Abstract
This paper provides a close look into the varied roles and job scope of career guidance counselors in Japan's Schools for the Intellectually Disabled. The relationship between the Career Guidance Counsellor's job scope and their perceived sense of burden will be examined, and conditions required in order to further streamline Japan's Career Guidance System will be proposed.Data obtained from statistical analyses reveals 5 primary duties in a Career Guidance Counsellor's job scope.These are:(1) Assessment (2) Information Dissemination (3) Liaison (4) Job Search & Matching (5) Spearheading programs.In a survey regarding Follow-up Career Counselling with students who had graduated, a significant correlation was found between the job search & matching (Area 4) and the career guidance counselors' sense of burden.It also noteworthy that it was the full time-career guidance counsellor provided to schools' felt the lowest burden.
