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

Basic social services. Professionals. Counties, areas and provinces 2010
Social work diplomas Social education diplomas Home care (hours)
Alt Camp 10 7 29,085
Alt Empordà 29 19 54,796
Alt Penedès 22 15 90,447
Alt Urgell 5 3 13,571
Alta Ribagorça 1 1 9,763
Anoia 23 14 49,481
Bages 37 25 100,096
Baix Camp 38 26 139,959
Baix Ebre 19 8 62,601
Baix Empordà 27 18 63,015
Baix Llobregat 160 102 557,129
Baix Penedès 21 13 38,249
Barcelonès 396 241 2,771,075
Berguedà 9 6 58,208
Cerdanya 3 2 9,120
Conca de Barberà 5 3 10,376
Garraf 30 20 81,731
Garrigues 5 2 12,602
Garrotxa 12 8 57,106
Gironès 37 25 109,135
Maresme 87 57 277,122
Montsià 13 9 22,403
Noguera 9 3 25,044
Osona 31 21 133,885
Pallars Jussà 3 2 35,450
Pallars Sobirà 2 2 8,594
Pla d'Urgell 5 2 10,644
Pla de l'Estany 7 5 23,910
Priorat 3 2 27,797
Ribera d'Ebre 5 4 27,142
Ripollès 6 4 36,944
Segarra 5 4 10,125
Segrià 41 24 126,726
Selva 33 23 60,981
Solsonès 3 2 24,587
Tarragonès 50 29 158,111
Terra Alta 3 2 19,152
Urgell 8 3 7,477
Val d'Aran 0 0 0
Vallès Occidental 172 111 914,326
Vallès Oriental 78 54 194,656
Catalonia 1,443 911 6,462,622
Metropolità 891 563 4,714,308
Comarques Gironines 148 100 405,888
Camp de Tarragona 105 66 365,328
Terres de l'Ebre 39 22 131,299
Ponent 73 37 192,618
Comarques Centrals 79 54 316,776
Alt Pirineu i Aran 14 10 76,498
Penedès 95 61 259,909
Barcelona 1,042 663 5,228,157
Girona 151 102 415,007
Lleida 86 47 284,583
Tarragona 164 100 534,876
Source: Ministry of Social Welfare and Family.
Notes:
Basic primary social care teams financed by the Ministry.
Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.

Last update: March 8, 2012.

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 "..".