A group home (assisted communal living) is a residential facility where a small number of people with intellectual, mental, or physical disabilities live together in a local residential facility (apartment, condominium, or detached house) and receive support with their daily activities.

In group homes, staff members called "caregivers" or "support workers" provide assistance with household chores such as cleaning and meals, manage health and finances, and provide consultation services regarding daily life. For disabled people who require nursing care, they provide various forms of assistance with daily life, such as assistance with meals, bathing, and toileting.

Group home services are a type of "welfare service for the disabled" that is available to people with disabilities, as stipulated in the Comprehensive Support for Persons with Disabilities Act. In order to provide welfare services for the disabled, the following procedures must be roughly divided and various standards must be met.

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✓Compliance with corporate standards

1. Create a company or corporation.

Welfare services for people with disabilities cannot be provided by individuals. They must be provided by a corporation (such as a joint-stock company, limited liability company, general incorporated association, or social welfare corporation).

2. Obtain designation (=permission) from the local government.

In order to provide welfare services for people with disabilities, such as communal living assistance, it is necessary to obtain a license in advance from the prefecture, etc., and this license is called "designation." If the license does not meet the requirements, it will not be designated.

✓Compliance with staffing standards

1. Placement of administrators

In principle, this position will involve administrative tasks and will be the facility manager. This position will carry out all administrative tasks and may also serve as the service manager or caretaker, etc., as described below.

*If there are 30 or fewer users, at least one person must be assigned. If there are 1 or more users, one additional person must be assigned for every 31 users.

2. Appointment of a service manager

This person is the overall manager of resident support and at least one person is required. Practical experience and prefectural training are required. In addition, the person must have qualifications such as a care worker or social worker, and at least five years of experience in consultation and support work.

3. Placement of caretakers

There will be at least one person (full-time equivalent) for every 10 users. There are no specific qualification requirements, but candidates must be enthusiastic about improving the welfare of people with disabilities and have the ability to properly support them in their daily lives.

4. Placement of life support staff

In terms of full-time employment, you will provide daily life support for people with disabilities, such as bathing, toileting, or feeding.

✓Compliance with facility standards

1. Housing

It must be located in a residential area or in an area where opportunities for interaction with the user's family and local residents are secured to the same degree as in a residential area, and it must be located outside the premises of the residential facility or hospital.

*If there are 30 or fewer users, at least one person must be assigned. If there are 1 or more users, one additional person must be assigned for every 31 users.

2. Facilities

A shared living dwelling must have one or more units, and the living area must be at least 1 m7.43, excluding storage facilities, etc.

3. Minimum Capacity

・Capacity of designated office: 4 or more people

・Residency capacity of communal living residence: 2 to 10 people

(When using an existing building: 2 to 20 people, if the prefectural governor deems it particularly necessary: ​​21 to 30 people)

・Unit capacity: 2 to 10 people

・Capacity of unit room: 1 person (2 people if deemed particularly necessary)

✓Compliance with operational standards

We will create a rulebook called "operating regulations" to ensure that group homes are operated in compliance with the standards and regulations of each local government.

・Support from the start from the operator's perspective

Our representative administrative scrivener, Moriyama, actually runs a group home and will provide our clients with the full support they need, based on his experience and extensive knowledge as an administrator.

In order to open a group home, in addition to the complicated procedures involved in establishing a company, you will need to prepare application documents to be designated by the local government. This application is rarely accepted in one go, and you will generally be asked to make corrections or submit additional documents. This requires the effort of visiting the government agency every time. Furthermore, there is a lot of preparation required other than preparing the documents, and it can be difficult to handle all of this on your own.

If you leave the paperwork and administrative procedures up to us, you can focus on your main business of attracting customers and conducting sales activities even before the opening. This means that you can secure users at the time of opening your group home, allowing you to get off to a smooth start.