Abstract:  From the legal point of view, vocational qualification certificate of social workers is subject to skilled one, while vocational assessment certificate of social workers is affiliated to professional personnel qualification. The two kinds of certificates above are non-administrative licensing, and are not credentials for employment admittance, so social workers should not be asked to register. In view of the social public interests and the special nature of social work, it is very necessary to enforce employment admittance for social workers. To break the legal bottleneck on employment admittance of social workers, the first task is to redefine social workers and get rid of the confusion condition of social workers’ vocational qualification. Second, Chinese government should accelerate the policy and legislative process of social work, providing intellectual support for the establishment and perfection of social work system.

Key words:  social worker, vocational qualification, employment admittance