Types of social support facilities under latest regulations in Vietnam

Types of social support facilities under latest regulations in Vietnam (Internet image) 

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1. Types of social support facilities under latest regulations in Vietnam

Types of social support facilities according to Article 5 of Decree 103/2017/ND-CP include:

- Social protection facilities for caring the elderly.

- Social protection facilities for caring children with special circumstances.

- Social protection facilities for caring people with disabilities.

- Social protection facilities for caring and rehabilitating people with mental health problems.

- General social protection facilities for caring social protection beneficiaries or persons in need of social assistance.

- Social work centers that provide advice or emergency care or social assistance for persons in such need with other necessities.

- Other types of social support facilities as prescribed by laws

2. Legal status, seal, account, name, logo and head office of a social support facility in Vietnam

Legal status, seal, account, name, logo and head office of a social support facility according to Article 4 of Decree 103/2017/ND-CP are as follows:

- A social support facility has legal status, its own seal and account.

- It must have a Vietnamese name and a foreign language name, and its own logo (if any). Such names and logo must:

+ not be identical or confused with the duly registered ones of another social support facility; and

+ not violate historical, cultural and ethical traditions or fine customs and practices of the nation.

- Its head office must be located in the territory of Vietnam and identified by a particular address.

3. Tasks of a social support facility in Vietnam

According to Article 7 of Decree 103/2017/ND-CP, a social support facility shall perform several or all of the following tasks:

- Provide emergency services, including:

+ receive persons in need of emergency protection;

+ evaluate the needs of beneficiaries; select and classify beneficiaries. Where necessary, the social support facility shall transfer beneficiaries to health facilities, education institutions, police agencies, judicial agencies or other appropriate agencies or organizations;

+ ensure safety and meet certain emergency needs of beneficiaries such as temporary residence, foods, clothes and travel.

- Provide advice and treatment for mental disorder or psychological crisis, and physical rehabilitation for beneficiaries.

- Provide consultancy and assistance for beneficiaries of social support policies; cooperate with relevant agencies and organizations to protect and help eligible beneficiaries; look for and arrange appropriate caring forms.

- Formulate plans to intervene and assist beneficiaries; supervise and review intervention and assistance activities, and then modify such plans.

- Receive, manage, care for, and nurture social protection beneficiaries who face special difficulties, are unable to earn their living as well as live in their families or communities.

- Provide initial medical treatment services.

- Combine rehabilitation and assistance activities for beneficiaries with self-management, cultural, or sports activities and other activities according to age and health status of each group of beneficiaries in accordance with laws.

- Take charge and cooperate with relevant units/ organizations to organize education courses, vocational training courses and/or career-oriented education courses so as to assist beneficiaries in developing their physical strength, understanding and personality as well as getting social inclusion.

- Provide social education and capacity improvement services. To be specific:

+ provide social education services to help beneficiaries develop skills in handling situations, including teaching parenting skills to persons in such need, and providing life skills training for children and minors;

+ cooperate with education and training institutions to provide training courses in social works for both full-time and part-time social workers or persons working for social work service providers;

+ organize training courses or seminars to improve knowledge and skills for beneficiaries in such need.

- Manage beneficiaries of social work services.

-. Implement measures to protect beneficiaries from difficult circumstances, assaults, violence or abuse.

-. Facilitate community development activities. To be specific:

+ contact people and governments at all levels to determine problems in their communities so as to formulate suitable community assistance programs or plans;

+ propose community development policies to competent authorities;

+ establish the network of social workers and volunteers.

- Organize awareness-raising and communications activities.

- Take charge and cooperate with local government help persons who are qualified to leave the social support facility or voluntarily apply for family reunion and community integration; support and facilitate beneficiaries in stabilizing their life.

- Manage financial sources, assets, officials, public employees and contractual employees in accordance with laws.

- Mobilize and receive financial supports in cash and in kind from domestic and foreign agencies, organizations and/or individuals.

- Provide services at the request of and perform other tasks assigned by competent authorities.

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