Hong Kong is a rapidly changing society with diverse problems and welfare needs posing many challenges for social work practitioners. To be effective, a professional social worker needs to know how to help individuals, groups and communities to solve problems, effect changes, wisely utilize scarce resources and improve the quality of life. The importance of social research and social policy also has to be emphasized.

The programme aims to develop students' knowledge, skills and professional values so that the graduates can effectively meet the challenges of the society in a flexible, realistic, creative, professional and caring manner.