Social Work Organizations

　

Hong Kong Social Workers Association (HKSWA) 香港社會工作人員協會

Formation

Membership

Social Workers with recognized training including diploma and degree

Objectives (extracted from the Memorandum & Articles of the HKSWA)

(1) To foster a high standard of professional practice and ethics in social work in Hong Kong :

i) by promoting the interchange between social workers of knowledge in social work by means of meetings, discussions and publications;

ii) by producing from time to time material relevant to social work;

iii) by presenting, when appropriate, the views of professional social workers on social conditions, social legislation and other social measures.

(2) To investigate questions affecting the professional status and welfare of social workers and to make recommendations to the authorities concerned.

(3) To organise social activities for the benefit of all members and their family.

(item 4 - 11 deals with matters pertaining to the Companies Ordinances and administrative power of the Association in its daily business.)

(12) To seek from and make representations to the Government for the tenure or release of any land, property or building for the use of the Association towards the promotion of its objects and to enter into any arrangements with the Government or with any authority, supreme, municipal, local or otherwise that may be conducive to the Association's objects or any of them, and to obtain from the Government or any such authority any rights, privileges and concessions which the Association may think it desirable to obtain and to carry out, exercise and comply with any such arrangements rights, privileges and concessions.

(13) To do all such other lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them, but none of the above objects shall include trade union activities.

　

Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union (HKSWGU) 香港社會工作者總工會

Formation

1980 (Trade Union Ordinance)

Membership

"Social Workers" serving in government or non-government organizations (including welfare workers)

Objectives (a translate version, ref. constitution of the HKSWGU)

  1. To seek recruitment of all social workers working in the government and non-government organizations to join the Union.
  2. To seek and to maintain a reasonable salary, working hours and other conditions of employment, and to secure the general welfare of members.
  3. To promote the quality of social service and the conditions for a better society in Hong Kong.
  4. To promote the professional status of social workers.
  5. To adopt methods conducive to co-operation to mediate conflicts between members and their employers, between members, and between members and other employers.
  6. To promote the mutual understanding and mutual respect between union and its respective employer, and to establish such organizations permanently to negotiate with employers.
  7. To secure the welfare of members and their family members under special circumstances.
  8. To establish school, training classes, clinics, co-opt or other enterprises deemed appropriate by the General Meeting to promote the welfare of members and their family members in material, cultural, educational, and recreational aspects.
  9. To establish, take over, collaborate with other organizations, maintain, or other methods to participate in publication of newspaper, magazines, and books; to edit and publish text books or other reading material in social work for social work training institutions.
  10. To organize seminars, forums, exhibitions, or other activities relating to social services and social problems, to promote the quality and development of social services in Hong Kong.
  11. To maintain close relationship with other social work organizations in Hong Kong and elsewhere to promote mutual understanding and co-operation in developing social welfare services in Hong Kong.
  12. To support financially or by other means other trade unions, legal societies, or confederations of organizations with an aim to promoting the welfare of labour.
  13. To promote the legislation related to members' welfare and activities of trade unions.
  14. To operate any legal activities which are necessary for the achievement of the above activities

　

Hong Kong Social Welfare Personnel Registration Council (HKSWPRC)

香港社會福利專業人員註冊局

Formation

Membership

1. Registered member

1.1 Registered Social Worker (RSW)

2. Enrolled member

2.1 Enrolled Social Worker (ESW)

- An incumbent of a recognized social work post, and not qualified for Registered Social Worker.

2.2 Enrolled Welfare Worker (EWW)

- An incumbent of a welfare post.

Objectives of the Social Welfare Personnel Registration System

　

Social Workers Registration Board

Formation

Registered Social Workers

Category 1

Category 2

Occupying a social work post and planned to obtain a recognized social work traiing within a reasonable period.

Functions of the Board

  1. Establish and maintain a register of registered social workers;
  2. Set and review the qualification standards for registration as a registered social worker and related registration matters.
  3. Assess qualifications
  4. Publish from time to time and make available for public inspection the qualifications and qualification standards required for registration
  5. Examine and verify the qualifications of persons applying for registration as registered social workers
  6. Receive, examine, accept or reject applications for registration and renewal of registration as a registered social worker
  7. Deal with disciplinary offences in accordance with this ordinance
  8. Keep proper records of its proceedings and accounts, and
  9. Perform such other functions as are imposed on it under the Ordinance.