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

Basic social services. Professionals. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2019
Social work diplomas Social education diplomas Home care (hours)
Alt Camp 13 5 26,954
Alt Empordà 33 19 51,951
Alt Penedès 24 17 67,378
Alt Urgell 6 3 4,993
Alta Ribagorça 1 2 9,440
Anoia 28 18 92,423
Aran .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Bages 43 25 108,137
Baix Camp 46 27 146,229
Baix Ebre 19 11 49,259
Baix Empordà 31 20 57,778
Baix Llobregat 174 119 957,173
Baix Penedès 27 15 42,904
Barcelonès 472 277 5,101,517
Berguedà 11 7 52,279
Cerdanya 4 3 14,557
Conca de Barberà 7 2 11,584
Garraf 34 22 133,357
Garrigues 6 3 7,155
Garrotxa 12 9 73,001
Gironès 42 27 113,548
Maresme 107 55 451,074
Moianès 2 3 8,024
Montsià 16 12 27,133
Noguera 10 7 62,442
Osona 39 23 132,890
Pallars Jussà 4 2 21,535
Pallars Sobirà 3 2 10,458
Pla d'Urgell 9 4 25,120
Pla de l'Estany 8 5 28,400
Priorat 3 2 22,786
Ribera d'Ebre 6 4 23,437
Ripollès 7 5 22,378
Segarra 6 3 10,956
Segrià 51 33 106,330
Selva 41 22 125,831
Solsonès 4 3 29,863
Tarragonès 60 34 159,339
Terra Alta 4 2 20,086
Urgell 8 5 7,938
Vallès Occidental 204 127 1,209,454
Vallès Oriental 86 60 277,445
Catalonia 1,704 1,036 9,904,533
Metropolità 1,042 636 7,996,663
Comarques Gironines 173 106 472,887
Camp de Tarragona 128 70 366,892
Terres de l'Ebre 44 28 119,915
Ponent 90 55 219,940
Comarques Centrals 99 59 331,193
Alt Pirineu i Aran 18 11 60,982
Penedès 112 72 336,062
Barcelona 1,222 750 8,591,151
Girona 177 108 487,444
Lleida 107 66 296,228
Tarragona 199 113 529,711
Source: Ministry of Social Rights.
Note: Basic primary social care teams financed by the Ministry.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: May 18, 2023.

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 "..".