Process of Career Transition for The Senior Social Worker

• Main Authors: Yun- Hsuan Wang, 王韻絢
• Other Authors: Wan-jen Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63024576894978480765

碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 成人及繼續教育研究所 === 103 === The intention of this study was to research the senior social worker’s career transition process. The objectives are, 1. to analyze the major factors that influence a senior social worker to make a career transition. 2. to explore and study the senior social worker’s career transition process. 3. to discuss the meaning of senior social workers’ transition experience In order to achieve these three objectives, quantitative research design is used. Six senior social workers were conducted semi-structured interviews. Gathered information is analyzed by interview transcript coding and thematic analysis.The major findings of this study are summarized as follows. First, the influential factors to a senior social worker’s career transition include personal, family, organization, professional, and work experience and qualifications. Second, the career transition process begins with being aware of the inconsistency of inner and outer self, working through the differentiation of self to the ego integration, redeveloping of self identification, and the final stage of regaining a new balance of self. Third, the career development path is from professional archetype, personalized working style, to the professional career integration. Forth, these social workers search themselves and grow in their helping profession, and this helps self-change and career transition. Fifth, the senior social worker helps to promote practice efficiency and create good image of an organization through their career transition. Sixth, the career transition encourages the senior social worker to be a generalist practice profession. From these conclusions, we suggest the social workers have to seriously evaluate, plan a personal development strategy, Pay attention to the surrounding environment of learning resources, Develop lifelong learning attitude, mechanically proposals to improve the working conditions and social benefits, Construct a workflow of education and training package for social workers In the future, further research can force on the life term research development.