In Russia marks Day of social worker

Today in Russia Day of a social worker. In honor of the professional holiday, the activists of the popular front launched the campaign. Congratulations went to nursing homes, boarding schools and special center. The results took the video, in which he described all the nuances of difficult work. In this area, according to the labor Ministry, now employ nearly half a million Russians. Of these, nearly 200 thousand work in residential homes for the elderly, 150 thousand provided social services at home, another 120 thousand work in semi-hospitals and mobile teams, which helps the rural and remote areas. Because of the pandemic, the workload of social workers has grown. Due to higher for social workers load the Russian government developed incentive payments from ten to sixty thousand rubles. And in the Ulyanovsk region, the local authorities have also introduced a regional measure of encouragement.

my tenth anniversary in the service of social protection Elena Bekisheva said three months ago. Today it serves 14 people. Most of them are retirees who for health reasons are unable to leave the house.

the Eighth year of twice a week a social worker visits the pensioner Anna was. A particularly valuable such visits began during a pandemic, when relatives living hundreds of kilometers, simply can not come visit. Elena for of Anna has long been the main carer, and calls retired employee of service of social protection not only as a daughter.

“We go more often than relatives. Two times a week. Of course, we become important people, like family members,” says social worker Helena Bekeshova.

the Social worker Natalia Kazakova and then looks at a Notepad with a list of products that waiting for her mentee. It is important to follow not only the product, but more importantly for their quality and shelf life.

Each of the caseworkers on average at 10 locations, which are usually located at a respectable distance from each other. Daily employees of social protection with full packages are tens of kilometers.

the Hard work of social workers in a period of hard anticorrosiveness restrictions was valued even more. Such assistants along with physicians are in a high risk zone. For them, the government provided incentive payments from ten to sixty thousand rubles. In the Ulyanovsk region, the local authorities have also introduced and a regional incentive.

Only in Ulyanovsk region, incentive payments already received more than three hundred thousand employees of social protection. Workers home-based services is also included in the category of those who are at risk.

“Always the experts, social sectors was close to the people, their problems and their difficulties. But in this period of the pandemic in the ranking of complaints issues of social protection are the first priority,” says acting Minister of family, demographic policy and social well-being of the Ulyanovsk region Natalia Isayeva.

material assistance, supervision and care for certain categories of citizens, delivery of products and payment of utility bills is just a small list of tasks that are daily solved social workers. In Ulyanovsk region there are more than six thousand. And even their professional holiday, they meet on the job. Alongside those to whom their help is vital.