Centre for Social Services Prague

The Centre of Social Services Prague is a semi-budgetary organization of the Municipality of Prague that runs many professional working compartments providing different types of services for people who are in a difficult social situation. The organization offers social, therapeutic and medical services, psychological and legal consultancy, temporary accommodation or basic information service. The Centre has close with the city authorities and other organisations active in the social-health care as well as s on schools preparing students to become operators in the field of social assistance and with other schools from Prague. The main activities and topics of the centre: - all services connected to homeless people (field programmes, sheltered houses, houses for families and women with children, day care centre, social housing) and a special facility unique in the Czech Republic – the shelter house with nursing care - professional and legal counselling for people in need (homeless, unemployed etc.) – family and relations counselling, legal and financial counselling (for people in debts) - re-socialization programs for people in and after custody - Prague helpline for children in need - prevention of domestic violence and help to the victims of domestic violence … and many others One of the departments is the Centre for Primary Prevention which specializes in prevention of risky behaviour of mostly young persons but also of adults. The most important activities are the following: - Cooperation with schools and other professional organizations and institutions, governmental and non-governmental sector - Methodological support, consultation, supervision and training in different areas of risk behavior - Mapping system of services in primary prevention - Analysis of risk behaviours in different target groups, which are the basis for developing plans and strategies in the primary prevention of risk behaviour in Prague, in this area also cooperate with the Ministry of Education - Scientific research activities in collaboration with academic institutions. - The most important topics of the Prague Centre of Primary Prevention include Aggression and bullying, Truancy, Racism and xenophobia, Sects, Sexually risky behaviour, Addiction, Eating Disorders.