About child abuse measures project report (issued in March 2011)

Since its inception in September 2010, the Child Abuse Countermeasures Project has been discussing measures within the agency based on interviews with related organizations and opinionsTotsuka WardKohoku Ward experts. We have compiled a report, and I will report it.

Going forward, we will continue to take measures in line with this report. In addition, we will continue to respond and consider changes in social conditions.

To protect children's lives and dignity
(1)Quickly and appropriately respond to abuse
(2)Prevention of recurrence of abuse
(3)Halt the transition to abuse
(4)Prevention of abuse
(5)Organizational response to abuse
We considered countermeasures from five viewpoints.

The state of child care
(1)Healthy Development Group
(2)Child care anxiety and high-risk class
(3)Abusive class
After classifying them into three layers, we shared the common understanding that it was necessary to provide necessary support to each level so that healthy child care can be carried out with peace of mind, and proceeded with discussions.

(1)Enhancement of support measures
We protect child safety by enriching support measures such as ward or nursery school.
(2)Establishing and strengthening systems
We will strengthen the system for promoting measures, including wards, children's guidance office, and schools that play a central role in support.

(3)Strengthening organizational response
We will set and clarify rules for organizational responses, such as revising manuals and clarifying the roles of the ward and children's guidance office.

(4)Human Resource Development
In addition to strengthening the expertise of the ward and children's guidance office, we will review and enhance training for related organizations.

(5)Strengthening cooperation among related organizations
We will strengthen cooperation among related organizations, such as the maintenance of coordination meetings for information sharing and the creation of a "shared rank" that indicates the degree of abuse.

(6)Promotion of Social Welfare
We will strengthen our social support system to support elementary school studenｔ through the development of nursing homes for elementary school studenｔ.

(7)Strengthening public awareness
We perform enlightenment such as enlightenment in municipal bus or station to be seen more citizen's eyes.

(8)Promotion of local child care support projects
For childcare anxiety reduction, we will maintain local child care support bases.