Research On Competence Of Community Social Workers

The task of community social work is becoming more and more difficult,it is important that whether community social workers can be competent for the job.The competencies of community social workers,is a starting point to judge whether a community social worker is equal to the community social work.Research on the competencies of community social workers and its present situation is helpful for promoting their professional development and improving themselves.On the basis of the theory of competence,through interviews with 4 senior community service center director,worked out a questionnaire named" Shenzhen community social workers competencies assessment questionnaire" to evaluate the competencies of 100 community service center directors and 100 community front-line social workers.Basing on the statistical analysis of the evaluation results,the paper explores competencies of community social workers and its present situation in Shenzhen.This study found:Firstly,the competencies of community social workers can be divided into three dimensions:skill,self-concept and knowledge,with a total of 20 items.Secondly,community social competence in Shenzhen is generally good,Self-concept dimension of competence is excellent,skills and knowledge dimensions are good.The competencies that most need to improve is Relevant legal knowledge,Multiculturalism and Policy advocacy.