东莞理工学院社会工作专业硕士（专业代码：035200）为全日制专业学位硕士，培养方案着力培养应用型、复合型、创新型高层次社会工作专业人才。
本专业紧扣社会工作领域的行业需求，以培育兼具专业素养与社会情怀的卓越社会工作师为核心目标，要求学生熟练掌握社会工作理论、实务方法与社会政策知识，通晓社会工作伦理规范与跨文化沟通技巧，具备社会服务策划、执行、督导、评估及实践研究能力，可胜任政府部门、社会组织、社区，企业的社会治理与专业服务工作。
专业开设社会工作与社会治理、社会工作与社会政策、社会工作实务三大特色培养方向，精准贴合行业前沿与区域需求。采用全日制两年学制，研究方向聚焦三大板块，包括社会工作与社会治理创新、社会政策与养老服务、多场景专业实务。培养高层次应用型社会工作人才，毕业生可在政府部门、社会组织、社区及企业从事社会治理、社会工作专业服务、政策研究。依托粤港澳大湾区发展机遇，职业前景广阔，发展路径多元。
Master of Social Work (Major Code: 035200) at Dongguan University of Technology is a full-time professional master’s program. This program focuses on cultivating application-oriented, interdisciplinary and innovative high-level social work talents.
Focusing on demands in social work, the program aims to nurture outstanding social workers with professional literacy and social responsibility. Students are required to master social work theories, practical methods and social policy knowledge, understand professional ethics and cross-cultural communication skills, and be capable of social service planning, implementation, supervision, evaluation and practical research. Graduates are competent for social governance and professional services in government departments, social organizations, communities and enterprises.
It offers three specialized tracks: Social Work and Social Governance, Social Work and Social Policy, and Social Work Practice, catering to frontiers and regional needs. Adopting a 2-year full-time study mode，it focuses on Social Governance Innovation, Aging Services, and Multi-context Practice, the program leverages the Guangdong Social Work Talent Base to offer high-level research training and field supervision, anchoring students in local Chinese practice.
The program cultivates high-level applied social work talents. Graduates can pursue careers in government departments, social organizations, communities, and enterprises, engaging in social governance, professional social work services, and policy research. Leveraging the development opportunities in the Greater Bay Area, the career prospects are broad, with diverse development paths.
