To provide more outstanding talents for the elderly care service industry, how to focus on the deep integration of industry and education
Feng Yi is a staff member of the elderly care community in Shanghai Xindongyuan Happy Home. This semester, he participated in the autumn class of the social work major of the Shanghai Open University Minhang Branch. After work, he practiced on the continuing education learning platform. Learn content and supplement more theoretical knowledge. This semester, Shanghai Open University Minhang Branch launched two majors: "Smart Healthy Elderly Care Service and Management" and "Social Work". The first batch of students can study in their free time and obtain a junior college or undergraduate degree. They can also acquire relevant vocational skills during their studies. Certificate.
How to focus on the deep integration of industry and education, deepen school-enterprise cooperation, promote the cultivation of elderly care talents, and provide more outstanding talents to the elderly care service industry?
In recent years, the issue of population aging has become a hot topic of social concern. The aging of the population in Minhang District continues to rise. According to statistical data at the end of 2022, the proportion of the elderly population over 60 years old in Minhang District exceeded 31.8%, ranking second in the city. In order to promote the cultivation of talents in the elderly care service industry, Shanghai Open University has joined hands with system branch schools and multiple government departments to focus on the needs of education for people's livelihood and deploy the professional construction of smart health elderly care services and management. In May this year, Shanghai Open University Minhang Branch, with the help of the district human resources and social security, district civil affairs and district education bureau and other departments, promoted a strategic cooperation with Shanghai New Dongyuan Investment Group Co., Ltd. to "co-cultivate regional elderly care service talents". The two parties jointly run the school under the framework of Shanghai Open University's "dual system" talent training, jointly promote the development of the elderly care service industry, and jointly explore new paths for cultivating elderly care service talents.
"The most direct reason why I chose to major in social work is because my job is in the elderly care service industry. At first, I was not clear about my future career development direction. As I worked in the elderly care community, I gradually understood Only by continuously improving professional knowledge and practical abilities can we better contribute to the elderly care service industry," said trainee Feng Yi. At Shanghai Xindongyuan Happy Home, 14 staff in the elderly care service industry, including Feng Yi, chose to continue their studies in the major of "Smart Healthy Elderly Care Service and Management" or "Social Work". This semester, they actively participated in various courses and continuously improved themselves. They hope to use their knowledge and skills to contribute wisdom and sincerity to the regional elderly care industry, become the backbone of the elderly care service industry, and bring more warmth and care to society.
The elderly care service industry is an important field related to people's livelihood and well-being, and the cultivation of talents is a key factor in promoting the development of this industry. In this process, close cooperation between the government, schools and enterprises is particularly important. According to statistics, Xindongyuan Happy Home has served more than 200,000 elderly people since its operation. The Shanghai Open University's "New Dongyuan·Happy Home" practical education base for smart health elderly care services was recently established, which will benefit the training of more elderly care service talents, deepen school-enterprise cooperation, and better assist the growth of the elderly care service industry.
Practical teaching can better help working students in enterprises master professional knowledge in the field of elderly care services, strengthen professional education in the fields of elderly health and elderly care services, and help enterprises better cultivate multi-skilled elderly care service talents. According to Chen Shengri, dean of Minhang District Community College and president of Shanghai Open University Minhang Branch, this is not only a useful exploration of innovative talent training methods in the elderly care service industry, but also promotes the cultivation of regional elderly care service talents and continues to help create new regional elderly care service talents. Highland Initiatives.
Liu Shuhan, head of the Smart Health Elderly Care Service and Management major at the School of Minsheng, Shanghai Open University, introduced that the "Smart Healthy Elderly Care Service and Management" major established this time is designed to meet the academic improvement needs of elderly care service practitioners, and at the same time, it can also provide learners with Providing diversified and personalized learning guidance and practice, improving the quality and efficiency of elderly care services, and helping to meet the regional socio-economic development demand for high-quality service talents in short supply.