The General Directorate of Social Assistance and Child Protection of Bucharest's 6th District was established in 2005. The General Directorate is responsible for all measures fighting exclusion regarding child protection as well as support for families, single parents, older people, persons with disabilities and other people in need.

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
• People who are socially vulnerable
• People in situations of difficulty or precarity
• Victims of domestic abuse
• Social Integration
• Beneficiaries of minimum income
• Poverty
• Recipients of care

Responsibilities/ Services

• Providing social services
• Role of the social worker
• Management of public nursing homes and day centres for the elderly
• Home care services for the elderly and dependent people
• Socio-educational services for children at risk of social exclusion
• Specialised intervention services as meeting points for children, victims of violence, and their families
• Consulting services and specialised studies for local governments regarding elderly facilities
• Child protection
• Telecare
• Emotional support groups for family caregivers
• Assistance in cases of energy poverty
• Financial support
• Research/ identifying and monitoring of social problems