Chinanews client, Beijing, August 19th. Recently, registration for the 2021 professional proficiency test for social workers has been launched in many places across the country. At present, registration in some provinces has ended.
So, what is the social work exam?
What are the test points for obtaining a social worker vocational qualification certificate?
The professional qualification for social workers is a professional and technical professional qualification for level evaluation, which has been included in the list of national professional qualifications.
Professional and technical personnel who are engaged in social work and meet the relevant requirements can sign up for the national unified social worker vocational qualification examination and obtain a social worker vocational qualification certificate through the examination.
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The National Professional Proficiency Examination for Social Workers has been implemented since 2008.
The "Blue Book of Social Organizations: China Social Organization Report (2020)" released last year shows that the total number of licensed social workers nationwide has shown an upward trend in recent years. The total number of certified social workers increased by 92,000.
According to data previously released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the number of applicants for the national social worker occupational level examination in 2020 will exceed 600,000.
In recent years, in the recruitment of community workers in various places, “having the qualifications of social workers” has gradually become one of the priority recruitment conditions.
Who can register for the increasingly popular social work exam?
Taking Shanghai as an example, in accordance with the 2021 National Social Worker Professional Proficiency Examination and examination work arrangements issued by Shanghai, all citizens of the People’s Republic of China shall abide by national laws and regulations, abide by professional ethics, and participate in social welfare, social assistance, social charity, Persons engaged in specialized social service work in social services and social governance related units such as disabled rehabilitation, preferential care placement, health services, youth services, judicial corrections, etc., and meet the requirements of the registration requirements, can apply for the corresponding level of examination.
According to the information released by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the 2021 social work examination will be held on October 16th and 17th. The examination subjects include social work laws and policies, social work comprehensive ability, and social work practice.
"Social work is an activity of helping people with altruistic values as the core and based on professional knowledge and professional methods. By providing professional social services and related welfare guarantees for members of society, adjusting social relations and promoting the stable development of society Specialized business and a discipline." Ou Hai, head of Huatu Institute of Public Institutions, introduced to the media.
Ou Hai said that the social work vocational qualification examination focuses on the ability of social work practitioners to apply relevant knowledge and effectively solve practical problems.
The "National Occupational Classification Code of the People's Republic of China" revised in 2015 clearly included social workers in the category of "professional and technical personnel"; the "National Vocational Qualifications Catalog" published in 2017 clearly defined the professional qualifications of social workers as "professional professional qualifications" Technical qualifications".
According to experts, with the acceleration of the professionalization and specialization of social work, the professional identity and professional role of social workers have been further clarified.
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