1. Solving the
shortage in child
social worker
Shohei Maruyama

2. ?Questions¿
 What is child problem?
 child abuse, juvenile crime, violent to
parents
 Who is child social worker?
 Work for solving these troubles

3. Japanese present situation
 There were about------ child abuse cases
in a year(2010)
a)2200 b)11600 c)37800 d)56300
 Thereare about ---- child social worker (2011)
a)1200 b)2600 c)4200 d)6000

4. 70000
60000
50000
40000
child abuse
30000
child social worker
20000
10000
0
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010

5. Survey to child welfare officers
 94% think their work is strain
 They said
Facing lack
of staff
Having too
much cases
Don’t have
enough
time

6. Other country situation
 A.Compared by how many children
child social worker shoulder
1
8200~13000 2500
children children
Japan U.S.
5000 900
children children
U.K. Germany

7. For example (Saitama city)
 There are 171,892 children
 13~20 (Japan)
34 (British)
68 (U.S.)
190 (Germany)

8. B. compared by Budget of
child welfare
4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
rate of
1
0.5
0

9. Focus on U.K.
Home Start
 Home visiting
Family group

10. 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)

11. To prevent child issues
 Government started
Hello Baby! Project
Visit mothers who give birth to baby within four
months
And
①consulting about child care
and provide information
②connect to other services
⇒This project is similar to Home Start

12. Comparing both project
Home Start Hello Baby
 Purpose:  Purpose:
Prevent child issues Prevent child
and family isolation issues
 Subject:  Subject:
Not government Government(Local)
 Visitor:  Visitor:
Perfectly volunteers Hardly volunteers

13. Challenges
 Central Local government carry out
 It is vary from place to place
• in Akita(2007): 16%
• In Kawaguchi (city): this project started in
2010
So government should show standards
• More than ~%
• Start until ~

14. How to increase volunteer
Percentage of  Volunteer (2.7%)
visitor's license but it’s Important
So…
 Government
cooperate with
NPO
 Inform people

15. Sources
 Thankyou for ・Movements and issues about child welfare
your attention!
April 25th, 2012
http://www.crc.japan.net/contents/situation/pdf/20120
426.pdf
・More than 90% of child welfare officer think they are
under strain
December 7th, 2010
http://www.asahi.com/edu/kosodate/news/TKY2012070
143
・Japan Budget of child welfare is the lowest in the
OECD
By Kim Yang-jun
Oct 3rd, 2011
http://bit.ly/Tdf9v6
・Challenge of Home Visiting
By Yasuyuki Saigou
May 5th, 2006
・About “Hello Baby project”
By Japanese the Ministry oh health, labor and welfare
http://bit.ly/iirLpn
・A report of Home Visiting Project in Japan
By NPO Japan child abuse prevention citizen nerwork
http://bit.ly/125FILO
・Home Visiting
http://www.home-start.org.uk/
・Orange Ribbon activity
http://www.orangeribbon.jp/about/child/data.php