Developing Needs Assessment Tool (Original Edition) for User Support of the Comprehensive Support System for Children and Child-rearing

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K17215
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Shiga University
• Principal Investigator: EMOTO Yuko (平田) 滋賀大学, 教育学部, 特任講師 (90707621)
• Research Collaborator: CHINEN Namiko
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 利用者支援事業 / 利用者支援専門員 / アセスメントシート / 実践マニュアル / ソーシャルワーク

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study has accomplished developing an assessment sheet for User Support of the Comprehensive Support System for Children and Child-rearing, and a manual to utilize the assessment tool effectively.
User Support of the Comprehensive Support System for Children and Child-rearing is a policy that provides consultation and referral services to various child-rearing support services to parents with infants. The policy has been implemented in municipals throughout Japan since 2014. It is suggested that the assessment tool and the manual enable User Support Specialists, the direct service providers, to assess the clients’ situation concisely, yet comprehensively.

Free Research Field

社会福祉学