走調的音符－－台灣少數基層社會工作者的發聲、行動與期盼

Mistuned Melody: Voices, Praxis and Prospect of a Few Grassroots Social Workers in Taiwan

台灣社會工作長期性與國家機器發生密切的關聯，而80年代之後的發展也是寄託於「國家建制化」而希望走向專業，然而此種發展的路線，卻妨礙了專業自主性的成長。在社會工作教育工作者的位置上，作者在日常生活中常有與基層社工人員互動來往的經驗，而有機會認知到一小撮工作者的不滿與不適應狀態，正反映出台灣社會工作專業發展的路線問題。本文即透過這一小撮工作者各自所書寫的文本，以及小群體的行動紀錄，再現出社會工作的另類想像與價值信念，以突顯台灣社會工作發展中「專業性」與「建制化」之間的矛盾、「國家化」與「助人理想」之間的衝突，藉此反思社會工作實踐主體的發展路線。

The development of social work is bounded by the state apparatus in Taiwan for many years. Since 1980, the progress of social work professional development has highly conditioned by the state institutionalization. Under these circumstances, although the professional identity of social work has been established, the development of social work professional autonomy is therefore limited. Based on the interaction in working with those grassroots social workers, I have realised their professional difficulties, outrages and self-doubts. The mechanics of the system has been recognized as a problem not of the individual worker but of the social environment in which people work. It reflects on the difficulties encountered by professional development that determines the context for social work practice in Taiwan. A key theme arose from the analysis of these narrative texts that written by these grassroots practitioners is represented the alternative value and belief that is different from the mainstream profession that has been institutionalized. The critical issues of the conflicts between the helping profession and the institutional apparatus are also highlighted by this paper.