Yongsan-gu Launches Full-Scale Operation of 43 Members in Our Neighborhood Care Team

Played a Key Role in Connecting 3,304 Cases to Public and Private Support Last Year

Yongsan-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Park Hee-young) announced on the 9th that it conducted job training for the Our Neighborhood Care Team at the Yongsan Art Hall Cultural Lecture Room on the 7th and has officially started its operation.

Park Hee-young, Mayor of Yongsan District, is giving a greeting speech at the Our Neighborhood Care Team job training on the 7th. Provided by Yongsan District.

The Our Neighborhood Care Team consists of local residents who directly participate in checking on vulnerable households, such as those at risk of solitary death, through phone calls or visits. Through this, they play an important role in identifying households at risk of social isolation and establishing a welfare safety net in connection with the local community service centers.

This year, Yongsan-gu plans to select a total of 43 members for the Our Neighborhood Care Team and assign them to 16 community service centers to build a more thorough care safety net.

The district plans to intensively check on high- and medium-risk groups for solitary death this year and improve the method of writing activity logs more meticulously. They will additionally record special notes such as conversation details with the subjects and their health status to promote more thorough monitoring.

The Our Neighborhood Care Team actively participates in solitary death prevention projects beyond simple welfare checks. They faithfully perform their role as local welfare personnel by cooperating with welfare planners to identify households at risk of solitary death. Last year, the district conducted a total of 56,966 phone and visit monitoring cases through the Our Neighborhood Care Team and connected 3,304 cases to public or private support.

District Mayor Park Hee-young said, “Thanks to the Our Neighborhood Care Team members, we can more carefully check on the vulnerable groups in the community, which gives us a sense of reassurance,” and added, “By gathering our interest and care, we will create a happier Yongsan-gu and ensure that no one is left behind.”

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