His Excellency Afaf Ibrahim Al Marri, Head of the Social Services Department in Sharjah, stressed the importance of the decision to regulate social professions in the Emirate of Sharjah, and to benefit from the presence of licensed social professionals in various social institutions, with the aim of providing a quality service by qualified and highly qualified social professionals, in addition to not allowing The field for intruders to this profession, as it is a specialized profession that is based on codified scientific rules. Her Excellency’s statement came during the swearing in of social professionals licensed by the department in accordance with Executive Council Resolution No. 17 of 2018 regarding the regulation of social professions in the Emirate of Sharjah and handing over the licensing document to the first batch of licensees who passed the prescribed licensing requirements, amounting to 14 social professionals, from various Social professions and social work practitioners in the Emirate of Sharjah. On this occasion, the head of the department, Afaf Ibrahim Al-Marri, expressed her happiness at achieving this achievement, which the department aspires to in order to solve many of the dilemmas affecting the practice of social work, and that it is unreasonable for him to practice those professions that are not specialized and qualified to practice them, and that granting a professional license will lead to solving this problem. Thus, the advancement of that profession. Her Excellency also directed all social institutions in the emirate, government and private, to cooperate in following up the licensing of social professionals working to protect the community from any practices that negatively affect members of the community. For her part, Ms. Kholoud Al Nuaimi, Director of the Social Permits Department at the Department of Social Services in Sharjah, stated that the total number of applicants for obtaining a professional license in the Emirate of Sharjah is about 124 applications since 2019, and she explained that the applications that meet the requirements for obtaining a license for the social profession practiced in the Emirate are studied monthly All requirements are checked and decided before the Social Professionals Licensing Committee in the Emirate of Sharjah, and then the social professional is subjected to assessment tests, each according to his specialization, in partnership with the United Arab Emirates University in setting the tests through a team of specialists in the social fields. After passing the profession test, the professional gets a document The license issued by the Department of Social Services, which grants him legal status in the community as a licensed professional practicing the profession in accordance with the decisions and legislation in force in the emirate, stressing the awareness role of community members in the necessity of seeking assistance and guidance from social specialists licensed by similar licensing authorities in the country to access the required service with high quality.