Knowledge and Skill Requirements of Social Workers at Family Counseling Centers to Promote the Intellectual Security of Saudi Family

Abstract

The present research paper aims to identify the knowledge and skill requirements of social workers at family counseling centers and identify the methods of promoting the intellectual security of Saudi families to make suggestions for the success of social workers from the perspective of workers and academicians. The author adopted the analytical-descriptive approach and applied two questionnaires for data collection. The results showed that the most important knowledge requirements are familiarity with methods that help the family invest its capabilities and acquire experience, from the perspective of workers, and training in providing the services that the family needs based on its needs and the capabilities of the center, from the perspective of academicians. The most important skill requirements are acquiring skills related to the steps of problem-solving to promote the family's intellectual security, from the perspective of workers, and acquiring skills and applying good communication methods, from the perspective of academicians. The methods of promoting intellectual security are educating families about the importance of the culture of dialog, from the perspective of workers, and educating families about interest in and observing the behavior of children, from the perspective of academicians. The workers suggested running training courses in family counseling centers to train social workers, whereas the academicians suggested increasing the number of social workers at family counseling centers to help provide professional services. The study recommended running training courses at family counseling centers to train social workers in the fields of promoting the intellectual security of Saudi families.