Foreign national eligibility
1. A foreign national employed to engage in social work is required to have the following qualifications:
A foreign national employed to work as a social worker is required to have a social worker certificate issued by the Central Competent Authority as stipulated in the Social Worker Act.
※For more information on related qualifications for foreign nationals see Article 5 and Article 26-1 of the “Qualifications and Review Standards for Foreigners Undertaking Jobs Specified in Subparagraphs 1 to 6, Paragraph 1, Article 46 of the Employment Service Act”
2. A foreign national employed to engage in health care work is required to have one of the following qualifications:
(1) Physicians, Chinese medicine physician, dentists, pharmacists, medical technologists, medical radiation technologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, nurses, nutritionists, clinical psychologists, counseling psychologists, respiratory therapists, speech therapists, audiologists, dental technicians and midwives who have obtained a professional physicians certificate from the central competent authority in charge of the target industry.
(2) Other specialized or technical medical personnel that need to be employed in health care businesses as per consultations between the Central Competent Authority and central authority in charge of the target industry.
Moreover, other than where other regulations pertain, the average monthly salary for the above positions must be a minimum of NT$47,971 (for more details see Ministry of Labor announcement Laotung Faguanzi No. 10605154981 issued on August 14, 2017)
※For more information on related qualifications for foreign nationals see Article 5, Article 8 and Article 27 of the “Qualifications and Review Standards for Foreigners Undertaking Jobs Specified in Subparagraphs 1 to 6, Paragraph 1, Article 46 of the Employment Service Act”
Employer eligibility
1. Eligibility to employ foreign nationals to work as social workers:
Employers who hire foreign nationals are required to hire one or more full-time social worker or full-time social work related personnel with a background in professional social work, who has interned at one of the following professionally registered venues as detailed in the Social Workers Act:
1. Public social welfare, labor, judicial or health agency (institution).
2. Registered private social welfare, labor, judicial or health agency (institution).
3. Registered group with a charter the main focus or mission of which is social work or social welfare.
4. Public and private colleges and universities, middle schools or elementary schools.
5. Institutions accredited by the central authority in charge of the target industry.
6. Other legally registered businesses that employ social workers.
※For more information on related employer qualifications see Article 26-1 of the “Qualifications and Review Standards for Foreigners Undertaking Jobs Specified in Subparagraphs 1 to 6, Paragraph 1, Article 46 of the Employment Service Act”
2. Eligibility to employ foreign nationals to engage in health care work is limited to the following:
(1) Medical institutions
(2) Nursing institutions
(3) Medicine importers, pharmacists
(4) Health foundations
(5) Other institutions permitted to employ the aforementioned foreign nationals, as per consultations between the Central Competent Authority and central authority in charge of the target industry
※For more information on related employer qualifications see Article 28 of the “Qualifications and Review Standards for Foreigners Undertaking Jobs Specified in Subparagraphs 1 to 6, Paragraph 1, Article 46 of the Employment Service Act”