Welfare work - Fukushiroudou

Japanese: 福祉労働 - ふくしろうどう

When social welfare-related duties and practices are viewed from the perspective of labor, they are called welfare labor (or social welfare labor). Needless to say, this term emerged against the backdrop of the establishment and development of social welfare work since the 20th century, its institutionalization, and specialization. In Japan, it seems to have gradually become more common in the second half of the 1960s, when professional groups involved in social welfare had come to be formed to a certain extent, along with the rise of the movement to improve social welfare facilities. In this context, the intention has been to clearly grasp social welfare duties as labor, to position social welfare workers as part of the workforce, and to clarify the inherent characteristics or peculiarities of that labor.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

社会福祉にかかわる職務や実践を労働という観点からみるときに福祉労働(あるいは社会福祉労働)という。この用語は，いうまでもなく20世紀以降の社会福祉事業の成立と発展，その制度化と専門分化を背景として登場するものであり，日本では，社会福祉にたずさわる職業集団が一定程度の形成をみるに至った1960年代の後半に，社会福祉施設改善運動の高揚とともに，しだいに一般化したようである。そしてそこでは，社会福祉の職務を明確に労働という概念でとらえ，社会福祉従事者を労働者の一部として位置づけるとともに，その労働の固有の性格あるいは特殊性を明らかにすることが意図されてきた。

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