Goal 1 - No poverty

Priority for Poland - Enabling real and full social integration of persons with disabilities and psychological, social, functional and economic support for their families

Indicator 1.1.b - Number of participants of the social integration centres, vocational activity workshops and occupational therapy workshops per 100 thous. population

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Unit: persons
Source of data: Statistics Poland

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Name of the indicator	1.1.b Number of participants of the social integration centres, vocational activity workshops and occupational therapy workshops per 100 thous. population
Sustainable Development Goal	Goal 1. No poverty
Priority	Enabling real and full social integration of persons with disabilities and psychological, social, functional and economic support for their families
Definition	Number of participants of the social integration centres, vocational activity workshops ans occupational therapy workshops calculated per 100 thous. population.
Unit	persons
Available dimensions	total
Methodological explanations	Social Integration Centres (SIC) are educationally-oriented establishments involving such elements of education as participants’ engagement in service, trade and manufacturing activities. Among recipients of SIC social services, there are e.g. the long-term unemployed, the homeless, the disabled, alcohol and drug addicts (after finishing treatment), the mentally ill, the disabled, the released from penitentiary institutions and refugees. Vocational Activity Workshops (VAW) are units that join socio-vocational rehabilitation of the disabled with conducting economic activity. VAW employs the disabled with a certificate of significant degree of disability, in some cases – persons w with moderate degree of disability if they were diagnosed with autism, mental retardation or mental illness. Occupational Therapy Workshops (OTW) support the rehabilitation process of the disabled by developing their skills for everyday functioning, their psychophysical fitness and occupational qualifications. Among the recipients of OTW social services, there are the motorically or mentally retarded with a certificate of significant or moderate degree of disability including recommendation for occupational therapy.
Source of data	Statistics Poland
Data availability	Annual data; since 2012
Notes
Data updated on	26-04-2023
Metadata updated on	26-04-2023