Through the National Assembly’s public hearing, this study based on discussion for
years to suggest the direction of revising the social welfare education curriculum, has
proposed“the Revised Bill of Enforcement Decree and Rule of the Social Welfare Services
Act”outlining, for example, the reorganization of new curriculum subjects which reflect
the actual condition survey of social welfare education, the current status of social
welfare education in advanced countries and the timely situation of social welfare
settings. To gather opinions and mediate arguments, the contents of discussion in the
public hearing passed through the representatives’ conference of the related agencies or
organizations about social welfare education and finally the next following results of the
study have been recommended.
First, the standard of social welfare’s subject completion should be fortified by
strengthening the regulation of finishing the required courses for social welfare education.
That is the standard of the social worker’s qualification should be changed from the
present ‘14 subjects 42 credits’ to 17 subjects 51 credits. To the court required subjects, ‘3
subjects 9 credits’which are“Social Work Values and Ethics, and Program Development
And Evaluation, and Case Management”are newly added. To the court elective subjects,
‘4 subjects 12 credits’which are“Care Work, Cultural Diversity and Social Welfare, and
Social Welfare Management, and Welfare State”are also freshly added.
Second, due to the boosting of the regulation of practice completion, the present ‘3
credits 120 hours over’ are increased to ‘3 credits 160 hours over’, and main contents such as the improvement of the supervisor criterion in practice agencies, the
reinforcement of trainee criterion, having practice agencies become certified agencies, the
enhancement of the practice academic advisor by institutions of social welfare education
are stipulated in the revised rule.
Third, toughening up the requirement of graduate course completion of social welfare,
the present required 6 subjects 18 credits are finally changed to 7 subjects 21 credits.
Upcoming problems are the integration of the present social worker’s qualification
system classified into 1 to 3 grade, and the plan preparation for the high-level practice
instruction. Of course, multilateral discussion is needed, for example, 6 subjects 18 credits
which are the examination subjects for social welfare officials and social workers should
be expanded due to the addition of new required subjects written above. In case of
special graduate school, the present standard of social welfare major’s taking credits is
need to be discussed.