Contribution of Universities to the Professional Development of Personnel Involved in Child and Family Welfare: Practice of the Institute of Child and Family Social Work Education in the Faculty of Social Welfare, Yamaguchi Prefectural University

子ども家庭福祉に携わる支援者の専門性向上に向けた大学の貢献 ―山口県立大学社会福祉学部附属子ども家庭ソーシャルワーク教育研究所の取組から―

Contribution of Universities to the Professional Development of Personnel Involved in Child and Family Welfare: Practice of the Institute of Child and Family Social Work Education in the Faculty of Social Welfare, Yamaguchi Prefectural University

In April 2023, the Institute of Social Work Education for Children and Families (Institute of SWE for Children and Families) was established as an institution attached to the Faculty of Social Welfare at Yamaguchi Prefectural University,which has been providing social worker training education since 1994 and has produced many social welfare personnel in and outside Yamaguchi Prefecture. With the basic principle of ‘For the realization of happiness of children and families in Yamaguchi Prefecture’, the aim of the Institute of SWE for Children and Families is to improve the expertise of childcare, welfare, education and other personnel involved in child and family support and to explore ways to support children and families with difficulties. This paper reported on the practice of the Institute of SWE for Children and Families, an educational and research institute established at the university, in its first year of operation, taking into account the circumstances that led to its establishment. It also discussed the development of projects for the following year and beyond.

Creators YOKOYAMA Junichi

Creators FUJITA Kumi

Creators NAGASE Kai

Creators OISHI Yukiko

Creators IMBE Kazuto