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Social Assistance and Social Service System of Riga

Social Assistance and Social Service System of Riga. Mārtiņš Moors Riga City Welfare Department Head of Social Administration. Responsibility of national level in social service and social assistance field. Defines level of GMI Registers social service providers

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Social Assistance and Social Service System of Riga

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  1. Social Assistance and Social Service System of Riga Mārtiņš Moors Riga City Welfare Department Head of Social Administration

  2. Responsibility of national level in social service and social assistance field • Defines level of GMI • Registers social service providers • Developsgeneral requirements for social service providers (rules of government) • Controls the quality of social service provision • Finances few social programs (e.g. social rehabilitation of addicted; of persons with hearing impairments; of blind; of children suffered from violence e.o) • Organizes long term care institutions for mentally ill • Finances technical aids

  3. Social assistance and social services

  4. Tipes of social services

  5. Overview about Riga Status of the City since 1201 Riga is the largest city in the Baltic States in terms of city population – 701 064 residents The working age population – 62.3% Unemployment rate: Riga 5.0%, Latvia 8.4% About one-third of Latvia’s population lives in Riga city, and over half the population of Latvia lives in agglomeration ofRiga Riga is a multi-ethnic society. Riga residents by nationality: 47% - Latvians 37% - Russians 4% - Belarusians 3% - Ukrainians 9% - other nationalities Minimum monthly wage 380 euro (2017) 430 euro (2018) The average monthly  wages (gross) of workers: Riga EUR 1 030* Latvia EUR 914* * - September, 2017 Low-income (poor) persons: (2017): Riga: 1.47% Latvia 2.07% Riga is Latvia’s capital, and the main industrial, business, culture, sports and financial center in the Baltic region, as well as important port city

  6. Recipients ofstate pensions and persons withdisability in Riga Municipality, 2015 – 2017

  7. Riga City Municipality Social Budget 2015 – 2017(basic budgetandspecialbudget, including funding for Riga City Council Welfare Department, social benefits, social services, health care and cooperation with nongovernmental organizations)

  8. Riga City Council Welfare Department administrated funds(in millions of Euro )

  9. Financing for social services spent in 2017 • TotalEUR 45 593 147 (incl. frommunicipalbudgetEUR 41 258 004, statebudget– EUR 4 335 143 (assistentserviceforpeoplewithdisabilities)) • Incl. Socialservicesprovidedby47 NVO -EUR13 887 341

  10. Riga City Council Social Affairs Committee Welfare department Riga Social service office (11 territorial centres, 470 workers) Socialrehabilitation services at living area Social care and social rehabilitation services in institution Social care and social rehabilitation services at living area Socialrehabilitation services in institution Specialized workshop (3 service providers, 3 workshops) Long-term social care and rehabilitation for children's (12 service providers, 20 services) Care at home (5 service providers) Crisis centres (4 service providers, 4 crisis centres) Support – educational group (3 contracting organizations) Assistant service (1 service provider) Social rehabilitation centre service (4 service provider, 5 rehabilitation centres ) Long-term social care and rehabilitation for adult persons (45 service providers, 53 services) Advisory crisis centre and psychological services (1 contracting organizations, 1 centre) Security button service (1 service provider) Support and trusted representatives services Short-term social care and rehabilitation for adult persons (1 service provider, 1 service) Shelter (3 service provider, 4 shelter) Social rehabilitation program Hot meal home delivery (1 service provider) Day centre (1 service provider, 4 day centres for children's, 8 service provider 14 for adult persons) Night shelter (5 service providers, 7 night shelters) Short-term social care and rehabilitation for children's ( 2 service provider, 1 service) Day care centre (9 DCC for children's 2 service provider and 3 service provider, 3 DCC for persons with dementia, and 6 service provider, 11 day centresfor mentally disabled persons ) Short term stay home (2 service provider, 2 home) Group house (apartment)service (6 contracting organizations, 8 group houses) Family assistant service 5 contracting organizations Social support and consulting program for foster families, adoptive parents and guardians (1 service provider, 1 program) Crisisinterventionservices (2 service providers)

  11. Social System of Riga City Political and Administrative Level RIGA CITY COUNCIL (60 deputies) COMMITTEE of SOCIAL AFFAIRS (20 deputies) WELFARE DEPARTMENT (~65 employees) Health care Administration Social Administration 47 contracted social service providers (NGO), 33 – state/ othermunicipality, private –53 Socialservice office (11TC) Child care institution (7 structures) Night shelter (3 structures) 3 elderly care institutions

  12. The largest social service providers and provided social services • Association "Latvian Samaritan Association" (home care, including emergency care, safety button, group apartment for persons with mental disorders, LTC institution for adults, crisis center, family assistant service, short term stay home) • Association Riga City "Rūpju bērns" (6 DCC, 1 specialized workshop, 2 group apartments for persons with mental disorders, family assistant service) • Association "St. John's Assistance" (home care, transportation of disabled people, DCC for mentally disabled, soup kitchen, family assistant service, DCC for children with functional disorders in the summer months, specialized workshop) • NGO "Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Diakonia Center" (2 multifunctional social service centers (for adults and children), day care center for children from social risk families, soup kitchen) • NGO "Latvijas Sarkanais krusts"(home care, LTC institution for adults, transportation of disabled people, short term stay home, crisis center, family assistant service, crisis intervention team service, individual social rehabilitation programs for people with intellectual disability)

  13. Legal forms and examples of co-operation:(1)

  14. Legal forms and examples of co-operation:(2) Public procurement contract: • The statutory procurement procedure applies if the contract amount exceeds: • EUR 10 000 (services, supplies), • EUR 20 000 (construction works) • EUR 750 000 (health, social and related services).

  15. Legal forms and examples of co-operation:(3) The conclusion of a public contract, the application of the Public Procurement Law: Setting up a procurement commission Development of procurement documentation (requirements to the tenderer, draft contract) Evaluation of tenders and decision making (may be appealed) Conclusion of the contract (including the general agreement)

  16. Legal forms and examples of co-operation:(4)

  17. Legal forms and examples of co-operation:(5)

  18. Legal forms and examples of co-operation:(6)

  19. Legal forms and examples of co-operation:(7)

  20. Budget Program "Cooperation with Non-Governmental Organizations" In 2017, 63 NGOs were granted municipal funding, totaling EUR 87 602 (on average - EUR 1391) The aim of the program is • to ensure cooperation with social support NGOs in order to support small NGO projects in the field of social and health care (pilot project, training, conference); • supporting the maintenance of NGOs or activities with a social inclusion objective.

  21. Advisory Board of Non-Governmental Organizations of Persons with Disabilities • Since 2007, the Consultative Council of Non-Governmental Organizations of Persons with Disabilities has been operating in the Riga Municipality with the aim of promoting the civic participation of persons with disabilities in decision-making processes, as well as cooperation between non-governmental organizations representing persons with disabilities and Riga Municipality • Participants are 33 NGO • Sessions are held every 3 months

  22. Advantages of cooperation woth NGO’s in the field of social services

  23. Disadvantages of cooperation woth NGO’s in the field of social services

  24. Thank you for your attention!

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