At present, judging from the situation in Chinese mainland, many people don't even know the difference between "social workers" and "volunteers", and even think that social workers are "paid Lei Feng".
So, what exactly do social workers do?
Simply put, social workers are groups committed to improving the well-being of the whole people (happiness, welfare, etc.). ) and advocate social fairness and justice. The difference between them and volunteers is that they are professional, professional and scientific. We generally refer to social workers as social workers for short. Social workers are mostly active in the welfare industry, not limited to public welfare undertakings. There are three main working methods: community, group and case, in addition to social work administration and social work research.
Community work is more advocacy work, such as advocating community volunteers to pay attention to community governance, creating a beautiful community environment, including community safety education and maintaining community safety. Group work is also called group work. Refers to the method of providing social services to members through the activities of groups or groups. Case work is a process of helping others, aiming at individuals or individual families, so that they can better play their social functions.
If you have a passion, want to engage in social work and become a community worker, what should you pay attention to?
First of all, we should make clear the difference between social workers and volunteers.
Some social workers go home for the Spring Festival, and friends and relatives may be curious and puzzled about his work:
"Social workers are volunteers? No salary! " (Actually, social workers are paid. )
"Is it an activity?"
"In fact, you are an aunt in the neighborhood!"
As mentioned above, the difference between social workers and volunteers is that they are very professional and scientific. Social worker is a profession, a technical profession, with professional-specific knowledge and technology, as well as professional-specific working methods and contents. In addition, if you want to engage in social work, you need to obtain a social worker qualification certificate.
After understanding these characteristics of social workers, we'd better prepare a set of concise sentences to explain our work to the clients, and answer questions from relatives and friends about our identity, such as: the difference between social workers and volunteers/volunteers, the difference between social workers and government officials, the difference between social workers' services and so on.
The second point, derived from the first point, is that social work is a technical profession, so our value lies in our professional ability.
Social workers are paid, but their wages are often relatively low. Generally, social workers who just joined the job can only get a salary of about 2000 yuan. Many organizations and leaders don't know the nature of social workers and despise them, so their wages are very low.
On the other hand, social workers themselves have not shown enough professionalism. Can the school's professional study plus a social worker qualification certificate really mean that we can be good social workers? Not necessarily. If you can only do volunteer-like work, how can you get a high salary?
Therefore, in the case that people generally don't understand social work, and in the case that industry training is generally ineffective, we can't just be satisfied by taking a social worker qualification certificate. We must pay attention to cultivating our professional ability and improving our irreplaceability, so that we can get a good salary, change the contempt of people around us for this job, and be more enthusiastic to join this job.
Third, social workers have a variety of jobs. We don't have to be all proficient, but we must be good at it.
There are many contents and methods of social work. In some countries with mature social work systems, some social workers are good at doing cases, some are good at organizing activities, some are good at crisis management, some are good at establishing relationships with specific groups (such as marginal teenagers and widowed elderly people), and some are good at doing research (yes, social workers can have master's and doctoral degrees). Of course, more people are good at various jobs at the same time.
At present, the social work system in China is still immature, so it is difficult for us to reach the level of social workers in other countries. But because of this, there is a great demand for social workers with excellent professional quality in China. Even if we have only one advantage, we can be reused, and there is a great chance of promotion and salary increase.
So, stop treating social workers as volunteers or volunteers. This is a demanding profession.
Fourth, it is best to get both social work cards.
There are two kinds of social worker certificates, namely, the national professional qualification certificate of social workers and the professional level certificate of social workers. We should also be clear about the difference between these two certificates:
1. The Vocational Qualification Certificate is the basic certificate equivalent to entry, and the Professional Level Certificate is the grade appraisal book after entry;
2. The professional level certificate is graded, but the professional qualification certificate is not;
3. Looking for a job requires a professional qualification certificate, but does not require a professional level certificate;
4. Vocational qualification certificate is the basic labor standard and qualification certificate, while vocational level certificate is relatively more difficult.
In the case that the domestic social work industry is not mature enough, obtaining these two certificates can ensure that you have certain professional quality and business ability, so as to get rid of the low salary of ordinary social workers of around 2000.
Of course, as mentioned above, we can't just be satisfied with getting a social worker's certificate, and we can't stop exercising our professional quality for a moment. I hope this article can give some help to those who are interested in becoming social workers, and I hope that all of you will become excellent social workers in the future, bringing convenience to others and bringing you high salaries. Finally, I recommend you to use the online live broadcast, the famous teacher Niu, the free courses are updated frequently, and you can learn the "social worker quick question bank" APP anytime and anywhere!