抄録
1. The Role of Caseworker in The Public Welfare Office In 1981, there was a re-organization of the Kodaira Public Welfare Office where I belonged, and all caseworkers are assigned to certain area with the responsibility to administer all kinds of welfare laws instead of the former pattern of administering only one law to the whole area. As the result of this reform, each caseworker became able to handle the needs of the clients in whole, no matter under which law it is covered. This change was a very good base to develop personal social service in the community. 2. The "Public" and "Private" in the Community Care Program Voluntary activities in the community are usually develop in various forms by various people. The local administration's role is to be alert to the direction of those voluntary action and the way that potential needs become clear enough for the public action to be taken. In so doing the services which might be carried by the voluntary organization more effectively will be found and be left to them. We see its good example in the system of "friend to the aged" of Kodaira City. The cooperative relationship between the "public" and "private" could be developed only in this way. In Kodaira, the council of social welfare are operating the Center of the Physically Handicapped. It is our opinion that the more professional and more flexible services are ensured by this way of administration rather than the "public" operation of it. Also, we must not forget that the various voluntary groups' activities of many years in the community were the important factor to promote the creation of the Center.
