Strategic overview of social welfare and community development department
The guiding principles of the department are summed-up in its and vision, mission as well as its objectives.
Vision:
To take the lead in integrating the disadvantaged, vulnerable and excluded in mainstream of development
Mission:
The SWCD Department work in partnership with individuals, families, groups and communities to improve their social wellbeing through their active participation in promoting development with equity.
Objectives
The exist to:
(a) Shall assist the Assembly to formulate and implement social welfare and community development policies within the framework of national policy.
(b) Facilitate the mobilization and use of available human and material resources to improve the living standards of individuals, groups, families and communities within an effectively decentralized system of administration.
(c) Prevent and respond to social exclusion and mal adjustment within the context of national and sub national development efforts
General Functions and Responsibilities
(a) Facilitates community-based rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.
(b) Assist and facilitate provision of community care services including:
(i) registration of persons with disabilities;
(ii) assistance to the elderly;
(iii) personal social welfare services;
(iv) hospital welfare services;
(v) assistance to street children, child survival and development;
(vi) socio-economic and emotional stability in families;
(c) Assist to maintain specialized residential services in the districts;
(d) Facilitates the registration and supervision of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and their activities in the district;
(e) Justice administration – assist children and adults in contact and conflict with the law;
(f) Register and supervise early childhood development centres;
(g) Assist to organize community development programmes to improve and enrich standard of living through:
(i) Organize literacy and adult education programme;
(ii) Mobilize voluntary contributions and communal labour for the provision of facilities and services such as water, schools, library, community centres and public places of convenience;
(iii) Teach deprived women in home management, and child care and offer employable and sustainable skills training for the youth.
(iv) Promote and provide alternative livelihood empowerment skills for the deprived in the communities.
(v) Promote entrepreneurial skills, business support services and linkages to financial institutions to beneficiaries of skills training programme.
(vii) Mobilize and train voluntary leaders and community-based organizations as change agents in the communities.
(h) Provide extension services to governmental and non-governmental organizations:
(i)Facilitate the roll out of the Child Protection tool kits through community engagement and dialogue.
List of Social Services Rendered at the Department
- Child Right Protection Promotion
i. Child Maintenance
ii. Custody
iii. Family welfare and reconciliation
iv. Paternity
- Support to PWDs
- Educational support
- Medical Assistance
- Training and economic empowerment
- Registration, Renewal onto NHIS
- LEAP cash grants to the vulnerable
Registration, Card editing, Enrollment onto NHIS and Renewal of NHIS Cards
- Youth Training and Skills Apprentice
Mampong Municipal project for the vulnerable youth into
Hairdressing, Sewing and Artisans
- Registration of NGOs and CBOs
- Day Care monitoring
- Day Care registration
- Social education
- Child Welfare and Parenting
- Sexual and domestic violence
- Family welfare issues
9. Justice administration
Family tribunal
- Juvenile Justice administration.
10. Adult education
11. Extension Service
12. Home Science
Vulnerable Emergency Hotline
Call: 0599120569
On Issues Relating to:
- Child abuse/neglect
- Child marriage
- Defilement
- Disability
- Domestic Violence and Spousal abuse
- LEAP
We look forward to working with all our stake-holders and partners in Promoting Social Development in the Municipality.
Email Address: asantemampongsocailwelfare@gmail.com
