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	757,189	6,254	39,935	53,334	10,720	37,863	2,916	2,854	383	72,508	442,703	316	87,404
Heads of facilities	38,167	218	3,031	2,617	404	1,723	453	218	27	4,231	21,213	28	4,004
Persons in charge of service management	2,673	...	...	2,084	73	476	39	...	...	...	...	...	...
Living instructors/support staffs, etc. 5)	71,443	727	4,152	26,998	1,274	20,232	948	266	135	12,986	...	14	3,711
Vocational/work instructors	11,797	110	127	2,700	1,058	6,329	464	110	16	350	...	14	520
Therapists	4,677	8	75	521	223	26	34	109	5	3,038	...	-	638
Physical therapists	1,481	2	18	219	113	7	-	39	...	933	...	-	150
Occupational therapists	1,124	2	13	176	61	6	34	31	...	708	...	-	93
Other therapists	2,072	4	45	127	49	13	-	39	5	1,397	...	-	394
Psychological/vocational aptitude evaluators	79	...	...	40	14	15	10	...	...	...	...	...	...
Doctors	2,673	25	144	200	57	147	43	13	4	856	1,126	-	58
Public health nurses, midwives, nurses	28,863	406	2,368	2,319	779	1,093	50	84	22	8,432	5,459	1	7,851
Psychiatric social workers	1,470	11	4	838	3	15	582	5	...	...	...	...	12
Nursery teachers	347,180	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	14,683	331,048	7	1,442
Living support instructors for children	547	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	547	...	-	...
Child welfare staffs	9,934	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	9,934	...	-	...
Maternal and child instructors	598	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	598	...	-	...
Care workers	82,859	3,202	14,940	7,422	4,709	319	4	195	4	...	...	...	52,063
Nutritionists	14,041	199	1,906	1,024	236	952	10	7	22	1,279	7,460	-	946
Cooks	66,713	651	5,208	2,481	669	2,804	17	25	68	4,371	45,107	15	5,299
Officer clerks	27,975	466	4,512	2,626	666	2,656	187	606	37	3,572	7,828	82	4,738
Other staffs	45,504	232	3,469	1,466	555	1,076	75	1,215	44	7,633	23,463	156	6,122

(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 “___”.

Source: Survey of Social Welfare Institutions (2010)