Undergraduate Program of Indigenous Social Work

Established in 2007, the Undergraduate Program of Indigenous Social Work aims to offer professional services for social work in the eastern Taiwan, especially for indigenous peoples.

In the field of social work, due to the obvious cultural and economic disadvantages of indigenous society, how to assist indigenous people to improve their own conditions and share the opportunity to pursue the wellbeing have become one of our missions. At present, most of the departments regarding social work in Taiwan mainly focus on the mainstream society, which hardly understand the real needs and the wellbeing of indigenous people. We are also lack of social workers sensitive to indigenous cultures. Therefore, we are committed to the training of indigenous social workers to promote the construction of indigenous knowledge and the expertise in the field of social work. We hope that our graduates can work in the multi-cultural environment and then they can improve the situation of socially disadvantaged members.