In recent years,it was found,in spite of the fact that many universities spare no efforts to the ideological and political education,the result is still not that obvious.It shows that the working mechanism is difficult to get the wide recognition from the students.Based on this,the present article gives a profound analysis and delves into the underlying reasons with regard to the deficiencies and difficulties of traditional ideological and political education in institutions of higher learning.It further points out that the theories and methods of social work have certain advantages over the exposure of individual intrinsic value.Therefore,it is applicable to bring in some methods of social work to the ideological and political education in universities.In the end,the article illustrates the interventional method which introduces social work to the university's ideological and political education and the university achieves the shift from the persuasive education to student empowerment,and then the education mode of ideology and politics have been increasingly improved and optimized.As a result,the education of ideology and politics becomes more object-oriented,practical,attractive and appealing.