Research On Social Work And The Problem Of City Integration Of The New-Generation Migrant Workers

With the acceleration of the reform, opening up, and urbanization, the group of new-generation migrant workers has become the main force of the Migrant workers. Comparing to migrant workers of the older generation, the new-generation migrant workers shows many different characteristics. Issues about their living conditions and urban integration have drawn great attention of the community. Solving the issues of the new-generation migrant workers’ social integration is one of the important contents in the process of building a socialist harmonious society. From the perspective of sociology, social work, as one kind of "help people to help themselves" social service activities, is a vital function and role to the social integration of new-generation migrant workers, who are treated as a disadvantaged group.This article is mainly based on the perspective of social work system theory. We will use methods of mainly qualitative research in sociology, and ways of document analysis and case interview. Then we will analyze current situation of social integration among new-generation migrant workers systematically. And based on that, we will discuss the relationship between social work and new-generation migrant workers’social integration, and, while under the guidance of systematical theory, how social work is helping and advancing the social integration of new-generation migrant workers. And we will offer corresponding suggestions and countermeasures based on empirical research to advance country and government to attach complete importance to the functions, specifically in the issue of new-generation migrant workers’ social integration, of institutions of social work. Thereby we can amplify and improve service content of social work in this area.According to the figures of the National Bureau of Statistics and the results of in-depth individual interviews, the following conclusion can be drawn. There are lots of issues on every perspective levels of economic integration, community integration, and identity integration. Because of its own characteristics, social work plays an irreplaceable role in advancing social integration of new-generation migrant workers, and it has a positive impact on those three levels of social integration. Currently, the living condition of new-generation migrant workers is fairly poor, this group is still underprivileged. However, social work has neither treated new-generation migrant workers as subjects to be served with specialized skills, nor established a complete service system to advance social integration of new-generation migrant workers. Therefore, based on empirical researches, this article puts forward corresponding suggestions and countermeasures. Firstly, social work should be based on systematical theory, and help new-generation migrant workers completely blend into city on the economic, community, and identity levels. Secondly, social work should use empowerment theory, through improving subjective initiative activeness of new-generation migrant workers, to advance them blend into city subjectively. Thirdly, social work should optimize ecological environment, through building a congenial societal environment for new-generation migrant workers, to advance them blend into city objectively.