Social Organization of Municipality of Patras VASILIKI ATHANASOPOULOU Psychologist M.Sc

Organizational Structure Department of Social Support for Vulnerable Social Groups Department of Child Care and Preschool Education Department of 3rd Age Support Department of Management and Financial Activities (Planning and Development of EU and other Projects) Operates since 2001

Department of Social Support for Vulnerable Social Groups Department of Psychosocial Support Centre for the Support of People in Financial Deficit and Homeless People Services for People with Special Needs

Department of Social Support for Vulnerable Social Groups Department of Psychosocial Support Counseling center for the individual (adults and adolescents) and family Parents’ School (Preschool, School children and Adolescents parent’s groups) Social Networking activities and activities for the sensitisation of the community in health and psychosocial issues

Department of Social Support for Vulnerable Social Groups Centre for the Support of People in Financial Deficit and Homeless People Social grocery in cooperation with the local church (1.400 households are supported by this facility) Temporary housing for homeless citizens Free preparatory education for foreign languages Decrease (or exemption) of municipality fees for vulnerable social groups The centre is in close cooperation with the municipality dispensaries, day nurseries, centres for disabled people, social pharmacy, and social wardrobe

Department of Social Support for Vulnerable Social Groups Services for People with Special Needs 2 Centres of Creative Occupation for Disabled children and young people (each centre supports at least 70 disabled citizens on a morning-afternoon basis) Personal and social skills development Counseling support for its members and their families Sensitisation and networking within the community for the social accession of people with disabilities

Department of Child Care and Preschool Education 14 public nurseries (2.5 – 5 years old) more than 1.000 the period 2013&2014 4 centres of creative occupation for children (6-12 years old) 1 centre of preschool education (2.5 – 5 years old)

Department of 3rd Age Support 3 centres for citizens over 65 years old (2.500 on a monthly basis) Programme “Help at Home” for the general population 3 Municipality Dispensaries within each centre (they offer primary health facilities to people with no public health insurance and/or financial deficits)

Social Organization of Municipality of Patras