Social Services, Health Care and Rescue Services Division
Social Services, Health Care and Rescue Services DivisionWe provide wellbeing, health and security for Helsinki residents through cooperation and solid expertise.
About the Social Services, Health Care and Rescue Services Division
Decision making
The most important decisions of the Social Services, Health Care and Rescue Services Division are taken by the Social Services, Health Care and Rescue Services Committee, which has two sub-committees.
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City of Helsinki Social Services, Health Care and Rescue Services Division Service Strategy 2023–2025
The Finnish Government has demanded that Helsinki, the HUS Group and all wellbeing services counties prepare transformation programmes to balance their finances.
The division-specific rules of operation define the organisation, responsibilities and powers of each City of Helsinki division.
Participate and influence the City of Helsinki’s operations.
Organisations that support and complement the City of Helsinki Social Services and Health Care Division through their operations may apply for a grant for their operations.
Volunteers can create meaningful relationships and play a major role in someone else’s life by being a support person or part of a support family, participating in a peer support group or becoming an expert by experience, for example.
Find all of the City of Helsinki’s publications on the publications page.
On the wellbeing and health promotion (HYTE) website, you can get acquainted with Helsinki’s HYTE work and understand its effects.
You can also find this page at hel.fi/sotepe/en.