Experience,Lessons and Enlightenment from the Centennial Development of Social Work System for Health and Mental Health in China
Since the"Social Service Department"of Peking Union Medical College Hospital was established on September 16,1921,the social work system of health and mental health has gone through more than 100 years with the social service of modern Chinese hospitals as the carrier. Looking back at the century-old history,there are 10 experiences and lessons in the development of China's health and mental health social work system. 10 experiences:Social welfare politics is the most important social system perspective;Professional values are the soul of social work practice;Modern social welfare system is the basis of social work practice system;Social work professional leaders and institutional professional leadership are critical;Health and mental health social work is the"locomotive"and main field of professional services;Research practice and practical research are the basic characteristics of modern health and mental health social work practice. National Professional Committees and academic,professional communities are the best ways to organize social work professional development. Individual and individual social service is the main goal,object and content of social work service. Health and mental health social work is the basis,subject and theme of individual social service;Global professional interaction,competition,exchange and cooperation are important driving forces for the development of national health and mental health social work. 10 lessons:The na-ture of social welfare is decisive;The state's commitment to social welfare responsibility is crucial;Health and social welfare finance is the foundation of health social work,health care service and social welfare system;The integration of modern health care service and social welfare system is the foundation of the system;The practical goal of social work is to meet the individual needs of clients,rather than to realize the needs,tasks and goals of social work itself;The main curriculum of social work education is very important,and the essence of social work professional ability is institutionalized thinking and institutionalized ability;Socialized,integrated and formal institutionalization are the most critical construction modes;The professional ability and quality of social work are more important than the quantity and scale of social work,and quality is more important than quantity;Individual cases,direct and micro social work practices are important,while policy,indirect and macro social work practices are more important. Professional understanding of social work,professional subjects,professional consciousness and theoretical consciousness are the core of social work competence. This study concludes that the 21st century is not only the new century of China's modern socialist welfare state system construction,but also the new century of global modern social welfare system construction. The historical experience and lessons of China's health and mental health social work system construction are of world significance,and enrich the global social work knowledge system and modern social welfare system;The essence of national socialization and social nationalization is the construction of a modern social welfare system;Modern social work and social welfare systems are both socially just and economically efficient.