T/CDSWA 003-2025 Guidelines for Standardization of Social Work

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(1) Chapter 3: Terms and Definitions After conducting research, it was found that there are currently no higher-level standards that define social work standardization. Referencing the "Guidelines for Standardization Work in Government Agencies" (DB51/T 2763-2021), this standard defines social work standardization as "a series of activities that apply the concepts, principles, and methods of standardization to guide and regulate social work-related services, including establishing a standardized work system, formulating standards, organizing and implementing standards, and supervising the formulation and implementation of standards." This definition helps social work organizations better understand the concept of social work standardization. Similarly, according to the "Opinions on Further Accelerating the Development of Private Social Work Service Organizations" (Min Fa [2014] No. 80), this standard for the first time defines social work service organizations as "non-profit units that focus on social work professionals, adhere to the principle of 'helping others and helping themselves', follow social work professional ethics, and comprehensively apply social work professional knowledge, methods, and skills to provide services such as assistance to the needy, conflict resolution, rights protection, humanistic care, psychological counseling, behavioral correction, relationship adjustment, and resource linkage." (2) Chapter 4: Basic Principles Based on the principles of standardization work and the characteristics of social work, and referring to GB/T 35778-2017 "Guidelines for Enterprise Standardization Work", this chapter outlines eight basic principles, including demand-orientedness, compliance, systematization, standardization, practicality, and universality, to provide a reference framework for social organizations to conduct standardization work. (3) Chapter 5: Main Tasks Focusing on the practical work of social work organizations and their experi

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