The research for professional knowledge and skills for school social workers in Japan

通过对日本和美国学校社会工作者的问卷调查和访谈，考察了日本学校社会工作者所需的专业知识、技能和价值观。专业知识分为三类：了解工作领域的知识，了解客户及其家人的知识，提供有效服务的知识。研究结果还表明，专业技能与价值观密切相关，培训计划应有助于将技能和价值观联系起来。

Surveys and interviews of school social workers in Japan and America were conducted to examine the professional knowledge, skills and values needed for school social workers in Japan. Three categories of professional knowledge were found: knowledge to understand working field, knowledge to understand clients and their families, knowledge to provide effective services. The findings also suggested that professional skills were deeply related to values and that training programs should be designed to help linking skills and values.