Family assistant service

Published: 03.02.2021.

Price

Free

Execution deadline in working days

Recipient

Individual person

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Receiving restrictions

Description:

The right to receive a family assistant service shall be: 1) a young person after out-of-family care, a person without a specified place of residence or another target group for a person who has commenced an independent life and who has social functioning difficulties - up to 10 hours per week; 2) a family who does not have sufficient skills and skills in the parenting and care of a child - up to 14 hours per week; 3) an adult with mental impairment and a person with signs of mental impairment who needs support and training in the acquisition of social skills, including in the resolution of employment issues, and in the management of a household - up to 24 hours per week.

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The services of a family assistant shall provide support and training for a person (family) in the acquisition of social skills, childcare and parenting, in the management of a household in accordance with an individually developed social rehabilitation plan.

Process description
Related documents

Process description

Service requests
In order to receive the service of a family assistant, the person or his or her legal representative shall submit the documents to the Social Service of Riga in accordance with 02.04.2019. The procedures for the receipt of social services and social assistance specified in Cabinet Regulation No. 138, Regulations regarding the Receiving of Social Services and Social Assistance.
If a family receives a social work service association “Latvian SOS Children's Villages Association”, it shall submit an application to the association “Latvian SOS Children's Villages Association”.

You can call 67105048 or 80005055 in the Social Service Territorial Center.
By mail (the application must be signed manually), by signing with a secure electronic signature, or
also using an e-address.
Receipt of services
After receiving all the documents, a decision regarding the granting/refusal of social service is taken within 22 working days.
The social service applicant shall be informed of the decision taken.
Receiving a family assistant service at the place of residence.
The family assistant service providers can be consulted on the homepage of the Welfare Department of the Riga City Council in the “Family assistant service” section of www.ld.riga.lv.
Free informational phone: 80005055.