Method to Create Inclusive Society in a Community : Based on Interviews to Leaders of Council of Social Welfare of Miyakonojo City

This paper aims to clarify the practice process done by the council of social welfare of Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Pref. To do so, we conducted four semi-structured interviews with four social workers of the council who has been contributing to create inclusive society for years in Miyakonojo City, which has won substantial acclaim in the field of the community development. Firstly, in order to collaborate with community citizens, 3 major methods were conducted. They are how to encounter community citizens, how to put importance on relationship with them, and how to deepen such relationship. Secondly, while struggling on working at the council, inside support and outside support relieved interviewees. Inside support were 1. to look into their own job again and 2. support from other members of the council. Outside support were 1. the connections with people outside the council, and 2. to have the places in which they enjoyed themselves. Thirdly, outcome and challenges towards future were clarified. Outcome up to day was characterized as good relationship with community, start of one-person-one-community system, and harmony inside the council In order to clarify more concrete practice method, further research should be conducted to the officers of the community council and the younger workers of the council of social welfare.departmental bulletin pape