This study focuses on the understanding of social workers’ needs for cultural competence and understanding its meaning. And furthermore, this study describes Korean cultural competence and how it is viewed in Korean reality where social workers are. Therefore, this study suggests this research idea based on previous researches data and discussed issues. Particularly considering the unique nature of Korean social welfare site involving multicultural, the role of advocacy is considered essential to Korea. Also, it is necessary and unavoidable part of the perspective of a social justice. Currently, with increasing international marriage, Korean society is rapidly moving toward a multicultural society. This means that we need to promote the ongoing multicultural understanding education to improve and enhance multicultural education system. But, the real effect of the multicultural understanding education in reality of the situation represent just other culture introduction, thus, most of the ongoing multicultural understanding education systems are insufficient to improve the multicultural competence. Korea still has a long way to go before becoming a full-fledged multicultural society. A multicultural society can bring diversity and rich life. Therefore, social workers with deep Korean multicultural competence should be increased in Korean changing multicultural society.

The increasing number of divorces between international couples, especially between foreign wives and Korean husbands, has drawn attention to the relationships and divorces of multi-cultural families. With continuously increasing international marriages, the problems faced also increase, which causes instability in international families. Rapid industrialization has also increased instability in international families damaged family relationships by bringing life diversity and changing values. Therefore, healthy family relationships has become a social topic and this is what we, who have just became a multi-cultural society, should focus on to build up strong, healthy family relationships. Accordingly, this research found the threats to healthy multi-cultural family relationships, and provides some solutions through welfare management of multi-cultural families that improve multi-cultural family relationships. Welfare Management can bring a stable society, healthy culture, and ultimately, social integration. Welfare management for multi-cultural family relationships are: First, the ability of the female marriage immigrants to speak Korean has a huge effect on the health of the family relationship, and it shows that awareness of conversation in multi-cultural families must be changed. Second, the ability to overcome culture shock or conflict while they settle in Korea is needed. Culture shock or conflict disturbs social integration and also causes individual crisis. Some immigrants come to Korea with limited or skewed information about Korean society. This leads to culture shock and conflict. Economical problems, childbearing problems, cultural differences, poor relationships with in-laws, language barriers, bias, discrimination, and personality differences are also factors that cause conflict. Generally, rational thoughts can deal with these conflicts. Third, multi-cultural family relationships need to be managed by a social support network. Social support is a continual interacted social aggregate between individuals or between an individual and a group. This social support increases mental stability and provides guidelines, so that feed-back can be given on identity crisis. Support programs that build a network based on mutual dependence and the mutual exchange of financial and institutional information must be developed. Fourth, human resource development welfare management that helps female immigrants find jobs should be developed. Almost half of multi-cultural family members think about establishing small businesses having to do with their culture. It is important to find capable immigrants who are interested in cultural diversity and provide education and job training to them, so they can deal with unemployment and also raise their value as members of Korean society. This research is limited to literature.

최근 들어 우리사회는 국제결혼이 증가하여 다문화가정이 급격히 늘어나고 있다. 그러나 우리사회는 아직도 다문화가정에 대한 준비가 미흡한 상태이다. 이로 인하여 다문화가정의 구성원들은 다양한 문제에 직면하고 있으며, 이는 곧 사회문제화되고 있는 실정이다. 다문화가정의 다양성을 인정하고, 그들 또한 우리사회의 한 구성원으로서 받아들여 함께 더불어 사는 사회를 만들어 나가야만 한다. 이에 사회복지적 차원에서 제도적, 교육적, 경제적으로 접근하여 그들의 입장을 대변하고, 사회에 적응해 나아갈 수 있도록 다양한 프로그램과 전략을 개발하고, 실천해 나가야 할 것이다.