As the number of cases of abuse handled by child guidance centers increases year by year, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's Council of Experts has put together a report stating that the creation of new qualifications should be considered to improve the qualifications of the profession.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has set up a meeting of experts to strengthen measures to prevent child abuse, and has proceeded with studies aimed at improving the knowledge and skills of professionals working at child guidance centers, etc., and compiled a report.
According to this, the child guidance center is currently increasing the number of child welfare officers by more than 2000 to more than 5,200, but about half of them have less than 3 years of service and have little experience, so training is an urgent issue. I am.
In addition to child guidance centers, municipalities and orphanages are required to improve the qualifications of professionals working in the field of child and family welfare, so the establishment of new qualifications should be considered.
Whether or not to make the new qualification a national qualification has not been concluded at this time and will be considered in the future.
However, given that the number of child welfare officers has increased significantly, it should be possible for those who are already working to acquire it.
In addition, child guidance centers and other institutions are hiring welfare professionals, including new qualifications, and it is difficult to secure and train professionals in local governments with a small population, so support such as personnel exchanges is necessary. ..
This report was generally approved at the expert meeting held on the 26th, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will work on concrete system design in the future.