Social services

The social services centre runs the following social services:

• Adult social work and income support: income support is applied for either in writing or in person from the social services department. Income support application forms and instructions are available from the advice point.
• Child protection: social work, children's home and family support
• Child custody and support: child welfare officers are responsible, among other things, for investigating and confirming paternity when the child's mother is not married when the child is born
• Care of the disabled: the town runs the ten-bed group home Mäntykoti providing round-the-clock sheltered accommodation for people with learning disabilities, and a daycare unit where afternoon activities are organised for school-age students with learning disabilities.
• Work with refugees: work with refugees is mainly carried out by the refugee secretary and two social workers

Contact details

The social services department, open 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Tel. +358 44 417 4121
Fax +358 15 525 0221
Address: Olavinkatu 27, 57130 Savonlinna
Street address: Staircase E
E-mail: sosiaalivirasto(at)savonlinna.fi

The town buys care of the elderly, education and parenting advice and drug and alcohol abuse services from Itä-Savon sairaanhoitopiiri (in Finnish)