Vilnius City Council is the legislative body of the City of Vilnius (Lithuania). The Department for social services has a specific responsibility in the development and delivery of community-based social services.
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
- Counteracting and supporting victims of gender-based violence
- Migrants
- Social Integration
- Recipients of care
- Foster care
Responsibilities/ Services
- Providing social services
- 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
- Professional training
- Training of social welfare workforce
- 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
- Emotional support groups for family caregivers
- Programs for the prevention of addictions in young people
- Fostering cooperation with non-governmental organisations and the promotion of social volunteering
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