2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

An Empirical Study on Independent Social Workers' Practices

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19530489
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Social welfare and social work studies
Research Institution	Tokyo Gakugei University
Principal Investigator	KOURA Asako Tokyo Gakugei University, 教育学部, 准教授 (70376846)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Keywords	ソーシャルワーク / 独立型社会福祉士 / 自律性 / 排除 / 制度の狭間 / 新たなニーズ
Research Abstract	Independent social workers support people excluded from the welfare policy system by connecting, responding flexibly and promptly, providing continual support, producing social resources, and doing social action with maximum autonomy of profession. Although independent social workers have problems such as the possibility of unethical practices, limited personal services, and fragile economy base, it is highly conceivable that all people whose needs are unmet by public systems can be supported by independent social workers with social workers in traditional organizations.

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