Welfare services delivered by NGOs and government departments. Social workers must be registered with the Social Workers Registration Board and may not call themselves social workers without it; frontline posts such as programme assistants or activity workers carry no statutory registration, and the hiring agency sets the terms.
照顧與輔導 · 對人服務 · 管理與統籌 · Care and counselling · People-facing · Managing people and resources
呢份工嘅主要性質係:照顧與輔導 · 對人服務 · 管理與統籌。以下逐項講清楚實際係點做。
照顧與輔導Care and counselling
工作核心係照顧或支援特定人嘅身心需要(長者、病人、兒童、情緒受困者),要建立信任同保密。
The core of the job is looking after or supporting someone’s physical or emotional needs — an older person, a patient, a child or someone in distress — which takes trust and confidentiality.
對人服務People-facing
大部分工作時間係同人打交道:客人、病人、學生、住戶或公眾,講求溝通、耐性同情緒管理。
Most of the day is spent dealing with people — customers, patients, students, residents or the public — so communication, patience and emotional control matter.
管理與統籌Managing people and resources
除咗自己做,亦要編排人手、時間同資源,協調唔同單位,並承擔團隊成敗。
Beyond doing the work yourself, you roster people, time and resources, coordinate between parties and answer for how the team performs.
The Social Workers Registration Board divides registered social workers into two categories: Category 1 is for holders of a Board-recognised social work degree or diploma who meet the statutory requirements for direct registration. Category 2 is for those who do not yet hold Category 1 qualifications but have been employed or accepted for a social work post; they must complete the recognised qualification within the Board's specified timeframe to upgrade to Category 1. All registrants must renew their registration annually and submit required documentation to maintain valid status.
Salary and promotion prospects
Pay depends on the employer. The Social Welfare Department is a civil service grade paid on the Master Pay Scale published by the Civil Service Bureau, while NGOs follow their own grade structures, usually linked to the government scale and depending on the funding model (lump-sum grant or project funding) and the size of the organisation. The same job title can therefore be paid differently across organisations, so this site prints no monthly estimate; when reading an advertisement, ask which pay scale the grade maps to, how increments work, and about terminal gratuities and MPF.
Career direction: frontline social worker → unit supervisor → service coordinator or service manager → senior management, or a move into social policy research and advocacy.
The SWD follows the Civil Service Bureau's Master Pay Scale; NGOs follow their own grade structures, usually linked to the government scale and depending on the funding model. This site prints no monthly estimate.
入職條件 / Entry
第1類:註冊局認可的社會工作學位或文憑
第2類:已任職或獲接納任職社工職位,並須限期內取得認可學歷
認可課程名單以註冊局公布為準
Category 1: a Board-recognised social-work degree or diploma
Category 2: already in or accepted for a social-work post, with a deadline to obtain a recognised award
Recognised programmes are whatever the Board publishes
升學路徑 Study routes
可以多於一條。每條都註明來源,不是「唯一正確讀法」。
認可社工學位/文憑 → 第1類註冊
Recognised social-work degree or diploma → Category 1
文憑試後報讀註冊局認可的社會工作學士或文憑
After the HKDSE, enter a Board-recognised Bachelor or diploma in social work
畢業後向註冊局申請第1類註冊
Apply to the Board for Category 1 registration after graduation
受僱於社署、非政府機構或其他社工職位
Work in SWD, an NGO, or another social-work post
先入職第2類,再補認可學歷
Enter on Category 2, then complete a recognised award
獲社工職位僱用或接納
Obtain or be accepted for a social-work post
以第2類註冊,並按註冊局規定提交進修計劃及報讀證明
Register in Category 2 and file the study plan and enrolment proof the Board requires
取得認可學位或文憑後轉為第1類
Move to Category 1 after the recognised degree or diploma