social services

13.1.2025 General

More and More People Submit Social Services Forms Digitally 

When social services professionals transitioned last autumn to Lifecare, the new client and patient information system, clients gained access to the digital Omapalvelu service channel. An increasing number of clients now submit their applications digitally.

18.10.2024 General

Teaching Clinic NoVa offers easy support for wellbeing and health

The Teaching Clinic NoVa opened on 16 September 2024 in Palosaari, Vaasa. The clinic offers low-threshold help and support for mental wellbeing and a healthy lifestyle.

29.5.2024 General

Petra Raiskinmäki helps professionals identify intimate partner violence

- By identifying potentially violent relationships and intervening in them early, it is possible to prevent violence from escalating, says Petra Raiskinmäki.

23.11.2023 General

New social welfare guidance telephone service advises families with children and people of working age

From 22 November, the social welfare guidance service of the Wellbeing Services County of Ostrobothnia can also provide guidance, counselling and information about social welfare services and benefits by telephone. The service is especially aimed at families with children and people of working age.

31.5.2023 General

Social work offers support and tools for navigating the financial crisis

A sudden deterioration in financial circumstances can be caused, for example, by a divorce, a serious illness and the resulting hospital and medical bills, a substance abuse problem or mental health issues.

19.1.2023 Ihmiseltä ihmiselle

Routines and calming down help against the stress of everyday life

In many families, normal daily life has returned after the Christmas holidays. Johanna Levälahti, the chief social worker at the Family Counselling Centre, shares tips that can calm and stabilise the hectic life of families with children.