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Foundation Sant Joan de Déu (FSJD) is a private non-profit research organization founded in 2002. Its mission is to contribute to the improvement of wellbeing of people by fostering, supporting and managing research and innovation activities of its affiliated centers. FSJD has a solid experience implementing EC-funded projects with currently more than 50 active projects, of which 11 are coordinated. FJSD is also a service provider, as Sant Joan de Déu is a network of centres with the goal to improve people’s life conditions, with special focus on vulnerable populations.

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
  • Social justice 
  • People who are socially vulnerable 
  • People in situations of difficulty or precarity 
  • Victims of domestic abuse 
  • Gender equality 
  • Counteracting and supporting victims of gender-based violence 
  • 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
  • Integration of technological tools 
  • Issuing of guidelines and policies for the district’s councils 
  • Capacity building and training 
  • Professional training 
  • Training of social welfare workforce 
  • Research and development
  • Home care services for the elderly and dependent people 
  • Residential services for victims of gender-based violence 
  • Socio-educational services for children at risk of social exclusion 
  • Specialised intervention services as meeting points for children, victims of violence, and their families
  • Child protection 
  • Telecare 
  • Emotional support groups for family caregivers
  • Social insurance 
  • Fostering cooperation with non-governmental organisations and the promotion of social volunteering 
  • Research/ identifying and monitoring of social problems 
  • Representing and defending interests of their members

 

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