Hikikomori Shien Soudanshi literary means Hikikomori support consultant.
HSS
conduct various activities related to Hikikomori. For example,
providing counselling for Hikikomori people and their parents,
connecting Hikikomori people with appropriate faciliies, etc. HSS are
also expected to work as resident experts at Hikikomori Regional Support
Centers.
The qualification of HSS was established on April 2009.
According to YOMIURI ONLINE, a Japanese news site, about 2,900 people
had the qualification as at September 2011.
Hikikomori Shien Soudanshi Nintei Kyougikai,
literary means HSS Association of Boards of Certification, provides
correspondence courses and qualification examination. We need to
complete them to possess the qualification of HSS. HSSNK consists of two
organizations, Hikikomori KHJ Parents Association and The Development
of the Next Generation Network Organization. HSSNK also trains Futoko
Houmon Senmonnin, literary means specialist in visiting children and
students.
HSSNK has been very active. Since September
2011 many branch offices of HSSNK have been established all across the
country. Also in September 2011 it began to deliver classroom lectures
in a professional school in addition to correspondence courses.
[Reference]
Hikikomori ya futoko shakaifukki no sasae ni. (2011 September 26). Retrieved September 26, 2011,
from http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/e-japan/hiroshima/news/20110925-OYT8T00756.htm
