Abstract:  According to the theories of risk perception, social workers have been chosen as objects to see their current sufferings of client violence and perceptions of violence risk. The data was obtained by means of a questionnaire, and 169 valid samples were collected from social workers engaged in areas such as the protection, welfare services and medical and nursing. The study found the perception of physical risks was higher than that of psychological and financial risk; those who have not yet obtained the agency qualification certificate, engaged in the protection service, whose agencies were of low seniority, and whose work experience are little have higher consciousness of related risks.
Key words:  social workers|client violence|risk perception