JAPANESE
Who is the care worker?
Takarazuka University of
Medical and Health Care
The Health and Medical Faculty of the University has three departments: Physiotherapy Department, Judo Therapy Department and Acupuncture Moxibustion Department. The students learn Western and traditional medicine as well. The school fosters human resources with a rich sense of humanity.
Takarazuka University ofCare Worker Program
(provisional title)
The Care Worker Program (provisional title) of the University helps students to acquire the national qualification of care workers. The University accepts not only high school graduates, but also working people and foreign students and provide them with opportunities to contribute to local welfare, life-long studies and relearning.
Those who complete the program are welcomed to go further to the University’s Health and Medical Faculty.
● Basic subjects Psychology, recreation activities support methods, etc.
● Humans and society
Social welfare studies, human relationships and communications,
information processing, etc.
● Nursing care Lectures, practices, trainings, etc.
● Mind and body systems
Development and aging studies, dementia studies,
mental illness and disability studies, etc.
● Medical care Medical care lectures, experiments and trainings
Subject timetable
［first semester of first year］
| MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
19:00 〜 10:30 |
Nursing care basicsⅠ | Japanese cultureⅠ | Livelihood supportⅠ | Mind and body systemⅠ | |
|
210:40 〜 12:10 |
Nursing care basicsⅡ | Japanese expressionⅠ* | Human relationships and communications | Mind and body systemⅠ | |
|
313:00 〜 14:30 |
Development and aging studiesⅠ | Human dignity and independence | Basic nursing techniques Ⅰ |
Social welfare studies | |
|
414:40 〜 16:10 |
Communication skillsⅠ | Nursing care practiceⅠ | Basic nursing techniques Ⅰ |
Child welfare studies |
*Elective subjects
［second semester of first year］
| MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
19:00 〜 10:30 |
Social insurance system |
Dementia studiesⅠ | Communication skillsⅡ | Nursing care basicsⅢ | |
|
210:40 〜 12:10 |
Disability studiesⅠ | Japanese expressionⅡ* | Livelihood supportⅡ | Psychology* | |
|
313:00 〜 14:30 |
Development and aging studiesⅡ |
Care processⅠ | Basic nursing techniquesⅡ | Live and body systemⅡ | |
|
414:40 〜 16:10 |
Nursing care practiceⅡ | Care processⅠ | Basic nursing techniquesⅡ | Live and body systemⅡ |
[first semester of second year]
| MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
19:00 〜 10:30 |
Social services for the Disabled | Basic nursing techniques Ⅲ | Nursing care practiceⅢ | Nursing care basicsⅤ | |
|
210:40 〜 12:10 |
Nursing care basicsⅣ | Preparing for national examination Japanese practice |
Livelihood supportⅢ | Disability studiesⅡ | |
|
313:00 〜 14:30 |
Nursing care basicsⅥ | Medical careⅠ | Living and welfare | Care processⅡ | |
|
414:40 〜 16:10 |
Preparing for national examination | Medical careⅠ | Dementia studiesⅡ | Care processⅡ |
［second semester of second year］
| MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
19:00 〜 10:30 |
Basic nursing techniquesⅣ | Nursing care practiceⅣ | Care processⅢ | ||
|
210:40 〜 12:10 |
Livelihood support Ⅳ | Preparing for national examination Japanese practice |
Preparing for national examination | ||
|
313:00 〜 14:30 |
Preparing for national examination |
Medical careⅡ | Preparing for national examination |
||
|
414:40 〜 16:10 |
Medical careⅡ | Preparing for national examination |
Care workers have been doing great jobs in many fields. They work at nursing homes, care facilities, group homes and such services, and may visit individual homes as household helpers for those in need of care. They care for not just elderly people but also the physically challenged. Qualified students may go on to Takarazuka University of Medical and Health Care and to lay out their future careers.
Enrollment and tuition
● Enrollment fee : ¥200,000
● Tuition : ¥850,000 (annual)
● Tuition : ¥850,000 (annual)
| First year | |
| Enrollment fee | ¥200,000 |
|---|---|
| Installment 1 | ¥200,000 |
| Installment 2 | ¥200,000 |
| Installment 3 | ¥200,000 |
| Installment 4 | ¥250,000 |
| Total | ¥1,050,000 |
| Second year | |
| Enrollment fee | ─ |
|---|---|
| Installment 1 | ¥200,000 |
| Installment 2 | ¥200,000 |
| Installment 3 | ¥200,000 |
| Installment 4 | ¥250,000 |
| Total | ¥850,000 |
| First year | Enrollment fee | Installment 1 | Installment 2 | Installment 3 | Installment 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200,000 | ¥200,000 | ¥200,000 | ¥200,000 | ¥250,000 | ¥1,050,000 | |
| Second year | ─ | ¥200,000 | ¥200,000 | ¥200,000 | ¥250,000 | ¥850,000 |
Scholarship
The University introduces care facilities to lend tuition based on contracts between such facilities and students.
Care worker scholarship
The scholarship helps students go through college and get care worker licenses. The interest-free lending system is intended for students in school to shape well-qualified care service career. Depending on what career a student chooses after graduation, he or she may be released from paying back his or her total loan. It should be noted, however, that the students can apply for this system only after their admissions.
Example of a student enrolled
in April 2020
- ● Scholarship : ¥50,000 monthly
- ● Preparatory reserve : ¥200,000 (for the first time only)
- ● Employment reserve : ¥200,000 (on graduating only)
- ● National exam support fee : ¥40,000 (per year during the loan period)
* Foreign students too can apply for this system upon the satisfaction of all the conditions.
With the revision of “Social Worker and Care Worker Law”,those who have competed Care worker course by 2027 are entitled to become care workers for 5 years after graduation, whether they do not take the national exam nor pass it. And after 5 years, registration as a Care worker is continued.
7-7-17, Toyosaki, Kita-ku,
Osaka 531-0072, Japan
a 10-minute walk from
Osaka Metro Nakatsu St,
or
a 15-minute walk from
Hankyu Railway Nakatsu St.
