Abstract
The recent increase in Japan’s employment rate compels improvements in the knowledge and skills of support workers to ensure smooth transitions to corporate employment for persons with disabilities. The study aimed to clarify the degree of self-perceived knowledge and skills of employees at work support centres for persons with disabilities. The Japanese version of the Self-Assessment for Students or Counsellors (SASC-J) comprising 80 items was distributed among 328 support workers in Japan. The results show that knowledge and skills related to the subsystems of employment and placement, useful for transitioning to corporate employment, were low among participants. Professional training opportunities for vocational rehabilitation must be enhanced to build more stable knowledge and skills for work supporters at such sheltered workshop centres in Japan.
