Has “the Double Hundred Project” Achieved the Professionalization of Talent Teams in Township (Street) Social Work Stations: the Case Study of N Street Social Work Service Station in Guangzhou City

The proposal of the Guangdong “Double Hundred Project” has an important promoting effect on the construction of township (street) social work stations and the guarantee of people’s livelihood in the whole province. Whether the policy goal of “building a occupational, professional, and localized social work talent team” proposed in the “Guangdong Double Hundred Project for People’s Livelihood Service Social Work” has been achieved is worthy of joint exploration by the theoretical and practical circles. Based on the analysis of existing research, this article takes N Street Social Work Station in Guangzhou as a case study and finds that the construction of social work stations faces development challenges such as administrative logic leading to the solidification of social work services, alleviating employment leading to an increase in non professional talents, short-term policy formulation due to livelihood security, deviation of professional paths caused by administrative indicators, and detachment of professional content induced by inclusive services. These problems pose challenges to the professionalization of the talent team in social work stations, and require a broader perspective to understand and accept the different expectations of the academic, practical, and government sectors for the professionalization of social work. It is necessary to broaden the understanding of “helping people and helping themselves” in social work, not only following the administrative attributes of the political direction, but also strengthening the professional attributes of the service direction. It is suggested to further promote the professional construction level of the talent team in social work stations by improving the long-term mechanism for purchasing services, strengthening supervision and training effectiveness, improving operational management effectiveness, and expanding career growth space.