本文介紹社會工作專業證照制度的國內外現況、回顧臺灣社會工作發展的重要階段並提出本土社工專業制度的架構模型及對未來發展的建議。專業化趨勢下各國逐漸孕育發展出各自的社會工作證照制度，我國社會工作師考試是依據社會工作師法於1997年開始舉辦，國外社工專業認證制度大致可分為考試與註冊兩大類，考試認證以美國發展最成熟，日本、臺灣、中國亦採考試制度。註冊制度以英、德、法發展較久，香港、新加坡亦明確規劃及管理。我國的社會工作發展階段可分為社會工作引進、蘊育開拓、形象塑造、法制化、以及2007年進入社會工作發展的關鍵期。社會工作專業制度建立及運作的現況可以教、考、用、訓、專業組織、社會認可、專業文化、及國際交流的八個層面來建立臺灣社工專業制度的本土模型，以此來檢視所面臨的挑戰並提出建議。

This paper introduces social worker licensing system in different countries and reviews the development process of social work system in Taiwan, by which the author proposes an ideal model of the indigenous professional social work system and makes suggestions for the future development in accordance. In the trend of professionalization, different countries have established step by step their own professional social work systems. In Taiwan, national social work examination was first held according to The Professional Social Worker Act in 1997. Social worker licensing system is, in general, divided into two categories: examination and registration. The licensing system based on examination has come to the most mature stage in USA. Japan, Taiwan, while China also adopts the licensing system on examination. The licensing system based on registration has long been adopted by UK, Germany, and France. Hong Kong and Singapore also have their own well-designed and well-managed registration system. The developing process of social work system in Taiwan can be defined in five stages: the import from the western world, initiating stage, formation stage, legalization, the critical developing stage since 2007. The establishment and operation of the professional social work system in Taiwan can be conducted with a model constituted with eight aspects: education, examination, employment, continual training, professional organization, social consensus, professional culture, and internationalization, to all of which the author makes suggestions.