Detailed Data Number Regular Worker-Equivalent Workers at Social Welfare Facilities by Job Type and Facility Type

Total	Public assistance facilities	Welfare facilities for the elderly	Support facilities for persons with disabilities, etc.	Nursing care homes for persons with physical disabilities	Facilities for persons with mental retardation	Social rehabilitation facilities for persons with mental disorders	Social participation support facilities for persons with physical disabilities	Women's protection facilities	Child welfare facilities (excluding day-care centers)	Day-care centers	Welfare facilities for fatherless families	Other social welfare facilities, etc.
Number of workers (persons)
Total	769,777	6,232	40,446	71,572	5,857	20,975	2,134	2,758	364	76,326	447,013	251	95,850
Heads of facilities	37,973	217	3,036	3,020	233	957	340	211	27	4,195	21,274	26	4,437
Persons in charge of service management	3,174	...	...	2,795	55	298	26	...	...	...	...	...	...
Living instructors/support staffs, etc. 5)	72,892	765	4,311	37,510	685	11,236	754	256	127	13,080	...	3	4,167
Vocational/work instructors	8,522	119	117	2,868	652	3,432	262	118	19	404	...	7	526
Therapists	5,027	7	80	664	111	12	25	78	8	3,326	...	-	717
Physical therapists	1,670	3	23	308	57	3	-	29	-	1,057	...	-	190
Occupational therapists	1,225	1	11	215	37	5	25	20	-	804	...	-	107
Other therapists	2,132	3	47	141	18	4	-	29	8	1,465	...	-	420
Psychological/vocational aptitude evaluators	68	...	...	46	9	4	9	...	...	...	...	...	...
Doctors	2,716	24	157	250	30	87	29	7	4	1,030	1,033	-	64
Public health nurses, midwives, nurses	31,498	402	2,472	3,211	415	603	33	66	24	9,856	5,852	1	8,563
Psychiatric social workers	1,400	40	8	873	3	20	435	5	-	...	...	...	15
Nursery teachers	351,530	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	15,265	334,907	6	1,352
Living support instructors for children	609	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	609	...	-	...
Child welfare staffs	10,197	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	10,197	...	-	...
Maternal and child instructors	608	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	608	...	-	...
Care workers	88,152	3,131	15,291	9,746	2,518	193	3	130	6	...	...	...	57,135
Nutritionists	14,789	200	1,947	1,464	128	506	5	6	16	1,286	8,238	-	992
Cooks	66,445	631	5,084	3,629	329	1,545	24	23	58	4,368	44,691	10	6,054
Officer clerks	28,170	438	4,422	3,578	346	1,477	134	605	35	3,770	8,147	92	5,129
Other staffs	46,009	258	3,522	1,920	343	607	55	1,254	40	8,333	22,871	107	6,701

Source: Survey of Social Welfare Institutions (2011)

(Note) 1) Public assistance facilities do not include medical facilities for persons requiring public assistance. Child welfare facilities do not include midwifery homes and children's recreational facilities. Other social welfare facilities, etc. do not include free or low cost medical facilities.

2) Refers to “support facilities for persons with disabilities”, “local activity support centers”, and “welfare homes” that are support facilities for persons with disabilities, etc. prescribed in the Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act.

3) Denotes facilities prescribed in the former laws then in force (Act on Welfare of Physically Disabled Persons, Act on Welfare of Mentally Retarded Persons, and Act on Mental Health and Welfare for the Mentally Disabled) in accordance with the transitional measures of the Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act.

4) Refers to “welfare centers for persons with physical disabilities (Type A)”, “welfare centers for persons with physical disabilities (Type B)”, “rehabilitation centers for persons with disabilities”, “Prosthetic device manufacturing facilities”, “guide dog training facilities”, “braille libraries”, and “information provision facilities for persons with hearing disabilities” that are social participation support facilities prescribed in the Act on Welfare of Physically Disabled Persons.

5) Living instructors/support staffs, etc. include living instructors, living support staffs, and children's self-reliance support specialists, but only living instructors are included for public assistance facilities and women's protection facilities.

6) The number of workers indicates that of surveyed job types in subject facilities. Job types other than those surveyed are indicated as “___”

7) Some regions of Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures are not surveyed in 2011 due to the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake.