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As interest in the welfare sector has increased, demand for social worker qualifications has been high recently. Recently, police began a massive investigation over illegal acquisition of social worker licenses in Taebaek. It is a false manipulation of the field training time, but there are about 150 people, including university professors, students, and welfare facilities.

Reporter Park Seong-jun on the sidewalk.

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Taebaek Police Station recently recruited more than 150 people, including university professors, students, and social welfare facilities officials, on suspicion of hijacking public officials.

In order to obtain a social worker's second-class certificate, a required practice certificate has been traded.

As many as 300,000 students were handed over to the professor, and the professor arranged for social welfare facilities.

The facility issued a 120 hour practice confirmation without looking at the student's face.

They aimed to be able to obtain a certificate without any verification process if they submitted a false written confirmation to the Korean Association of Social Workers.

Police believe the crime has been organized systematically since 2014.

When the police investigation began, the professor who arranged the welfare facilities was also caught instructing students to memorize the name and location of the facility and time to practice and deny the charges.

[○○ University graduate: It is easy to get such a part (acquiring a certificate) even when you first enter the school. Just come and go to school, pay the tuition ... .]

To date, there have been over 100 illegal acquisitions by the police.

Illegal qualifications were used not only for employment in social welfare facilities, but also for the evaluation process of public officials.

It is doubtful that they would have played a role in the field because many of the licensed workers without training were supplied.

[Former university employee: Currently, all the people in all centers in Taebaek city are from ○○.] If

illegality is confirmed in police investigation, the possibility of disqualification of the certificate with the graduation of a professional bachelor's degree is high, and the community is affected. It seems inevitable.