Major assignments and the structure of work and human resource development

There are two assignments: a “ward office” that takes advantage of the characteristics of the region, and a “city hall” that formulates policies for the entire city. You can have a wide range of experience from individual support to work related to measures.
In addition, we are assigned to the children's guidance office and Mental Health Consultation Center so that we can deepen our health activities at specialized institutions.

Business Planning Officer: It is responsible for promoting community-based welfare and health plans in collaboration with local organizations and residents, and for collecting statistics on welfare and health.
Health Promotion Section: In addition to promoting health promotion activities in familiar areas, we are also responsible for health crisis management, such as dealing with infectious diseases.

We support elderly people, disabled people and incurable disease patients, prevent nursing care and dementia, prevent abuse, and promote comprehensive community care.

We work on maternal and child health business such as infant medical examination or home visit for local child care home, child care support business, abuse prevention, etc. .

We work on health promotion, health crisis management, welfare and health for the elderly and the disabled, and development of community-based welfare and health plans.

Aiming at a community where children can be born with peace of mind and children can be brought up healthy, we are working on drafting measures and creating local resources.

Promote medical policies integrally and play a coordinating function with medical institutions, nursing care, and welfare services.

From the viewpoint of occupational health, we are working to promote the health of staff and prevent disease.

As a specialized institution, we provide various consultations on children and caregivers and support for persons and families with mental health and addiction.

After recruitment, there is a system to support in the workplace mainly by trainers (senior staff in charge of training newcomers), and you can be in charge of work while consulting on how to proceed with work and questions and concerns. .
After experiencing a wide range of fields, there are multiple promotion systems, such as the way to create and manage policies as a responsible position (manager), and the way to develop specialized skills and advance as a full-time job (specialist). Opportunities are expanding.

We conduct various trainings to acquire basic knowledge and improve skills so that they can be aware of being a public servant and fulfill their roles according to their positions.

Based on OJT (On the Job Training) at the site, we conduct various rank-specific training according to the number of years of experience.
Combining OJT and training, learning how to address issues in daily work during the training, and returning to the workplace to practice them, the knowledge and skills of professionals will be refined.

Yokohama City has established a career ladder, an index of abilities that you want to acquire as a public health nurse.
By using career ladders, you will be able to understand the status of acquisition of your professional skills and help you set goals for the next step.
In addition, we have menus and systems for capacity development, such as dispatch training to national training institutions, city-specific research presentations, or entering graduate school.