Gwangju Seo-gu Hosts 'Health and Welfare Service Best Practices Sharing Workshop'

Published 08 Jun.2023 13:25(KST)

Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Kim Ikang) announced on the 8th that it held the 'Visiting Health and Welfare Service Best Practices Sharing Workshop and Incentive Ceremony' on the 7th, attended by staff from the customized welfare teams of 18 neighborhoods.

Seogu held the 'Visiting Health and Welfare Service Best Practice Sharing Workshop and Incentive Ceremony' on the 7th. <br>[Photo by Seogu]

Seogu held the 'Visiting Health and Welfare Service Best Practice Sharing Workshop and Incentive Ceremony' on the 7th.
[Photo by Seogu]

This workshop shared excellent cases such as discovering welfare blind spots, integrated case management, and public-private cooperation being promoted in each neighborhood.

This year, Seo-gu is actively leading efforts to eliminate welfare blind spots by promoting the 'Our Neighborhood Neighbor Care Group' project and the 'Support for Households Suspected of Hoarding' project.

In Nongsung 1-dong, a foreigner of Taiwanese nationality was in a situation where working was difficult and basic living security support was urgently needed, but due to nationality issues, applying for support projects was difficult. The neighborhood office is providing emergency welfare living expenses support and linking services with the Neighbor Care Group.

In Chipyeong-dong, public and private sectors cooperated to carry out house repair work to prevent leaks and backflow for a single elderly person living in a house at high risk of flooding.

In Sangmu 2-dong, a person with intellectual disabilities addicted to gaming is receiving continuous counseling and monitoring through linkage with the Addiction Management Center, supporting the recovery of daily life.

Other excellent cases shared included support for a four-person household in welfare blind spots due to unpaid utility bills, support for middle-aged single households with alcohol dependence, support for single-parent families suffering from depression, suicidal impulses, and social phobia, support for single elderly people with depression and hoarding after the death of a spouse, and support for reclusive single elderly people with hearing disabilities living in motels.

At the workshop, Seo-gu selected six neighborhoods (Nongsung 1, Chipyeong, Sangmu 2, Hwajeong 2, Hwajeong 3, Geumho 2) as the best cases and awarded incentives of 300,000 KRW each in Gwangju Win-Win Cards, while the remaining 12 neighborhoods received 200,000 KRW each as incentives for excellent cases.

Kim Ikang, Mayor of Seo-gu, said, “Through field-centered proactive administration, we will continue to strive to realize a welfare blind spot-free Together Seo-gu by discovering and supporting crisis households without missing the right time.”