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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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 ( 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

6. 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

7. Department of Child Care and Preschool Education
14 public nurseries (2.5 – 5 years old) more than 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)

8. 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)

9. Social Organization of Municipality of Patras