How to develop social work, a new step in the career development of social workers?

Career paths run through the whole line.

Professional and technical evaluation is a grade evaluation of professional and technical personnel's professional technical level, ability and performance, and it is a sign reflecting professional and technical personnel's technical level and working ability. In July 2006, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the former Ministry of Personnel jointly promulgated the Interim Provisions on the Evaluation of Social Workers' Professional Level and the Implementation Measures for the Professional Level Examination of Assistant Social Workers and Social Workers, and initially established the professional system of social work. In the newly revised National Occupational Ceremony on 20 15, social workers were transferred from "commercial service personnel" to "professional technical personnel", and the occupational definition was described as "social workers: professionals engaged in specialized social services such as social service project development and design, case service, group service and community construction". After 10 years of development, the total number of social work professionals in China has exceeded one million, including more than 300,000 certified personnel. The development speed of social work specialty is amazing. Unfortunately, with the increase of the total number of talents, the accumulation of practical experience and professional ability of social workers, the channel of career development has not been completely opened, and the social work career system has not formed a closed loop.

Wang Miao, a teacher at Tianjin University of Technology, said in an interview that the career system is the basis of social workers' career planning, which not only enables institutions to train talents with goals, but also enables social workers to focus on their future development direction and work hard for it. The promulgation of "Evaluation Method for Senior Social Workers" not only improves the institutionalized level of social work professional system, but also opens up the career channels for social workers, so that social workers have professional rights and obligations that match their own professional requirements and are comparable to other professional groups. She also believes that the introduction of the "Evaluation Measures for Senior Social Workers" in its sense, on the one hand, the continuous improvement of the degree of specialization of social work and the further clarification of career channels will help social workers to see their career development goals clearly, so that more talents can stay in the social work industry and the country can truly build a grand social work talent team; On the other hand, a complete vocational system can make colleges and universities have a clearer training direction and goal when training students majoring in social work.

Yi, director of the Department of Sociology of Shenzhen University, said that the introduction of the evaluation method for senior social workers has made the development of social work in China form a complete career ladder with China characteristics, from assistant social workers to senior social workers. The development history of social work shows that the development of professional social work will be faster and more pragmatic only if the professional norms and professional system of social work are established.

Hu Ruyi, director of music service in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, has been engaged in social work practice for many years. She told reporters that assistant social workers and social workers belong to the bottom and middle layers of the social worker talent pyramid and have the function of consolidating the foundation of the talent team; Senior social workers are at the top of the social work career pyramid and play a leading role in talent training. The development of social work needs not only basic professionals, but also top-notch talents to form an echelon structure of talents. The promulgation of "Evaluation Method for Senior Social Workers" will make more social workers stand out and become senior talents leading the development of social work.

Vocational evaluation emphasizes both academic qualifications and ability.

After combing the relevant contents of the evaluation of assistant social workers, social workers and senior social workers, the reporter found that in terms of professional quality and ability, senior social workers are required to solve complex and difficult professional problems, play a professional backbone role in their professional work, carry out professional supervision, and put forward constructive suggestions for solving specific social problems and formulating relevant policies; In terms of application conditions, applicants must have a bachelor's degree or above, and have been engaged in social work for 5 years after obtaining the social worker (intermediate) qualification through the national social worker professional level examination. To obtain the qualification of senior social worker, in addition to the written test, it also needs to go through the evaluation process. Applicants must have certain work performance and contributions, such as the service projects they presided over or participated in were evaluated as excellent by a third party, or they participated in the formulation of provincial/municipal policy standards as the main drafters, and so on.

Why do senior social workers need to have these abilities? Yi told reporters that social work has developed into a new era in China.

At the beginning, there was a shortage of professional talents, and the lower professional access standards for junior and intermediate talents were conducive to allowing more people who like and are willing to engage in social work to enter the industry, which is very necessary for the construction of talent team. However, senior social workers are the best among social work talents and represent the highest level of social work practitioners. For example, with the popularization of higher education, more and more people have received higher education, so it is very necessary to improve the academic level appropriately. On the other hand, education means the value of a profession. The higher the educational background, the more it can reflect the professional values of society. Another example is the requirement of practical experience, which can fully reflect the practical ability and service level of excellent social workers. These hard conditions put forward in the Evaluation Method for Senior Social Workers are helpful to establish the professional status of senior social workers, enhance the social identity of social work, enhance the professional prestige and authority of social workers, and promote the development of professional social work.

Wang Miao also thinks that applying for a senior social worker requires a bachelor's degree, which is not high. Because more and more people are receiving higher education, there are more and more social workers with undergraduate degrees in social work service institutions. For social workers working in the community, the rigid requirement of academic qualifications may temporarily deter some people from senior social workers, but at present, there are many forms of continuing education, so it is not difficult to get a bachelor's degree as long as you work hard.

Those who apply to participate in the assessment of senior social workers have completed no less than 20 cases of direct service every year, engaged in professional supervision for no less than 75 hours per year, or completed no less than 10 cases per year, and engaged in professional supervision for no less than 150 hours per year. Hu Ruyi believes that the most difficult thing in the evaluation of senior social workers is not the examination, but the evaluation. From her experience, the senior executives in institutions are generally management, and the main responsibilities of managers are to make plans, allocate resources, coordinate and communicate. They don't have more time and energy to provide services on the front line, so they will encounter many difficulties in the evaluation process when applying for advanced social work, and those social workers who have been rooted at the grassroots level will have more obvious advantages in the number of service cases and supervision time.

Career space is clearer.

With the deepening of social governance innovation, in addition to the promotion of the government, various institutions, organizations and groups will also participate in it in various ways. Social work talents are an important talent force for social governance innovation. Wang Miao believes that the advantage of social workers in participating in social governance is that they can accurately assess the needs of the masses and "prescribe the right medicine". Assistant social workers and social workers may not have enough ability to deal with some difficult problems, but senior social workers have strong ability in service management, professional ability and practical experience. As the focus of social governance shifts to the grassroots, senior social workers can more accurately respond to the most direct needs of residents for a better life.

The promulgation of the "Measures for the Evaluation of Senior Social Workers" is the greatest recognition of social workers' achievements by the state and society, and it has also injected a "shot in the arm" for social workers. A frontline social worker who has been engaged in social work for 9 years said that although the profession of social worker has not brought superior welfare and generous salary guarantee to practitioners, his job satisfaction and sense of accomplishment are very strong, and the introduction of "Evaluation Measures for Senior Social Workers" will make him more practical and firm on the road of social worker career development.

How will senior social workers change the future of the social work industry? Yi told reporters that the influence of senior social workers on the social work industry will be enormous. With the further improvement of the professional evaluation system, the work development and talent incentive guarantee of social work professionals will be further increased, the professional space of social work professionals will be further expanded, and more and more talents will devote themselves to social work services.

Hearing the news of the "Assessment Method for Senior Social Workers", social workers serving at the grassroots level rushed to tell each other. In their view, this is the result of industry development and the hope of career development. Senior social workers not only bring brilliant tomorrow to social work, but also bring greater impetus to social governance innovation.