Occupation: Social Work

Students majoring in Social Work after graduation can work in the field of community development as Community Development Project Officers, Community Development Project Assistants and Communication Officers in development projects. Duties and tasks:

• Quarterly operational planning;
• Track progress and monitor quality of operations;
• Support partners in developing activities;
• Monitor spending progress and balance budget;
• Translate documents sent to partner agencies;
• Exchange information with partners about project progress;
• Organize training or support training;
• Organize/support the organization of communication activities.

Requirements on capacity, personality, soft skills:

• Fluent English communication;
• Proficient in office software;
• Skills in planning, monitoring, motivating, teamwork, communication, research;
• Ready to go far.

Recruiting units:

• State social development agencies (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, etc.);
• Research and training centers;
• Non-Governmental and International Organizations.

Career development prospects:

• Friendly and supportive working environment;
• Have the opportunity to maximize your potential;
• Good treatment;
• Get additional training.

Work in organizations involved in assisting the disadvantaged in society as participants in policy advocacy, policy making related to traditions and culture, personal and community education to change behavior. Duties and responsibilities:

• Accepting vulnerable people (people with disabilities, abused women, etc.);
• Find out the problem of the body;
• Support clients in problem solving, link resources for clients;
• Exploiting potential and improving capacity for clients (through group activities, consultations, etc.);
• Evaluate, monitor, diagnose and detect issues in the community, seek information about issues of interest, convey the information you have learned to the community, then mobilize community participation on this issue, and gradually advocate for policy development.

Requirements for capacity, personality, soft skills: Thinking and judgment ability; Sensitivity and Perseverance; Good listening and communication skills; Ability to keep secrets. Recruiting units:

• State support centers for vulnerable people (social protection centers, shelters, open houses, charity houses, etc.)
• Non-governmental organizations working in the fields of children, people with disabilities, health...
• State agencies: Schools, Hospitals, Department of Child Protection...

Career development prospects: Currently, the demand for recruiting social workers in the field of individual and group social work is very high. At Vietnamese and international non-governmental organizations such as Blue Dragon, CEPHAD, etc., there are social work students who have graduated and worked in child care and protection, but this number is still not enough to meet the actual needs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Managing social work networks;
• Advise on policy development for vulnerable groups in society;
• Monitor policy implementation and make recommendations for amendments and supplements.

Requirements on capacity, personality, soft skills:

• Analytical skills;
• Writing skills;
• Leadership;
• Decisive.

Recruiting units:

• Departments and Branches related to social policy development (Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs...);
• State social work centers;
• Non-Governmental Organizations.

Career development prospects: In the Departments and Sectors that draft and issue policies, there is still a lack of participation of social workers. Currently, this is a new field for social workers and the potential for development is increasing.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Find out the needs of the community;
• Develop curriculum and knowledge content (appropriate to the purpose, target audience of each project, and learner needs);
• Organize training or support training;
• Participate in project training implementation;
• Project training evaluation.

Requirements on capacity, personality, soft skills:

• Fluent English communication;
• Proficient in office software;
• Skills in planning, monitoring, motivating, teamwork, communication, research;
• Ready to go far.

Recruiting units:

• State social development agencies (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, etc.);
• Research and training centers;
• Non-Governmental and International Organizations.

Career development prospects: Friendly and supportive working environment; Opportunity to maximize one's abilities; Good remuneration; Additional training.

• Lecturer teaching Social Work in training facilities at Colleges, Universities...
• Working as a consultant/advisor in companies, centers providing psychological consulting/consulting services.
• Staff in social fields such as: + Research staff, community development project staff at Institutes, Research Centers, Social Work application, Non-Governmental Organizations at home and abroad... + Social support staff such as consultants, treatment support in hospitals and schools.