, social assistance, social charity, rehabilitation of the disabled, special care and placement, health services, youth services, and judicial correction.

With the rapid economic development in China, many social problems have emerged, and the occupation of junior social workers covers a wide range. Personnel engaged in patient psychological counseling in medical hospitals and personnel handling and mediating family disputes in judicial institutions belong to the category of junior social workers, and the demand for social workers is increasing.

Employment prospects of social workers:

Wide employment scope and good development prospects: after passing the social work examination and obtaining the social work certificate, you can work in hospitals, schools, communities, social work institutions, foundations, enterprises, welfare homes and nursing homes.

Large talent gap: According to the Outline of the National Medium-and Long-term Talent Development Plan (20 10-2020), in order to meet the needs of building a harmonious socialist society, we should cultivate a professional and specialized social work talent team based on talent training and job development, focusing on middle and senior social work talents. Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangdong, Chongqing and other places have widely set up social workstations in towns and communities, as well as the "Hundred Flowers Plan" for social workers in Guangzhou. By the end of 20 18, there were more than 7,500 social work service institutions in China, which all needed a large number of social workers.

It is the general trend to hold posts with certificates: the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Finance's guiding opinions on the government's purchase of social work services, in terms of improving the registration method, set up private social work service institutions, in addition to the requirements stipulated in the Provisional Regulations on the Registration Management of Private Non-enterprise Units, it is also required that more than one third of the full-time staff should obtain the professional level certificate of social workers or a bachelor's degree or above in social work.

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