1.B.8 Number of participants of the social integration centres and occupational therapy workshops per 100 thous. population
Sustainable Development Goal
Goal 1. No poverty
Priority
Access to services for older people and care for older people and people with disabilities
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.
