Personal Assistance
A personal assistant provides the necessary help that a severely disabled person needs at home or outside the home: with daily activities, work and studies, leisure activities, participation in public affairs, and the maintenance of social interaction.
In order to obtain the services of a personal assistant, a person must have the resources to define the content and implementation of the assistance. There is no special obligation to arrange personal assistance if sufficient care for a person cannot be ensured via outpatient service measures.
When arranging personal assistance, a person is considered severely disabled if he or she requires essential and repeated help from another person due to his or her long-term or progressive disability or illness in order to perform daily activities. Illnesses and disabilities primarily caused by normal aging are not considered cause for granting personal assistance.
Personal assistance with daily activities, work, and studies can be arranged to the extent necessary. In terms of leisure activities, participation in public affairs, and the maintenance of social interaction, personal assistance should be offered for at least 30 hours per month.
Personal assistance can be arranged in the following ways:
– employer model, where the disabled person is the assistant’s employer
– service vouchers
– purchased service from the public or private sector
– own services
Contact a social worker from Disability Services to have your service needs assessed.
Contact Information
Children and families:
· Social instructor, phone 06 325 2953
· Social worker phone 06 325 2321 (last name A-I)
· Social worker phone 06 325 2547 (last name J-O)
· Social worker phone 06 325 2602 (last name P-Ö)
· Social worker in charge phone 06 325 4398
Adult social work:
Phone time weekdays at 8-11 am, phone 040 575 3109
Disability services: Social worker phone time tuesday and thursday at 9-10 am, phone 06 325 2678 (last name A-K ) and phone 06 325 4230 (last name L-Ö + Lillkyro)
Service housing: Social instructor phone time weekdays at 9-10 am. phone 06 235 3957 or 06 325 3959.
Address: Grundtrygghetsavdelningen, Vallinmäentie 43 (2. floor), 66400 Laihela
Social worker and social instructor phone time weekdays at 10 – 11 am, phone 06 -218 1111
Address: Socialcentralen, Centrumvägen 4, Smedsby
Amanda Sandsten social worker, (phone time tuesdays and thursdays at 9-10 am) phone 06 218 4169
Address: Socialkansliet, Öurvägen 31, 66800 Oravais
Mona-Lisa Sandelin, social worker, phone time weekdays at 9 – 10 am, phone +358 6 382 1402
Address: Disability services, Stengbergsgatan 1 D, PB 111, 68601 Jakobstad
Disability services for adults:
Maria Liljestrand, social worker, phone 06 786 2614 (A-K), Jakobstad and Larsmo
Bodil Häger-Kantola, social worker, phone 040 805 1317 (K-Ö), Jakobstad and Larsmo
Pia Wikman, social worker, phone 040 805 1973, Nykarleby and Pedersöre
Bodil Ravall, social instructor, phone 040 805 1902
Erika Holm, social instructor, phone 040 805 1395, Nykarleby and Pedersöre
Annika Löv, social instructor, phone 050 523 3432, Personal assistance – Jakobstad and Larsmo
Josefine Björkfors, social instructor, phone 050 374 0781, Jakobstad and Larsmo
Disability services for children
Heidi Sjöblom, social worker, phone040 805 1384, Jakobstad, Larsmo, Nykarleby, Pedersöre
Gun Vikström, social worker, phone 044 721 7716, Jakobstad, Larsmo, Nykarleby, Pedersöre
Ida-Sofia Moilanen, habilitation Instructor, phone 040 805 1734
Jenny Edström, habilitation Instructor, phone 040 805 1705
Address: Socialkansliet, Malmgatan 5, 66100 Malax
Phone time weekdays at 8.30–9.30 am, phone 06 218 1111
Susanne Lindh, social worker monday, wednesday & thursday, phone 06 218 7411
Susanne Amoako, social worker, weekdays, phone 06 218 7409
Fanny Bäck, social worker, adults monday, tuesday, thursday, phone 06 218 7410
Address: Social- och familjetjänster, Närpesvägen 4, 64200 Närpes
Social worker, phone time weekdays at 09.30 – 10.30 am, phone 06 218 1111 (call center)
Address: Lappfjärdsvägen 10, 64100 Kristinestad
Social worker, phone time weekdays at 09.30 – 10.30 am, phone 06 218 1111 (call center)
Address: Slussgatan 11 A, 64260 Kaskö
Social worker, weekdays at phone 06 218 1111 (call center)