Why Did Seongdong-gu Welfare Account Holders' 'Juju Salpimi' Become Popular in the Neighborhood?

Welfare Account 'Juju Salpimi' 450 Members and Public Officials Conduct Comprehensive Survey to Identify Welfare Blind Spots... Home Visits and Living Condition Assessments from January 7 to February 25, Emergency Support Provided

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] The ‘Seongdong Jujusalpimi,’ a team composed of 450 welfare community leaders from 17 neighborhoods and welfare officials from the community service centers, is going around the neighborhoods to find neighbors facing difficulties in unseen places.

Seongdong-gu (Mayor Jeong Wono)’s representative welfare blind spot discovery team, ‘Seongdong Jujusalpimi,’ will conduct a full survey of welfare blind spots from the 7th to February 25th.

This survey, conducted in connection with the nationwide resident registration census, involves welfare community leaders and welfare officials visiting every household in the area to conduct a primary basic survey assessing living conditions, health status, and welfare needs. For households suspected to be in crisis, welfare planners, village nurses, and Hyosarang nurses will conduct a second-level in-depth investigation.

If an emergency crisis situation is detected, welfare officers from the community service center will be dispatched immediately, and necessary welfare service support will be linked. Households excluded from support under legal criteria will be registered with the ‘Seongdong-type Emergency Support Team for Crisis Households,’ established in December last year, so that the emergency support team can be deployed within 24 hours.

Mr. Shim (89), who was discovered during the survey period last January by a welfare community leader from Geumho 1-ga-dong, expressed gratitude: “After my wife died of cancer, I was alone and didn’t want to live, so I just stayed at home. But then the community leader came to help me, sent university students to keep me company, and visiting nurses came to check my health. These days, I even go to the welfare center and live happily.”

A district official said, “Since February last year, 2,482 residents, including welfare community leaders, have been appointed as honorary social welfare officers called ‘Jujusalpimi’ and have been active. These individuals report to the district office or community service centers whenever they meet neighbors in difficulty at their workplaces or nearby places, even outside the full survey period, 365 days a year.”

In addition to this welfare blind spot discovery survey, the district has created a ‘welfare needs survey checkbox’ on the moving-in report form so that households needing welfare-related assistance can receive immediate welfare counseling. When residents visit the community service center, they can receive kind and detailed welfare information guidance and counseling through professional counseling training and customer service training.

Jeong Wono, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, said, “Jujusalpimi will actively discover crisis households in blind spots, and by cooperating between the public and private sectors to support them, we will continue to make active efforts to realize social care where not a single person is left behind.”

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