First, social work is a service activity guided by altruistic values, based on scientific knowledge and using scientific methods to help others. It aims to help the disadvantaged groups in society and prevent and solve some social problems caused by economic difficulties or unhealthy lifestyles.
At the same time, carry out community services, improve social functions, improve the level of social welfare and quality of social life, achieve harmony between individuals and society, and promote social stability and development [. In China, social work includes not only social welfare, social insurance and social services, but also social transformation such as changing social customs. It is a job that serves the society in all directions.
Second, the comprehensive definition of social work. In the book Introduction to Social Work published by 1994, skidmore gave a comprehensive definition of social work: social work is an art, a science and a profession, and its purpose is to help people solve problems of individuals, groups (especially families) and communities, and to use case work and group work.
3. From June, 5438 to October, 2006/KLOC-0, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee made the Decision of the Central Committee on Several Major Issues Concerning the Construction of a Harmonious Socialist Society (hereinafter referred to as the Decision), which pointed out that it is necessary to "build a large contingent of social work talents. It is an urgent need to cultivate a team of social work talents with reasonable structure and excellent quality to build a harmonious socialist society. Establish and improve policies, measures and institutional guarantees with training, evaluation, use and encouragement as the main contents, determine professional norms and standards, strengthen professional training, and improve the professional quality and level of social workers. Formulate talent training plans, speed up the construction of social work talent training system in colleges and universities, and pay close attention to training a large number of professionals urgently needed by social work. Enrich the public service and social management departments, equip social work professionals, improve the setting of social work posts, attract social work talents through multiple channels, and improve the level of professional social services. "
Four, according to the spirit of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's "Decision", combined with domestic and foreign experience, the relevant departments pointed out that social work is an important part of social construction, reflecting the core values of socialism, following professional ethics, adhering to the purpose of "helping others to help themselves", and comprehensively applying professional knowledge, skills and methods in the fields of social services and social management to help individuals, families, groups, organizations and institutions in need. This concept describes social work from the perspectives of basic elements, working methods and functions, and explains its connotation in detail.