EUKN - European Urban Knowledge Network - SOCCA, the Centre of Expertise on Social Welfare in Helsinki Metropolitan Area

SOCCA, the Centre of Expertise on Social Welfare in Helsinki Metropolitan Area

Introduction

Socca works within social welfare sector research and development projects in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.

Description

The task of the Centres of Expertise on Social Welfare is to secure

the development and transmission of expertise needed in the social welfare sector,
the development of primary services and the development and transmission of special services and expert services presuppossing higher expertise,
multifarious connections between basic, postgraduate and further education in the field, and
research, experiment and development activities
(Act on Centres of Excellence on Social Welfare 1230/2001).

Socca works within the social welfare sector

carrying out development work and participating in cooperation,
conducting, supporting, coordinating and following up research, and
acting as an educational coordinator.

Socca focuses, in particular, on the development of

urban social work,
family social work and support services for families,
services for the elderly, and
early childhood education.

Participants

SOCCA cooperates with the cities Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen. It is a part of the network of the Centres of Expertise that became statutory in Finland 2002.

Contact info

SOCCA - Pääkaupunkiseudun sosiaalialan osaamiskeskus
P.O. Box 8505 (Käenkuja 3a A)
00099 City of Helsinki
Finland
socca@hel.fi

Links

SOCCA Heikki Waris Institute (Fin)

Heikki Waris Institute (RTF, Eng, 31 KB)

Document type

network

Themes

Urban Policy > Social inclusion & integration

Keywords

Integration of social groups, Quality of life