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Basic social services. Professionals. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Basic social services. Professionals. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2016
Social work diplomas Social education diplomas Home care (hours)
Alt Camp 11 5 29,636
Alt Empordà 29 19 50,649
Alt Penedès 22 15 59,113
Alt Urgell 5 3 10,458
Alta Ribagorça 1 1 8,850
Anoia 24 15 73,020
Aran .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 4,297
Bages 37 25 92,063
Baix Camp 40 26 131,298
Baix Ebre 18 9 46,907
Baix Empordà 28 18 61,128
Baix Llobregat 162 107 788,054
Baix Penedès 21 13 37,515
Barcelonès 405 263 4,477,403
Berguedà 9 6 47,340
Cerdanya 4 2 13,743
Conca de Barberà 5 3 12,128
Garraf 30 19 97,195
Garrigues 5 2 6,401
Garrotxa 12 7 85,151
Gironès 37 25 96,850
Maresme 90 58 371,067
Moianès .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Montsià 14 9 26,930
Noguera 9 4 47,984
Osona 33 21 106,536
Pallars Jussà 3 2 30,925
Pallars Sobirà 2 2 10,652
Pla d'Urgell 6 4 20,584
Pla de l'Estany 7 5 47,081
Priorat 3 2 19,756
Ribera d'Ebre 5 4 25,794
Ripollès 6 4 23,307
Segarra 5 3 10,186
Segrià 41 26 107,388
Selva 33 23 97,179
Solsonès 3 2 31,118
Tarragonès 51 29 144,072
Terra Alta 3 2 16,549
Urgell 8 4 3,816
Vallès Occidental 174 113 928,998
Vallès Oriental 79 54 213,815
Catalonia 1,470 943 8,512,933
Metropolità 910 593 6,779,338
Comarques Gironines 150 100 461,344
Camp de Tarragona 108 65 336,889
Terres de l'Ebre 40 22 116,180
Ponent 73 42 196,357
Comarques Centrals 81 53 277,057
Alt Pirineu i Aran 14 9 78,924
Penedès 96 61 266,844
Barcelona 1,062 691 7,254,605
Girona 154 101 475,087
Lleida 86 52 292,657
Tarragona 169 100 490,584
Source: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.
Note: Basic primary social care teams financed by the Ministry.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: February 9, 2018.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Primary social care services
Immediate point of access to the Catalan social service system, the first level of the same and the closest to the user and family and social environments. These services are provided by multi-professional teams and are aimed at all people that live in Catalonia and especially those suffering from social problems.

Methodological aspects

The Catalan social services system is a coordinated set of personal services, establishments, financial benefits and general activities for prevention, care and social promotion that exist in Catalonia, and which seek participation of all citizens in social welfare benefits. They are especially aimed at people, families and groups that, due to difficulties with development or integration in society, a lack of personal autonomy, physical, psychological or sensorial disabilities, family problems or some kind of social marginalisation, require collective attention and solidarity.

The system is functionally structured into primary care social services and specialised care social services; and territorially is sectored into the basic areas of social services, county sectors, regional sectors and territorial areas of Catalonia in the followings fields of activity: family, child and adolescent care; care for the disabled; care for the elderly and care for drug addicts.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".