This document discusses child welfare issues in Japan and potential solutions. It notes that there are not enough child social workers compared to other countries. Surveys find Japanese child welfare officers have too many cases and not enough time due to lack of staffing. To address this, the document suggests increasing the number of child social workers and implementing preventative programs like "Home Start" and "Hello Baby!" which involve home visits and volunteer support for new parents to prevent child issues. While Japan has started some prevention programs, challenges remain in increasing volunteer participation and ensuring consistent implementation across regions.

1. For
decreasing
child problem
Shohei Maruyama

2. ?Questions¿
 What is child problem?
 child abuse, juvenile crime, violent to
parents
 Who is child social worker?
 work to solve these troubles with parents
and children

3. Japanese present situation
 About------
child abuse cases in a year(2010)
a)2200 b)11600 c)37800 d)56300
 Thereare about ---- child social worker (2010)
a)1200 b)2600 c)4200 d)6000

4. Survey to child welfare officers
 94% think their work is strain
 They said
Facing lack
of staff
Having too
much cases
Don’t have
enough
time

5. Other country situation
 A.Compared by how many child social
workers need per children
1
8200~13000 2500
children children
Japan U.S.
5000 900
children children
U.K. Germany

6. B. compared by Budget of
child welfare
Sweden 3.354%
Denmark 3.228%
U.K. 3.273%
0.956
Canada
%
0.792
Japan %
0.657
U.S. %

7. Focus on U.K.
Home Start
 Home visiting
Family group

8. Home visiting?
 Purpose: to prevent problems occur in
home
 How?
Coordinator visit house
Listening their situation
Make service plan with children and parents
Volunteer visits their home(1~3/weeks)

9. Volunteer
 They are  Train
volunteer
teacher⇒neutral
⇒9 week training
friends
Without getting money
 Their purposes are…
But get special skills
1. To solve isolation
2. Lots of positive
listening
3. Demonstrate
solve the issue together

10. Family Group?
A base for parents
It prevents family isolation

11. Solution
1. Increasing child
social worker
2.Prevent children
problems

12. Increasing stuff
 Government did some actions
1. Cost much money
2. Casual employment
BUT Japanese situation doesn’t change
:Focus on Prevent issues

13. To prevent child issues
 Government started
Hello Baby! Project
Visit mothers who give birth to baby within four
months
And
①consulting about child care
and provide information
②connect to other services
⇒This project is similar to Home Start

14. Comparing both project
Home Start Hello Baby
 Purpose:  Purpose:
Prevent child issues Prevent child
and family isolation issues
 Subject:  Subject:
Not government Government(Local)
 Visitor:  Visitor:
Perfectly volunteers Hardly volunteers

15. Challenges
 Central Local government carry out
 It is vary from place to place
• in Akita(2007): 16%
• In Kawaguchi (city): this project started in
2010
So government should show standard
• More than ~%
• Start until ~

16. How to increase volunteer
Percentage of  Volunteer (2.7%)
visitor's license but it’s Important
So…
 Government
cooperate with NPO
or volunteer groups
 Inform people
 Help to make group
such as Family group

17. Sauces
 Thankyou for ・Movements and issues about child welfare
your attention! April 25th, 2012
http://www.crc.japan.net/contents/situation/
pdf/20120426.pdf
・More than 90% of child welfare officer think
they are under strain
December 7th, 2010
http://www.asahi.com/edu/kosodate/news/T
KY2012070143
・Japan Budget of child welfare is the lowest
in the OECD
By Kim Yang-jun
Oct 3rd, 2011
http://bit.ly/Tdf9v6
・Challenge of Home Visiting
By Yasuyuki Saigou
May 5th, 2006
・About “Hello Baby project”
By Japanese the Ministry oh health, labor
and welfare
http://bit.ly/iirLpn
・A report of Home Visiting Project in Japan
By NPO Japan child abuse prevention citizen
nerwork
http://bit.ly/125FILO
・Home Visiting
http://www.home-start.org.uk/