社會工作因為其本身的工作性質與劣質勞動條件，已漸成為高風險的行業。社工員除了面臨超載的工作量、科層組織的壓迫、低薪資、人事的不穩定性、替代性創傷、與耗竭風險之外，更有來自案主的威脅與暴力等，不僅影響社工人員的身心靈健康以及生命價值感，也威脅社工專業品質與價值實踐。然而，作者檢閱歐美與台灣社會工作者工作倫理守則文件、當代主要社工概論教科書、以及台灣社會工作系所開設課程，發現社工教育系統對於社工職業風險的討論相當有限。本文論述社工教育沒有充分告知學生從業風險，沒有給予適當的因應策略訓練，非僅是不倫理，也可能阻礙社會工作專業發展，作者強調，將社會工作從業風險以及因應策略訓練納入教育系統，不但能加強社會工作者的勝任能力，更能增進案主福祉，實踐社會工作關懷平等倫理價值。

Social work is known as a high-risk occupation. The profession not infrequently exposes its workers to case overload, burnout, bureaucratic obstruction, vicarious trauma, abuse by the client, and even, in extreme cases, violent attack by the client. Yet in searching through the curriculum of social work departments in Taiwan, the textbooks used in Taiwan to train social workers, and even the various ethical codes social workers in Taiwan are held to, the author found little mention of occupational risk in the profession. What she found was that, in Taiwan at least, the occupational risk of social work is effectively ignored by the educational system. She argues that it is unethical for educational system not to prepare students of social work for the dangers they will encounter in the field and introduce them to strategies to deal with these. She concludes that considerations of occupational risk need to be introduced into the education of Taiwan's social workers and that this will not only enhance social worker competence, but will benefit the clients and be in accordance with the core values of the social work profession.