Home Employment - Home Employment

…Currently, there are seven types of vocational facilities based on four laws, including vocational facilities under the Livelihood Protection Act, vocational facilities under the Social Welfare Services Act, vocational facilities for the physically disabled and accommodation facilities for the severely physically disabled as well as welfare factories for the physically disabled under the Welfare Act for the Physically Disabled, and vocational facilities for the mentally retarded (accommodation, day care) under the Welfare Act for the Mentally Retarded. In addition, there are similar facilities such as day care facilities set up by local governments as non-legal support businesses and cooperative workshops set up by independent organizations. In addition to the usual on-site vocational facilities where workers work under the guidance of instructors at vocational facilities, home vocational facilities have also been institutionalized in recent years, where materials are provided at home and products are collected for users who have difficulty commuting to the facilities. Social Welfare [Shoji Yoko] …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "home childcare" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　現在，授産施設としては，生活保護法による授産施設，社会福祉事業法による授産施設，身体障害者福祉法による身体障害者授産施設および重度身体障害者収容施設ならびに身体障害者福祉工場，精神薄弱者福祉法による精神薄弱者授産施設(収容，通所)など，4種の法律に基づく7種の施設があり，ほかに法外援護事業として，地方自治体が独自に設置する通所施設や自主団体による共同作業所などの類似の施設がある。また，授産施設において指導員の指導のもとに作業を行う通常の場内授産のほか，通所困難な利用者に対して家庭で材料の支給や製品の回収を行う家庭授産も近年制度化されている。社会福祉【庄司 洋子】。…

※「家庭授産」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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