The Regional Government of Madrid, based in Madrid, is the collegiate body that heads the political, executive and administrative powers of the region of Madrid, Spain. The Department for Social Services and Social Integration manages all social policies related to children, youth, adults, families and older people, with particular emphasis on population groups who are in difficulties (disability, dependency needs, poverty).

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
• 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
• Role of the social worker
• Capacity building and training
• 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
• 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
• Assistance in cases of energy poverty
• 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