A Case Work Intervention Study On Difficulties In Forming Professional Skills Of Seafarers In Their Early Career

With the rapid development of China’s economy and the intensification of social competition,the problem of occupational diseases has become one of the main problems affecting the physical and mental health of the general public and all kinds of occupational groups.As a special type of work with high risk and high pressure,seafarers have poor working environment and high work intensity.They are one of the occupational groups deeply troubled by occupational diseases.The prevention and rehabilitation of seafarers’ occupational diseases is not only related to the physical and mental health of seafarers,but also related to the long-term development of China’s shipping industry.However,the problem of seafarers’ occupational diseases has not attracted enough attention from the government and society.This study is also carried out under this background.The purpose of this study is to help seafarers with occupational diseases solve the problems that hinder the promoting of rehabilitation process: on the one hand,alleviate the pressure brought by occupational diseases to seafarers and promote the rehabilitation process of seafarers with occupational diseases;On the other hand,intervene at the social worker level to address problems faced by seafarers during rehabilitation.These two process is aimed at promoting the healthy development of seafarers and meet the basic demands of sick seafarers to return to a healthy life.For the intervention of seafarers’ occupational disease rehabilitation,this study adopts the method of combining quantitative research and qualitative research,guided by the advantage perspective theory and cognitive behavior theory,and after analyzing the specific problems and needs of sick seafarers,this study intervenes through three aspects: angle switching disorder,medical cognitive deviation and insufficient family support,From the perspective of social work,help promote the overall rehabilitation process of sick seafarers,help sick seafarers recover a healthy life,and cultivate seafarers’ awareness of occupational disease prevention,so as to alleviate and eliminate the problems of occupational diseases in their future work and life.Due to the limitations of professional ability and resource link ability,this study has some limitations.Firstly,the rehabilitation cycle of sick seafarers is long,the intervention of this study failed to cover the whole rehabilitation process.Secondly,the method of investigation on each individual case adopted in this study has limitations,aiming at few service objects and single research method.Finally,the researchers only carry out intervention and research from the perspective of social workers,and the scope of research is relatively narrow.They do not actually go into the seafarer group and the employer where seafarers work to carry out occupational disease prevention and control publicity.The effect of research and intervention is limited,and it is not intuitive for the cultivation of seafarer group’s awareness of occupational disease prevention and control.