1. Hoa Nguyen
B.Sc. Psych, M.Sc. (Social Work)
Training
social workers
ready to go
to work after
graduation

2. Does the supply of social work training
meets demand?

Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Social
Worker?
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Required Education: Ready to WORK or
ready to TRAIN?
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Do we provide training needed by local
social service agencies?
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What You Must Do After Graduation?

3. Social Workers:
Do You Have What It Takes
to Be a Social Worker?

Ability to exercise self-control in potentially volatile
situations such as being verbally or physically
confronted in a threatening or aggressive manner

Must possess good oral and written communication
skills along with excellent interpersonal skills.
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Keeps abreast of MOLISA’s social work guidelines,
example, Project 32 (MOLISA) – De An 32; Đề án
1215…

4. Does the supply of social work training
meet demand?
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Demand-driven vs. supply-driven job support
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DO you make client care a top priority?
Are you good at identifying and solving
problems, and making decisions?
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Overview of social work training – National
program – Project 32 (MOLISA) – De An 32

Challenges

5. Lesson learned:
Demand-driven vs. supply-driven job support
What the
client needs
& wants?
What public
spending
has to
offer?
What the
market
needs
(social
services)

6. The social work supply and
demand model

the model on a local level used by
policymakers and local planners to forecast
future need accurately.

Estimate the numbers of social workers
needed in local areas.

Reforms & recommendations

Stakeholders contribute to the development
and testing of the model.

to support decision-making of supply and
demand of social workers on a local and
national level, but it will not provide definitive
numbers of under or over supply.

7. Challenges

Does the supply of social work training practice placements meet
demand?

Does the supply of social work training practice placements meet
demand?

Joint involvement in planning according to supply and
demand. This could be:
•
Access to practice placements and in an in-demand
service -work-based education
•
•
•
Willingness & capacity
Job linkages – access to immediate opportunities
Context of demand – local emphasis

8. What You Must Do After
Graduation?

Practice as a social worker anywhere
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Get supervised work experience

Find out what the requirements are your
“dream job”

Build skill and experience for your “dream
job”
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Become licensed or certified practitioner
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Don't restrict your thinking to the jobs listed
for only “SOCIAL WORKERS”