China News Service, Beijing, April 30 (Zhang Yilin) Recently, many places across the country have launched the registration work for the social worker occupational level examination.
In recent years, the number of applicants for the social worker occupational level exam has been increasing. Last year, more than 800,000 people across the country signed up for the exam.
What is social work?
Why is the social work exam suddenly popular?
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What is a social worker profession?
737,000 people nationwide have obtained social worker professional qualification certificates
A few days ago, the Ministry of Civil Affairs introduced that the number of applicants for the National Social Worker Vocational Qualification Examination has been increasing year by year. At present, a total of 737,000 people nationwide have obtained social worker vocational qualification certificates.
The social worker professional qualification system is a core system for the construction of social work professionals. It is jointly established by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. It is divided into three levels: assistant social worker, social worker and senior social worker. , take the national unified examination and evaluation method to carry out the evaluation.
Meng Zhiqiang, deputy director of the Department of Philanthropy Promotion and Social Work of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said that since 2019, the number of applicants for the National Social Worker Vocational Qualification Examination has increased significantly year by year by more than 100,000 people, and the total number of applicants in 2021 has reached 100,000. More than 800,000 people.
Candidates include community workers, employees of social organizations, staff of enterprises and institutions, and fresh graduates of social work majors in colleges and universities.
Meng Zhiqiang said that social workers mainly provide psychological counseling, relationship adjustment, ability improvement, social integration and other services for those in need. Health, education and counseling fields.
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Registration for the 2022 Social Work Exam has started
According to the introduction of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, with the continuous development of social work positions in my country in recent years, the continuous increase of social work service institutions and social work service sites, the professionalization and specialization of social work have been significantly improved, and the evaluation needs of social workers have also increased. Increase accordingly.
According to the unified arrangement of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, this year's social worker vocational qualification examination will be held on June 18th and 19th. At present, the examination registration work has been started in various places.
For example, the Henan Province Social Worker Vocational Proficiency Examination will start registration on April 27, and the registration period will be from April 27 to May 4. The qualification verification is divided into three methods: online online verification, online uploading of supporting materials and post-examination verification.
The registration period for Shandong, Guangdong, Shanghai, Heilongjiang and other places is from April 26 to May 5.
Localization management is strictly implemented for registration in multiple places. Applicants must choose the city where they work or live during the test to register.
"The professional qualification examination for social workers is based on focusing on the ability of social work practitioners to apply relevant knowledge and effectively solve practical problems." Ou Hai, an expert from Huatu Education Research Institute, expressed to Chinanews.com.
Ou Hai said that with the acceleration of the professionalization and specialization of social work, the professional identity and professional role of social workers have been further clarified.
Data map: In Xiqing District, Tianjin, community workers pack vegetables for residents at the living material security point.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tong Yu
Why did 800,000 people apply for social work exams last year?
In recent years, the number of social workers recruited across the country has clearly been on the rise, and the number of applicants for the social worker vocational qualification exam has also continued to increase.
Ou Hai said that the state attaches great importance to grassroots social governance and services, and the social demand for social work professionals will increase accordingly, and the number of applicants will continue to increase.
In addition, various localities encourage social workers to obtain professional level certificates through various incentive measures, so as to improve the professional level of community governance.
For example, in Binhu District, Wuxi, Jiangsu, assistant social workers are subsidized 500 yuan per month, social workers are subsidized 800 yuan per month, and senior social workers are subsidized 1,000 yuan per month.
Wang Sibin, a professor at the Department of Sociology at Peking University, told Chinanews.com that in recent years, some regions have put forward rigid requirements for social workers to obtain certificates. At the same time, incentive policies such as subsidies are provided to encourage community workers to participate in grass-roots social governance, resulting in a continuous increase in the number of applicants. .
"On the one hand, this promotes the professionalization and specialization of social work, and on the other hand, it is also a way for the social work profession and people working at the grass-roots level to gain professional identity."
Wang Sibin said that social workers have a wide scope of work and face many and complex problems. At present, the occupational requirements of some grass-roots workers are not obvious, and the requirements for job competencies lack detailed specifications. Some grass-roots workers have insufficient professional concepts and knowledge. Not solid and requires professional training.
"Certificate-based employment" guarantees the professional qualifications of social workers, and mastering professional knowledge and methods will help them gain the recognition of the masses, and in-depth solve the practical problems of the masses in specific social work.
In Wang Sibin's view, it is necessary to further unblock the channels for social work to participate in social governance and enhance the capabilities of social work groups in order to realize the professionalization, specialization, localization and socialization of social work, and give full play to the role of social work in participating in grassroots social governance. important role.
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