Izmir Provincial Directorate of Family and Social Services

Izmir Provincial Directorate of Family and Social Services is a local authority founded in 1983 and its tasks are as follow: to develop and to implement policies related to social services and solidarity at the local level, to protect the structure of the family, to conduct the social services and the solidarity activities for children, to prevent discrimination against women, to apply every kinds of precautions and solutions for the disabled and the elderly, to take precautions in order to protect the relatives of martyrs and veterans from the unjust treatment and the deprivation, to arrange the solidarity activities for those who need the protection and social aids, to take precautions in order to protect the family integrity and to provide the coordination and the collaboration among other institutions and NGOs. The Provincial Directorate has 2404 staff (social workers, teachers, psychologists, sociologists, statisticians, education specialists, nurses, media specialists, trainers) and 36 affiliated institutions (for children, young, elderly, women, disabled and all disadvantaged groups). Our goals are: *Protecting children from abuse and neglect of all kinds in order to ensure the healthy development, social services and assistance to carry out the activities for children in this area of public institutions and organizations and voluntary organizations to ensure cooperation and coordination. *Prevent discrimination against women, protect and promote women's human rights, women's rights in all areas of social life, take advantage of opportunities and to ensure equal opportunities, social services and assistance to carry out the activities for women in this area of cooperation between public institutions and organizations and voluntary organizations and coordination. *Social and cultural fabric against abrasion while maintaining the family structure and values to future generations a healthy way to provide the transfer of the national policies and strategies have been identified to coordinate the protection of the integrity of the family and social services and assistance to carry out activities to increase family welfare, with public institutions and organizations related to this field of voluntary organizations to ensure cooperation and coordination *Interfere with all types of disabilities and the elderly, to the neglect and exclusion, active participation in social life and to ensure non-discriminatory, social services and assistance to carry out the activities for people with disabilities and the elderly, public institutions and organizations related to this field and to ensure coordination and cooperation between voluntary organizations. *Assistance for segments of society in need of social assistance and protection activities on a regular and efficient conduct; public institutions and organizations related to this field and to ensure coordination and cooperation between voluntary organizations. *First, in order to support the child in the family upbringing and family education, counseling and social assistance strengthen the protection, care and needy children, women, the disabled and the elderly determination, their protection, care, carry out the necessary services to provide training and rehabilitation *Support immigrants *Organizing local, national and international scientific events, enlightening the society publications, educational activities and carrying out projects, local, national and international congresses, seminars, the Council and other events. *Public institutions and organizations, universities, local governments, for social purposes, foundations, associations and other civil society organizations, voluntaries and the private sector to ensure cooperation and coordination, preparation and implementation of joint projects. *To co-operate with international organizations, to develop and carry out the project, carry out the study and participate in the activities of our country(city) is a party to international conventions, monitor and evaluate the implementation of the decisions at the local and national level.