Study on comparison between childcare work and elderly care work: focusing on the Finish practical nurse

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K13135
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09030:Childhood and nursery/pre-school education-related
• Research Institution: Kawaguchi Junior College
• Principal Investigator: Inoue Kiyomi 川口短期大学, その他部局等, 教授 (30517305)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: ケア労働 / 保育労働 / 介護労働 / ケア共通資格

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Focusing on practical nurse in Finland, examined the content of specialization in the training course, occupation selection of qualification holders, and movement between areas of elderly care work and childcare work. There are few specialized subjects of childcare and education, which is very different from the Japanese childcare system. It is said that the high degree of freedom and flexibility in choosing an occupation are advantages, but there are few cases in which elderly care work and childcare work can be flexibly selected. It was found that those who chose childcare in the specialized course tended to be forced to engage in elderly care work.

Free Research Field

家族社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

家庭内で行われてきたケアが外部化される過程で、ケア労働の再編が生じている。介護と保育はいずれも主婦が担ってきた背景から同一の労働として扱う議論があり、ケア人材の確保や職業選択の自由という観点からケア共通資格の導入が検討されている。本研究はフィンランド保育者養成制度の検討およびラヒホイタヤの資格を取得してケア労働に従事する人々の語りから、養護と教育が一体的に提供される日本の保育労働との相違点を示した。保育と介護の選好にかかわらず、専門性の不足からニーズの高い介護領域に人材が流出する可能性を指摘し、ケア共通資格をめぐる議論に論点を提示することができた。