사회복지교육과정 개편방향의 논의와 과제: 사회복지사업법 시행령 및 시행규칙 개정안(案)을 중심으로

Abstract

Through the National Assembly’s public hearing, this study based on discussion foryears to suggest the direction of revising the social welfare education curriculum, hasproposed“the Revised Bill of Enforcement Decree and Rule of the Social Welfare ServicesAct”outlining, for example, the reorganization of new curriculum subjects which reflectthe actual condition survey of social welfare education, the current status of socialwelfare education in advanced countries and the timely situation of social welfaresettings. To gather opinions and mediate arguments, the contents of discussion in thepublic hearing passed through the representatives’ conference of the related agencies ororganizations about social welfare education and finally the next following results of thestudy have been recommended. First, the standard of social welfare’s subject completion should be fortified bystrengthening 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 thepresent ‘14 subjects 42 credits’ to 17 subjects 51 credits. To the court required subjects, ‘3subjects 9 credits’which are“Social Work Values and Ethics, and Program DevelopmentAnd 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, andSocial Welfare Management, and Welfare State”are also freshly added. Second, due to the boosting of the regulation of practice completion, the present ‘3credits 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, thereinforcement of trainee criterion, having practice agencies become certified agencies, theenhancement of the practice academic advisor by institutions of social welfare educationare 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 qualificationsystem classified into 1 to 3 grade, and the plan preparation for the high-level practiceinstruction. Of course, multilateral discussion is needed, for example, 6 subjects 18 creditswhich are the examination subjects for social welfare officials and social workers shouldbe expanded due to the addition of new required subjects written above. In case ofspecial graduate school, the present standard of social welfare major’s taking credits isneed to be discussed.