Journal of the Korean Housing Association ISSN:2234-3571(Print) 2234-2257(Online) 한국주거학회논문집

The purpose of this study is to understand the professional recognition for Housing welfare professional who works at ‘On-site myhome center’. Professional Recognition consisted of ‘professional identity’ level, ‘theory and knowledge’ level, and ‘job performance skill’ level. The research process consists of three parts. Firstly, the direction of professional identity was set up by literature review related housing welfare and field survey. Second, analysing of professional identity were developed and revised through focus group interview (FGI), and questionnaire survey on 6 experts in housing welfare area. Third, questionnaire survey from 13 Housing welfare professional in On-site myhome center was performed in order to analyze the level of the professional recognition. As a result of this research, selected professional identity were settled as followed : the professional identity for Housing welfare professional consisted of 5 components, 30 items. The level of theory & knowledge and job performance skills recognized by Housing welfare professional when performing their duties was very high. The professional identity of Housing welfare professional was very high in ‘belief in public services’. In particular, the knowledge of ‘Understanding housing welfare recipient’ and ‘Residential organizations and management’ was very high. The level of description for ‘Finding community resources’, ‘Networking and cooperation with local communities’, and ‘Proficiency in community space’ was high.