Solving the shortage in child social worker

Shohei Maruyama

?Questions¿ What is child problem?

child abuse, juvenile crime, violent to parents

Who is child social worker? Work for solving these troubles

Japanese present situation There were about------ child abuse cases

in a year(2010)a)2200 b)11600 c)37800 d)56300

There are about ---- child social worker (2011)

a)1200 b)2600 c)4200 d)6000

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child abusechild social worker

Survey to child welfare officers94% think their work is strainThey said

Don’t have enough time

Having too much cases

Facing lack of staff

Other country situation A. Compared by how many children

child social worker shoulder

1

8200~13000 children 2500

children

5000 children

900 children

Japan U.S.

U.K. Germany

For example (Saitama city) There are 171,892 children

13~20 (Japan)

34 (British)

68 (U.S.)

190 (Germany)

B. compared by Budget of child welfare

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Focus on U.K.Home Start

Home visitingFamily group

Home visiting? Purpose: to prevent problems occur in

home How?

Coordinator visit house

Listening their situation

Make service plan with children and parents

Volunteer visits their home(1~3/weeks)

To prevent child issues Government started Hello Baby! Project

⇒This project is similar to Home Start

Visit mothers who give birth to baby within four months

And①consulting about child care and provide information②connect to other services

Comparing both project

Home StartPurpose: Prevent child issues and family isolationSubject: Not governmentVisitor: Perfectly volunteers

Hello BabyPurpose: Prevent child issuesSubject: Government(Local)Visitor: Hardly volunteers

Challenges Central Local government carry out

It is vary from place to place

So government should show standards

• in Akita(2007): 16%• In Kawaguchi (city): this project started

in 2010

• More than ~%

• Start until ~

How to increase volunteer

Percentage of visitor's license

Volunteer (2.7%)but it’s ImportantSo…

Government cooperate with NPO

Inform people

Thank you for your attention!

Sources・Movements and issues about child welfareApril 25th, 2012http://www.crc.japan.net/contents/situation/pdf/20120426.pdf・More than 90% of child welfare officer think they are under strainDecember 7th, 2010http://www.asahi.com/edu/kosodate/news/TKY2012070143・ Japan Budget of child welfare is the lowest in the OECDBy Kim Yang-junOct 3rd, 2011http://bit.ly/Tdf9v6・Challenge of Home VisitingBy Yasuyuki SaigouMay 5th, 2006・About “Hello Baby project”By Japanese the Ministry oh health, labor and welfarehttp://bit.ly/iirLpn・A report of Home Visiting Project in JapanBy NPO Japan child abuse prevention citizen nerworkhttp://bit.ly/125FILO ・Home Visitinghttp://www.home-start.org.uk/・Orange Ribbon activityhttp://www.orangeribbon.jp/about/child/data.php