With the rapid development of China’s economy, social citizens’ demand for the development of social work has become more and more vigorous, and spiritual social work, as an important field of social work, can play an important role in guiding the psychological state and normal life of social residents. This paper summarizes the development stages of spiritual social work in China by studying the development process of local spiritual social work in China. On this basis, it summarizes the feasibility of the development of spiritual social work in Chinese local society, in order to promote the recognition of spiritual social work.