In Korea, the practice of the local self-government system in 1991, made innevitable the transfer to administration system centered on the local community or decentralization of power. It seems meaningful to look for the social welfare administration ...
In Korea, the practice of the local self-government system in 1991, made innevitable the transfer to administration system centered on the local community or decentralization of power. It seems meaningful to look for the social welfare administration system proper to the age of self-government, satisfying the demands in the social welfare, which is emerging in many directions.
Local social welfare is a big problem which the Korea politicians and people have to solve, and in which we sublates the uniform and controlling system of centralism.
The local self-government has welfare function which ensures the community members' basic living, pursues the improvement of their lives, and especially secures the rights of enjoying human life and pursuing happiness. In this sense, the welfare function has, we can say, the following sub-functions; mutual aid, social insurance, public hygiene and health, and positive social welfare.
Under the judgement that the interests and demands in the local people's welfare are increasing in the age of local self-government, this thesis examins the front local administration organization system which takes charge of those tasks, and suggests the alternatives to the problems.
In social welfare administration system of the present local self-government these porblems are pointed out;
1) The social administration communication is in a vertical service system in which its upper parts direct and command it slower parts. So it is difficult to work out and practice independently social welfare policies suitable to the local people's demands.
2) There are few spical institutions in charge of social welfare are.
3) Each committee is not active.
4) The improper management of the expects drops the service quality.
5) Welfare service officials are lack in professional knowledge and so the integration of services is not done.
6) There is a tendency to maintain its own organization rather than to serve the local people.
7) The arrangement of the personnels and experts required for the performance of affairs is not proper.
8) Too much load on the front welfare officials.
9) The functions between the country government and the local self-government are not clear.
To overcome those problems and carry out the welfare affairs efficiently, this study suggests the following alternatives.
1) We establish social welfare offices which have a complementary function to private local committees for social welfare and make them cope with the demands of the local community people, mobilize the local resources, and perform the social welfrare service function through local people's help.
2) Throuhg the new establishment of welfare planning division the reorganization of environmental protection division, and the improvement of speciality of welfare service offricials, we raise the quality of service.
3) Throuhg the arrangement of welfare administration department, we have to apply the policies and standards according to the local situation.
4) In order to secure the speciality and efficiency of social welfare business, it is necessary to employ qualified persons, and to improve the treatment and working environments for them.
In future, as the local self-government system is settled, people's demands for their welfare will be increased. Therefore the enforcement of the local self-government coping with the situation is, we can say, a very important task.