SOCIAL WELFARE UNIT
- Community Care
- Identification & registration of vulnerable groups eg. PWDs, OVCs etc.
- Financial assistance to PWDs from Disability Common Fund eg. Business start up expansion, Health care, Education.
- LEAP cashout payment.
- Trainings in employable skills for PWDs (Vocational Rehabilitation)
- Hospital Welfare services.
- Work with Non-Governmental Organizations (N.G.Os)
- Public and social education.
- Child Rights Promotion and Protection
- Maintenance, family welfare, Paternity, custody & child welfare case hearings.
- Identify, register and inspect day care centres.
- Family re-unification/integration and referral services (family planning)
- Child survival and Development.
- Justice Administration
- Investigate and produce Social Enquiry Report on juvenile offenders and child custody for court’s decision.
- Probation Services and Voluntary supervisions
- Care order for fit persons.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT UNIT
- Adult education /Study group/Mass meetings
- Organize community durbars to sensitize communities on topical issues
- Formation and empowering of women groups through entrepreneurial and skill trainings.
- Home Science Education
- Visit households to sensitize them on good sanitation and hygiene practices.
- Education on proper and safe home keeping.
- Extension services/Collaborations with other Departments/NGOs/CSOs
- Collaboration with departments to carry field work/sensitizations
- Referrals to other departments for action to be taken
- Referrals/collaborations with other departments in social protection.
- Contact our Social Welfare and Community Department office in Kwabeng if you require these services or call our Hotline on (053) 410-7982.