Malmö City Council is a body for consultation and mutual information between politicians and representatives of organisations representing people in need.

Areas of Intervention

• 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
• People who are socially vulnerable
• Victims of domestic abuse
• 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
• Role of the social worker
• Integration of technological tools
• Professional training
• Training of social welfare workforce
• Research and development
• Conducting inspections
• Management of public nursing homes and day centres for the elderly
• Home care services for the elderly and dependent people
• Residential services for victims of gender-based violence
• Specialised intervention services as meeting points for children, victims of violence, and their families
• Child protection
• Programs for the prevention of addictions in young people
• Financial support
• Research/ identifying and monitoring of social problems