The purpose of this study is the improvement of social welfare administration ways in relation to public assistance. Especially in the field of local government, rigid rules and excessive regulations of central government are strictly applied to the l...
The purpose of this study is the improvement of social welfare administration ways in relation to public assistance. Especially in the field of local government, rigid rules and excessive regulations of central government are strictly applied to the local level, and administrative system revealed the severe lack of administrative responsiveness and flexibility for maintaining the minimum standards of income, housing, public health, education, and employment on the vulnerable classes such as poverty-level families and the elderly.
In this research, administration ways of improvement are suggested as follows :
In relation to social welfare administration of public assistance, the first, as a long-range policy, the transfer of function from central government to local government to increase the autonomy of local government in the field of social welfare activities is needed. It also implies the clarification of functional allocation, for example the model of the Office of Social Welfare Service independent of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The second, as short-term alternatives, the role of personnel in social welfare administration of public assistance is very important to vitalize a field service, Therefore, it is needed to change the recruitment, the appointment, the promotion, the education and practice of manpower.
In short, to guarantee the effectiveness and the efficiency of social welfare administration in public assistance in short-term alternatives, it is important to improve the quality of professional manpower. As a long-range alternatives, it is needed to change the service delivery system in the structure of social welfare administration.