The Association of Secretaries/Directors of the CPAS -Public Centres for Social Welfare- represents the interests of these public centres in the 19 municipalities of Brussels.

Main Areas of Work

• Children and young people
• Children at risk of social exclusion
• Homeless
• Elderly
• People with addiction
• People with physical disabilities
• People with mental disabilities
• Mental health
• Public Health
• Social justice
• Victims of domestic abuse
• Gender equality
• Migrants
• Social Integration
• Beneficiaries of minimum income
• Poverty
• Recipients of care
• Foster care

Responsibilities/ Services

• Providing social services
• Transformation of care models
• Promotion of systemic change
• Role of the social worker
• Integration of technological tools
• Issuing of guidelines and policies for the district’s councils
• Capacity building and training
• Maintaining networks for managers and social workers
• Representing and defending interests of their members