Challenges and outlook for care worker education : By taking an overview of the education from the certification creation to the present

介護福祉士は、1987年、社会福祉士とともに福祉分野におけるわが国初の国家資格として誕生した。資格創設20年目の今年、大幅な制度改革の実施が予定されている。特に新カリキュラムの内容は、これまでの様式と異なり極めて抽象的な体系案となって示されていることから、今後の具体的な科目の配当作業において、様々な困難が予想されている。さらに、これまで介護福祉士と社会福祉士の両資格取得を可能としてきた4年制大学の場合、新カリキュラムでは修学期間内での両資格取得が時間的、物理的に困難となってしまうことさえ予想される。この研究レポートでは、今回の「社会福祉士及び介護福祉士法」改正実施にあたり、資格創設から今日にいたるまでの養成の軌跡を改めて振り返りながら、今後の介護福祉士養成教育のあるべき姿、特に4年制大学における養成教育の意味や課題を考察する視点を確認することを目的とした。
The certification of a care worker was created as one of the first national certifications in the welfare area along with that ofa social worker in 1987. The certification system is planned to be drastically reformed this year on the 20th anniversary of its creation. Especially, the new curriculum, unlike the existing one, has a draft system that is very abstract, so a variety of different challenges are expected to be faced in allocating specific subjects. On top of that, this new curriculum is likely even to make it temporally and physically difficult for students to qualify as both a care worker and a social worker within the study period at four-year colleges where students have so far been able to. The purpose of this study report is to confirm perspectives from which to discuss the way that education to develop care workers should be in future, in particular, what such education means at four-year colleges and what challenges they are facing. This is done by looking back again on how the education has developed from the creation of the certification system to the present in response to ongoing amendment to the Certified Social Workers and Certified Care Workers Law.