Social services
Social services task is to support people within the district and maintain individual's basic security and safety in various life situations, also during possible crisis.
- model is pre-emptive, customer and service orientated
- social services provides legally determined services and
- creates basic pre-requisites for living
- supports self-help and individual's ability to take responsibility
- uses alternative services
Strategy - critical success factors
- enough high quality, flexible and varied services
- all inclusive development of care for the elderly
- co-operation with healthcare services provider
- cost awareness
- correctly set service fees
- development of co-operation amongst personnel
- well-being of the teams
- enough professional personnel
Services for the elderly, childcare services and services for the handicapped
Details of services for the elderly, childcare, handicapped as well as Municipality Social worker's contact details can be found under Sosiaalipalvelut section on Finnish language web pages (in Finnish only). Please contact Municipality offices if you have any further queries on any of these issues.
