A Research Study of the Role of Intermediary Organizations on Work in the Fields for Welfare for Employment Support of the Handicapped by Social Welfare Corporations

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K22149
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0108:Sociology and related fields
• Research Institution: Seisa Dohto University
• Principal Investigator: Hatakeyama Akiko 星槎道都大学, 社会福祉学部, 講師(移行) (60886810)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-09-11 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 社会福祉法人 / 農福連携 / 中間支援組織

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Work in the fields for welfare for employment support of the handicapped by social welfare corporations is promising option for decent and independent life for the handicapped. It is suggested by the research result for interested organizations and establishments of activities of agricultural projects that access for intermediary organizations is established at different types of governmental bodies and support organization for the handicapped for finding work places, but they are stagnated at the level of useless information for earnest needs of job requirement. Real relationships between agriculture and welfare for employment support for the handicapped is required the integrated section with great deal of knowledge of agriculture and social work practice.

Free Research Field

社会福祉学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

農福連携に関わる地域の多様な担い手（ステイクホルダー）が参画するためには、中間支援組織の役割は大きく、農業と障害者福祉分野の双方の実践的な活動を理解する組織が求められる。地域共生社会を目指す上で、関係分野の組織・団体および関係省庁をリンクさせるために自治体レベルの農福連携の中間支援機能と都道府県の中間支援機構および全国レベルの支援ネットワーク組織の三層構造の構築が浮き彫りとなった。