An Assistant Social Work Officer is mainly deployed on -

• (a)providing social welfare services in various departmental services units, such as integrated family service centres, medical social services units, probation and community service orders offices, etc. as well as administering or assisting in the administration of a social welfare office / institution / centre;
• (b)assisting in planning and development as well as coordination and monitoring of various social welfare services in the districts and service branches;
• (c)assisting in processing applications from non-governmental organisations, monitoring their performance and rendering necessary support to them;
• (d)handling matters related to enforcement of statutory duties under various licences schemes and contract management of social welfare services / institutions;
• (e)assisting in planning, implementation and administration of training programmes for staff of the department and non-governmental organisations; and
• (f)assisting in planning, implementation and supervision of information technology projects within the department and with the social welfare sector.

Candidates should have -

• (a)registered as a registered social worker (category 1) under the Social Workers Registration Ordinance, Chapter 505

• (b)
  • (i)a bachelor’s degree majoring in social work from a Hong Kong university, or equivalent

• (ii)a bachelor’s degree from a Hong Kong university (other than
• (i)above), or equivalent, and have successfully completed an approved post-graduate programme in social work, or equivalent, from an approved institution; or
• (iii)a bachelor’s degree from a Hong Kong university (other than
• (i)above), or equivalent, and a recognised master’s degree in social work, or equivalent, from an approved institution

• (c)a pass result in the Aptitude Test in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE)

• (7)to (9)] ; and
• (d)met the language proficiency requirements of ‘Level 2’ results in the two language papers (Use of Chinese and Use of English) in the CRE, or equivalent; and be able to speak fluent Cantonese and English

• (3)to (9)] ; and
• (e)a pass result in the Basic Law and National Security Law Test (Degree / Professional Grades) (BLNST)