臺灣社會工作者的專業繼續教育生態適配度、專業支持感與專業價值感對專業勝任能力之影響

The Effect of Ecological Fitness of Professional Continuing Education, Perceived Professional Support and Professional Value on Professional Competence Among Social Workers in Taiwan

本研究以調查法，針對476位案例組織內從事經濟扶助業務之社工有效樣本，進行自陳式問卷調查。運用探索性因素分析，建構社會工作專業勝任能力指標，並檢驗組織內社工對於專業繼續教育生態適配程度、專業支持感、專業價值的覺知狀態，對社會工作專業勝任能力之影響。研究結果指出，社工實務生態對於社會工作專業繼續教育的各層級適配性，促使社工個人形成較高的專業支持感與價值感，進而提升社會工作專業勝任能力。本研究設計之「社會工作專業勝任能力量表」，形成八個內在建構效度良好之專業能力向度，包含57個題項，信度一致性Cronbach'sα值達.90以上，可作為日後對於社會工作專業自我評量與實務訓練研究之引導工具參考。

The researcher adopted the self-report questionnaire method to survey an effective sample of 476 social workers in charge of economic and financial assistance affairs at Taiwan Fund for Children and Families (TFCF), a Taiwanese non-profit organization specialized in the promotion of children's well-being. With the employment of the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) approach, this research aimed to construct the indicators for professional competence in social work while, evaluating how the social workers at TFCF perceive the ecological fitness of professional continuing education, perceived social support and professional value proposed by the organization. The research results prove that the ecologic alfitness of continuing professional education in social work contributes greatly to the exceeding performance in perceived professional support and professional value for social workers, which further enhance the fitness of their professional competence. The tool designed for this research, namely the “Social Worker Competence Questionnaire”, encompasses 8 well-constructed professional competence dimensions along with 57 question items with item consistency of over .90 Cronbach's α value. It is hoped that the findings concluded by this research will shed more light on social workers' self-evaluation in their professional competence as well as the development of the continuing education framework for social work professionals.