Course name

Lecture on Public assistanceCourse Number

CE31681

Credits

2.0Year

1-4Term, Weekday andPeriod

Fall BC Intensive

Instructor

Mitsuru KANEKO

Course overview

The course will enable students to learn philosophy and significance of public assistance inmodern society and the mechanisms and recent trends of livelihood subsidy. The course willfurther discuss the way of guaranteeing the right to live, including the cooperation with theprofessionals of livelihood subsidy and related organizations and institutions.

Remarks

The course is specified as a prerequisite subject for the examination of national certified social
worker. The course is equivalent to CE31091 in FY2012 or earlier.
The course is held in every two years (even year).
Details will be informed later.

Teaching method

LectureAttainment target

Students will be able to understand the current status of low-income people and the outline oflivelihood subsidy.

Teaching schedule

1. Modern society, the current situation of low-income people, and the significance of public
assistanceDays 1-2: Learning of the position, role, and significance of public assistance, based on theunderstanding of structure of social security system
Days 3-4: Learning about the definition, concept, and scope of public assistanceDays 5-6: Learning about the development of public assistanceDays 7-8: Learning about the current situation of low-income people, issues toward poverty, andthe outline of measures for low-income people
Days 9-10: Discussion on the significance of public assistance in modern society
2. Details of livelihood subsidy system
Days 11-12: Learning about the objective, basic philosophy, and concept of livelihood subsidysystem
Days 13-14: Learning about the history of livelihood subsidy system
Days 15-16: Learning about the principles of subsidy
Day 17: Learning about the types and contents of subsidies and understanding the way ofadministrative procedures through example cases.
Day 18: Learning about the supporting institutions, administrative policies, and facility types.
Day 19: Learning about the rights and obligations of the protected persons, and recent trend ofprotection procedures.
Day 20: Multi-faceted, comprehensive discussion on several case studies, such as livelihood
subsidy, homeless assistance, and social worker involved in solving of multiple debt problems, inorder to learn the way of assistance based on the cooperation with related occupations.

Course conditions
Evaluation

Comprehensive evaluation based on the results of attendance record, reporting assignment, andexamination.

Homework
Text Book
Reference
Office hours
Expectation for student

Poverty is closely related with other welfare areas and create a difficulty in individual life.
Learning about the essence of the poverty problem will enhance students' applicable skills invarious welfare fields. So, students are requested to actively participate in the class. Also,
students are encouraged to be interested in various economic and social issues reported onnews media and newspapers, such as homeless and unemployment problems, in their daily life.

Keywords

Public Assistance Act, social welfare office, self-reliance support program, life welfare funds,
law to help homeless people become financially independent