First, social work professional code and training direction
1, social work professional code: 030302, category: law, discipline: sociology, education level: undergraduate.
2. Degree awarded: Bachelor of Law. In recent three years, the national employment rate was 2012 (85%-90%) 2013 (80%-85%) 2014 (unknown).
3. Some colleges and universities train in the following professional directions: social welfare, public health and community management. The majors applying for master's degree in China are: social work, sociology, law (illegal study) and business administration.
Second, the professional status of social work
1. Social workers are equivalent to government employees. As a profession, this new major has been neglected by the society. Only 12% of students in this major can be admitted to the Ministry of Civil Affairs every year, and even the professional counterpart rate of some school graduates is zero. The low employment rate of social workers and the fierce examination for civil servants prove from another aspect that we still have a long way to go to achieve "big market and small government".
2. Statistics show that there are nearly 20,000 social workers paid by the government in Guangzhou, of which more than 8,000 are social workers in Guangzhou. Mainly engaged in assisting youth education, women's work, rehabilitation counseling for the disabled and other fields. Originally, community neighborhood committees were the main working platform, and now they are gradually turning to professional social work institutions.
Nevertheless, many people who are essentially engaged in social work in our country still face an embarrassing situation. Social work is a professional social work profession, and most practitioners do not have relevant professional qualities and skills; On the other hand, the qualification standard of social workers has just started in China, and the definition of social workers is still unclear. People who do social work can hardly be called social workers in a strict sense.