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Social platform on Innovative Social Services
This project is focusing on identifying the future potential of innovative services including the multifaceted activities of different stakeholders as well as the policy frameworks at different levels of governance geared to address the needs of citizens.
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European selection of innovative social services
These projects are presented in order to stimulate the debate about innovation in social services. They have been selected in accordance with the criteria framework coming from theoretical approaches. They have been selected principally as examples of innovative ideas in social services, rather than as examples of best practice.
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Breaking the Poverty Cycle: Early Child Development and Parents’ Employment - Katymar |
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Social support of disadvantage/Roma, supported employment Katymár is a village in Southern Hungary, which faces the issues of poverty and long-term... | Education, Welfare |
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Care for older people in a community setting - Ammerudhjemmet |
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The open nursing home model The nursing home Ammerud (owned by the Church City Mission, Oslo) is a meeting place for people across generations, cultures and... | Health, Welfare |
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Changing perceptions of people with mental illnesses - Irre Menschlich |
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Education/information programs for health issues The trialoge citizen’s initiative consisting of persons with psychic/mental diseases, family members,... | Education, Health |
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Art‐education of underprivileged/Roma children + online web shop The Real Pearl Foundation has an „excellence approved” qualification and their Roma and non... | Education, Welfare | |
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Community solutions to prevent public health problems - Santé Communitaires Seclin |
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Community well‐being initiative through acting The overall action is part of a community well-being initiative involving elected officials, health and social... | Education, Health |
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Coaching parents to prepare them for educating and caring for their children The Eltern AG - empowerment program aims at coaching parents from disadvantaged... | Education | |
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Empowering people to manage their finances - Humanitas Financial Home Administration Programme |
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Improving people’s financial and administrative skills to promote active inclusion Financial Home Administration is a programme carried out by Humanitas to... | Education, Welfare |
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Network for after school childcare for disadvantaged families The Môm’artre network creates new kinds of spaces for after-school childcare, helping children... | Education, Welfare | |
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Integrated housing, social and health services for mental health rehabilitation – Light Residential |
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Housing solutions for people with mental health problems in Italy The aim of Light Residential Projects carried out by the Aiutiamoli Foundation, in Milan,... | Welfare |
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Living Independently: Bringing people with disabilities into work - GPE Society Mainz |
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Framework for use of personal skills in dependent life The gpe Society for psycho-social Institutions Mainz GmbH was the result of the psychiatric reform in... | Education, Welfare |
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Managing care services to support independence - VITALITY – Changing focus for old age |
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Training of street level employees to take assignments to citizens At a time when few other municipalities were aware of the fact that it was important to... | Education, Welfare |
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Mobile health services for hard to reach people - Center against human trafficking |
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Mobile health offer for foreign women in prostitution The project is aimed at securing the health of foreign potential victims of human trafficking as well as... | Education, Health |
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New housing solutions and inter-generational support - AUSER Arbitare Solidale |
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Inter- and intra-generational cohabitation as an integrated solution to tackle social problems Abitare Solidale is a project carried out by AUSER together... | Welfare |
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BlueAssist is an icon combined with a message to ask strangers for help The user of BlueAssist has difficulties in understanding a situation and in asking... | Welfare | |
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On-line patient self-management tool This project provides an example of innovative use of internet technology in health care: an on–line package to support... | Health | |
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Patient led home based stroke rehabilitation - Early Supported Discharge after Stroke |
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Early supported discharge for stroke patients The service provides early supported discharge (ESD) for stroke patients with mild to moderate symptoms.Early... | Health |
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Social enterprises for integration and development – Place de bleu |
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Sewing room employing marginalized immigrant women Place de bleu is a sewing room that employs marginalized immigrant women. We produce home interior and... | Education, Welfare |
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Unified approach to care: a certificate for entry level staff – European Care Certificate |
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The European Care Certificate (ECC) is an entry level award now available in 16 EU countries. This created a set of learning outcomes covering essential... | Health, Welfare |
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Users evaluate the outcome quality of social services Nueva is specialized in the evaluation of services (Evaluation von Dienstleistungen) in the area of... | Welfare | |
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User involvement for independent living and personal assistance - CIL Serbia |
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Accreditation of personal assistance provider training CIL – mainstreaming of PA service and accreditation of PA provider training Serbia Mainstreaming of... | Education, Welfare |
