2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Study on the Promotion and Practice of Community Social Work in Japan -A Case Study on 'Community Social Worker ' in Osaka -
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18530467
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Social welfare and social work studies
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| Research Institution | Momoyama Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
MATSUNOHANA Katsufumi Momoyama Gakuin University, Sociaology, Associate Professor (90280247)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
UENOYA Kayoko Doshisha University, Social Studies, Professor (40123583)
SUGISAKI Chihiro Shimane University, Low & Literature, Assistant Professor (60314613)
KAWAI Takako Momoyama Gakuin University, Sociology, Assistant Professor (70441102)
KANEDA Yoshihiro Bukkyo University, Welfare Educational Development Center, Lecturer (10411109)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2007
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| Keywords | Community-based welfare / Community social work / Community social worker / Community work / Governance / Systems theory / Functional differentiation / Grounded theory approach |
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| Research Abstract |
This project applies Luhmann's systems theory to community social work. In recent years, interest in 'community social work' has risen. The project of 'community social worker' have started by Osaka Prefecture since 2004 which suggested that community social worker should work indirect ways as well as direct ways to help clients, and as 'social care planner' and 'developing networking in the community' rather than merely as clinical social worker.
Thus community social workers are expected that they should work the direct way and the indirect way. Their main tasks would be both the immediate well-being of their clients and aiming to strengthen coping networks in the community in order to ensure that people at risk were better cared for, which has been until now the task of community worker.
This is the central paradox of community social work. Because the community social worker would have to neglect their individual clients if they were to do their jobs of community practice properly.
Therefore there is a need for two approaches to promote community-based welfare : the community social work approach, and a separate community work approach.
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