A Research on Assistance to Parents and Supporters for Prevention of Child Abuse and Roles of Family Support Center

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380794
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Seirei Christopher University
• Principal Investigator: FUJITA MIEKO 聖隷クリストファー大学, 社会福祉学部, 教授 (60637172)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 児童家庭支援センター / 市区町村支援 / 子ども虐待の予防 / 要保護児童対策地域協議会

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A questionnaire survey was conducted with family support centers (hereinafter referred to as “Center”) throughout Japan regarding their engagement with respective regional councils of countermeasures for children requiring aid (hereinafter referred to as“Council”) and child abuse cases. As the results, the following facts were found: (1) The ratio of cases handled by Councils was only 4.0% of the total cases actually consulted with Councils; (2) 91.6% of Centers provided supports in child abuse cases; and (3) Centers’“advantages” in supporting child abuse cases were (i)【Centers are more access-friendly for guardians】, (ii)【Centers provide more flexible supports】and (iii)【Centers support parents with more empathy】.
Based on such findings, this study has clarified that the role and future challenge of Centers is to proactively engage in supports for municipalities with prioritizing the cases registered to Councils including child abuse.

Free Research Field

子ども家庭福祉学、臨床心理学