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Professionalization of SocialWork in China: The ShenzhenModel
 Joe Leung
 
Introduction
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 Thriving Development in social work education – 211 schools and 10,000 graduates each year
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Outstanding issues – under-developed curriculum and lack social work social positions/ jobs
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2006 Party document (under Party Construction) to develop a strong social work workforce – a Partycampaign
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Shenzhen was chosen as the national key pilot city to
 
develop social work positions (2008), withthe strong back up from Hong Kong (benchmarking Hong Kong as the model).
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What is the Shenzhen model? What happens? Implications for future? Role of Hong Kong?
 
Debates
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International Journal of Social Welfare
 2007-08:
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Global standards on social workeducation and social work practice canor cannot be applied to China(Hutchings and Taylor, 2007, 2008; Jia,2007; Leung, 2007; Cheng, 2008; Gray,2008). Such debate centres on the roleof Western-based social work valuesand knowledge in facilitating thedevelopment of the discipline in China.
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