Basic research on outreach approach in social work practice

• Project/Area Number: 15K17221
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Osaka City University
• Principal Investigator: Unoura Naoko 大阪市立大学, 大学院生活科学研究科, 講師 (10527774)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: ソーシャルワーク / アウトリーチ / 地域 / 孤立

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research focuses on outreach appoarch in social work practice for people who have difficulty living in urban life easily. We analyzed the factors that people who are difficult to live in urban life become latent from the three perspectives of "Personal factors", "Factors arising from the relationship between the person and society" and "Factors of society". It was difficult to categorize outreach types in social work practice by different types of needs, but, it was clarified that welfare volunteers in districts play a major role in outreach of social work. And the flow of information in outreach was clarified.