More than 20 years have passed since the National License of both the Certified Social Workers and Psychiatric Social Workers were socially recognized. Social workers have developed their specialty to help the client group, the community, and the society. Licensure is a necessary for them to master the knowledge, skills and values of social work. The role played by the social work seminar style education in the university and/or professional training college is increasing significance. This paper aims to clarify the concrete contents of the social work seminar-including generalized theory, objects and goals, methodology, perspectives and context, though application of principles of education (pedagogy). The troubles of instructors (from the perspective of teaching) consist of three factors (professional pedagogue's identity, significance of "teaching" and the natural will of human beings/students to try to become better), rather than reasons related to their social work specialty. It is necessary to organize systematized seminar style education in the total social work educational system.

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In the training for the certified social workers at the bachelor level, it is important to acquire the method of empowerment-oriented social work. Students especially, can be encouraged to be empowered in their own lives as well as in their social work profession, while acquiring knowledge about empowerment through the practical seminar experience. In order to do that, first of all, it is necessary for the students to master the theoretical frameworks and the characteristics in social work practice principles such as the life enhancement process, and being able to think about and apply empowerment practice. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to clarify the characteristics of the theoretical frameworks mainly consisting of ecosystems and constructionist perspectives. In addition, the purpose is to analyze the fundamental characteristics of empowerment oriented social work from the aspects of practice principles in social work. Finally, those fundamental characteristics are considered based on the theoretical frameworks, while suggesting the necessity of constructing practical seminars in the education system to promote understanding of the theoretical frameworks and the special characteristics.

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Regarding field exercises and education in psychiatric social worker training, this paper discusses the background of the new curriculum began in 2012, to teach practical skills that are required in the environment surrounding the psychiatric social workers. Next, it describes the contents and overview of practical education, using exercises that the author has used. And finally, issues in field education for psychiatric social worker training, student needs, and the role of the university in continuing education are discussed.

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For the purpose of producing highly skilled social worker, "Certified Social Worker and Certified Care Worker's act" was partly revised in 2007. As a result of revision of the act, social work education program was strengthened. Some of the points that were strengthened focused on social work practice seminar and social work practicum. Since these two subjects are closely connected, the author has located social work seminar as a pre-education subject of social work practicum. From this point of view, 1) communication competence, 2) supervisee competence, and 3) theory and practice linkage competence were shown as expected contents of the pre-education subject.

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The purpose of this Study is clarify the application of Social Work that intervenes to involuntary children and families in the Community. The subject of study is The Child and Family Support Center in TOKYO. The methods of research is focus group interviews conducted by the seven social workers of The Child and Family Support Center in TOKYO. The results are as follows. The Social Worker manages Outreach and Network. By this method, we can access, support their troubles, do empowerment, and change involuntary child and family. It is important to share that they changed in a network, in order to prevent failure of the cooperation. As an indicator of the evaluation, I was able to extract five large categories : Child Independence, Process of Agreement, Changing of Family, Network, Child Protection. Child Independence is the final purpose to support in the Community, it is important.

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