What do people expect from social workers?
” Even the understanding of society about social workers, may not be very clear. People certainly expect us to work in a social dimension, helping people.”
What knowledge and skills do social workers need?
“The key duty of social workers is that they could help people based on the process and method of social work. After the promulgation of the Social Work Profession Act, we expect to work under more standardized social work framework”
What are additional knowledge and skills of social workers?
“In fact, the entry-level Social Work Course is the most basic one to become a professional social worker. So, the essential subjects are already taught in this level. For those who want more additional training, I think they want to boost their knowledge in working with specific targets or using specific techniques to help them. Besides, Social Work Professions Council has organized Training Needs Assessment. It also shows that social workers today, want more in-depth ways of working with people, such as counseling, Psychosocial Treatments.”