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

Basic social services. Professionals. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2018
Social work diplomas Social education diplomas Home care (hours)
Alt Camp 13 6 32,426
Alt Empordà 31 22 59,280
Alt Penedès 23 16 58,725
Alt Urgell 6 3 9,171
Alta Ribagorça 1 2 9,877
Anoia 28 18 110,864
Aran .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Bages 42 27 104,657
Baix Camp 48 26 134,557
Baix Ebre 19 9 47,866
Baix Empordà 29 22 57,754
Baix Llobregat 177 113 937,969
Baix Penedès 26 15 42,375
Barcelonès 442 293 5,379,154
Berguedà 12 6 53,965
Cerdanya 4 3 13,070
Conca de Barberà 7 2 15,081
Garraf 31 23 113,998
Garrigues 6 3 7,306
Garrotxa 12 9 75,678
Gironès 42 28 100,196
Maresme 100 62 426,702
Moianès 3 3 6,868
Montsià 16 14 27,089
Noguera 10 6 59,463
Osona 37 24 133,144
Pallars Jussà 4 2 20,403
Pallars Sobirà 3 2 10,187
Pla d'Urgell 7 4 22,647
Pla de l'Estany 8 5 39,874
Priorat 3 2 22,793
Ribera d'Ebre 5 4 25,983
Ripollès 6 5 22,871
Segarra 6 3 10,262
Segrià 50 34 112,032
Selva 40 24 114,080
Solsonès 4 3 27,457
Tarragonès 58 35 141,103
Terra Alta 4 2 18,558
Urgell 8 5 8,740
Vallès Occidental 196 119 1,154,165
Vallès Oriental 86 60 262,015
Catalonia 1,644 1,052 10,030,403
Metropolità 1,000 645 8,160,006
Comarques Gironines 167 113 469,733
Camp de Tarragona 127 69 345,960
Terres de l'Ebre 43 28 119,495
Ponent 87 54 220,451
Comarques Centrals 97 62 326,091
Alt Pirineu i Aran 18 11 62,707
Penedès 107 72 325,962
Barcelona 1,174 761 8,742,226
Girona 171 115 482,803
Lleida 104 65 297,545
Tarragona 195 112 507,830
Source: Ministry of Social Rights.
Note: Basic primary social care teams financed by the Ministry.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: May 18, 2023.

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 "..".