Specified non-profit organization Social Change Agency
A conversation event will be held at the University of Tokyo’s Komaba Canvas between representatives of organizations that won the Prime Minister’s Commendation (Children’s Middle School Award for Creating the Future) and the author of “Social Security from Age 15.” Arai, chairman of the National Child Welfare Center, an organization that received the Prime Minister’s Award, and Yokoyama, author of the 13,000-copy book “Social Security from Age 15,” will talk about welfare practices.
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“Social work is a practice-based profession and discipline that promotes social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and emancipation of people.” It was adopted by the General Assembly of the International Federation of Social Workers. International definition of social work.
Based on the above definition, this event was planned to focus on “publication” and to create an opportunity to think about social work practices that affect individuals and the environment.
Arai’s book “Outreach Created by Children and Young People” discusses the importance of recognizing children as subjects who work to solve problems rather than viewing them as support targets, and the purpose of outreach from the perspective of children and young people who refuse support. I will ask about the method.
In addition, Yokoyama’s book “Social Security from Age 15” views the accessibility issue of the application-based social security system as an issue of rights and stigma, and discusses the importance of young people learning about social security and how to do so. To do. Kazuki Arai and Hokuto Yokoyama will share their experiences and examples of what problems they have recognized and how they have tackled them, including their respective books. Afterwards, there will be an exchange of opinions and a Q&A session.
We look forward to your participation if you are interested in this theme. Date and time: Saturday, December 16, 2023, 14:00-16:00 (doors open from 13:30) Location: University of Tokyo Komaba Campus KOMCEE303 Topics provided by: Kazuki Arai (Chairman of the National Child Welfare Center) Hokuto Yokoyama (NPO Social Change Agency
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Kazuki Arai, Chairman of the National Children’s Welfare Center, full-time lecturer at Chukyo Gakuin University Junior College, childcare worker, and social worker. Born in Hokkaido in 1982. Master of Social Welfare. Former child care facility employee. While working as a facility worker, he encountered children and young people who refused traditional facility-type support. Rather than seeing them as objects to be supported or protected, we welcomed them as subjects of problem-solving, and established the National Child Welfare Center in 2012, which became a corporation in 2013. We will build a base of interaction in the city with people living on the streets, children, and young people we meet through our conversations, and provide an environment where more than 22,000 people can engage in activities and interact. From 2021, he will be a full-time lecturer at Chukyo Gakuin University Junior College. His main publications include “Outreach created by children and young people: A new type of child and family welfare that does not assume support” (Seseragi Publishing). Hokuto Yokoyama Representative director of NPO Social Change Agency, part-time lecturer at Musashino University Faculty of Human Sciences, and certified social worker. Born in Gunma Prefecture in 1984. Master of Social Welfare. Former social worker at a medical institution. In 2015, he became aware of the problem of being excluded from the social security system due to the application system, and established a non-profit organization. Member of the HP Planning Committee, Office for Loneliness and Isolation Countermeasures, Cabinet Secretariat (from 2021). Member of the Children’s and Family Affairs Agency’s Child Development Subcommittee (from 2023). Member of the Study Group on the Promotion of Social Security Education, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (2023-). He is the author of “Social Security from Age 15: What you need to know to prepare for life’s crisis!” ” (Nippon Hyoronsha).
Sponsored by: Chukyo Gakuin University Kazuki Arai Laboratory Co-sponsored by: University of Tokyo Center for International Philosophy for Coexistence (UTCP) NPO National Child Welfare Center NPO Social Change Agency Sponsored by: Nippon Hyoronsha, Seseragi Publishing
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