Three months. According to the relevant public information, the Measures for Continuing Education of Social Workers issued by the Ministry of Civil Affairs informed that the cumulative time for social workers to receive continuing education in social work specialty in each registration period (3 years) shall not be less than 90 hours. Social workers, referred to as social workers for short, refer to professional and technical personnel engaged in specialized social services in social service institutions such as social welfare, social assistance, social charity, rehabilitation of the disabled, special care and placement, medical and health care, youth services, judicial correction, etc.