Institutions Of Higher Education School Of Social Work Intervention Research

This study examines the issue that, in the context of globalization, how to establish an effective social work system in China's colleges and universities. The experience of school social work throughout the world shows that the development of school social work relies heavily on the aegis of government, an appropriate role of school social work in educational system, and a good relationship with other professions related to student affairs. In China, this means that we should clarify the role of school social work in the system of student affairs.As those who born after 1980s,or even 1990, become the mainstream of college students, the problems related to college students are becoming more and more diverse, complex, and hard to address. Consequently, the traditional pattern, which highlights the significance of moral instruction, finds itself hard to meet the needs of college students. The survey shows that the performance of current system of student affairs is far from satisfactory. Not only do college students perceive the performance of the system as poor, but also the teachers in charge of student affairs find their work demanding and boring, and thus are pessimistic regarding their occupational prospects. By contrast, the values of school social work are more human-centered, its theoretical basis more plural, and its methods more flexible, therefore, it is more acceptable to college students, more problem-focused, and more adaptive in addressing specific problems.The study also compares the ideas, functions, and methods of school social work with those of current student affairs system. It argues that school social work and current student affairs reinforce mutually. The problems that student affairs system tackles are more universal, such as lack of incentive to study, to care about collective goals, and to become a responsible citizen after graduation. In contrast, school social work deals mainly with the problem of empowerment. Thus, they are not conflicting, but supplementary. In this sense, the introduction of school social work will improve the effectiveness of current student affairs system, and promote school social work practice in China. In other words, a win-win situation will emerge. To innovate in China's student affairs system, the study proposes that we should establish a service community for college students. Psychological counseling, employment service, and student organizations will separate from current student affairs system, and integrate with school social work. As such, a new system designed to provide various services to college students will be established. This system combines and cooperates with another system designed for political instruction and management. Such a cooperative model, taking China's context into account, is not in conflict with social work ideas.As for ideas, this study is creative in three main points:First, it constructs a paralleling model which consists of two parts, a service and consulting system designed to provide various needy services to college students and a management system for student affairs.Second, it proposes that there should be a pyramid of school social workers, i.e., experts who provide professional guidance, full-time social workers who take charge of daily services, and part-time social workers, including social work faculty and students majoring in social work, etc.Third, it argues for a win-win strategy for the introduction of school social work in China's colleges and universities, which not only promotes the practice of school social work, but also enhances the effectiveness of the system of student affairs.