The Role Orientation of Social Workers at Targeted Poverty Reduction: A Case of the Poorest Families “Four Help Four Support” in Jinjiang

The targeted poverty reduction plays a significant force point in poverty alleviation. With the particular professional philosophy and working methods, it has become an important measure during the poverty reduction in China. Through the analysis of the experience of targeted poverty reduction to the Poorest families four help four support in Jinjiang based on the Empowerment Theory, it deeply demonstrates the positive roles of the needs and problems estimators, motivators, capacity building and resources links of professional social worker in poverty reduction.