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Criteria and Procedures for Assessing Social Work Qualifications Awarded in Taiwan

The Board will assess applications for registration filed by applicants holding social work degrees or diplomas conferred by the tertiary institutes recognized by the Ministry of Education of Taiwan on individual merits in accordance with the following criteria and procedures:

  1. The curriculum, the fieldwork practicum, the qualifications of teachers, and the academic staff to student ratio of each of the relevant programmes, which lead to the social work qualifications of applicants, must comply with the latest version of the "Principles, Criteria & Standards for Recognizing Qualifications in Social Work for Registration of Registered Social Workers" (posted under "Recognition of Social Work Qualifications" on the homepage) drawn up and put into effect by the Board at the time of applications received; and 
  2. applicants must pass one of the following three examinations conducted by the Ministry of Examination of Taiwan for social workers:
     
    1. Senior Examination for Social Workers ( 社會工作師高等考試 );
    2. Special Examination for Social Workers ( 社會工作師特種考試 )(The last time was held at 2003); and
    3. Qualification Screening Examination for Social Workers ( 社會工作師檢覈 )(The last time was held at 2005).

Applicants should submit their applications for registration, together with the documentary proof in respect of the above two criteria including all relevant certificates, transcripts, programme prospectus, contents of various courses, profiles of all teachers, academic staff to student ratio, and so forth.  Applications will be put forward to the Committee on Qualification Assessment and Registration for initial consideration.  Nevertheless, only applications from those who have met the above two criteria will be considered.

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