Center for Social Work
Public institution Center for Social Work Laktasi performs its activities by applying modern professional and scientific knowledge, valid legal and other regulations, using methods of social and other professional work. By exercising public authorizations it provides social work services, cooperates with other public organizations and institutions, administrative bodies, humanitarian organizations and other physical and legal persons performing social protection activities in order to plan and improve the quality of life of citizens.
The Center for Social Work has been entrusted with the tasks of social, family-legal and child protection.
Social protection beneficiaries are persons who are in a state of social need:
a) Children: without parental care, with disabilities, whose development is hindered by family circumstances, victims of violence, victims of trafficking in children, with socially unacceptable behavior, exposed to social risk behaviors, which require social protection due to special circumstances;
b) Adults: materially unprotected and disabled, disabled, elderly without family care, socially negative behavior, victim of psychoactive substance abuse, victim of domestic violence, victim of trafficking and who needs social protection due to special circumstances. Interventions towards beneficiaries of the social protection system are realized through monetary donations, provision of social services and other measures aimed at meeting social needs, prevention and solving of social problems.
Basic rights in social protection that are realized through the Center for Social Work are:
a) financial assistance,
b) allowance for assistance and care of another person,
c) support in equalizing the opportunities for children and youth with disabilities,
g) housing in the institution,
d) care for the foster family,
ð) home care and assistance,
e) daily care,
g) one-time financial assistance,
z) counseling.
The activities of the Center for Social Work include child protection work:
a) reimbursement of wages during the period of maternity leave,
b) salary compensation during ½ working hours for enhanced care of the child with disabilities
v) maternity allowance (for unemployed maternity),
g) aid for newborn baby equipment for each child born in Republic of Srpska,
d) child allowance for second, third and fourth child, parents who receive minimum monthly income,
đ) satisfaction of children’s development needs through the project “Socialization of Children of Republika Srpska” (departure of children to the sea).
e) a pro-catheter supplement for the third and fourth child.
The tasks in the field of family-legal protection carried out in the Center for Social Work are: regulation of disrupted family relations, psychosocial support to persons who are victims of domestic violence, attempt to settle, motion to the court on the trust of children, entrusting children from extra-marital communities, regulating the contact of children and the parents after the cessation of their joint life, the supervision over the exercise of parental rights, the assessment of family and socio-economic conditions, custody of minors and adults, custody for a special case, issuance of certificates of business ability and consent, affairs in the process of adoption and others.
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Address: Nemanjina 53, 78250 Laktaši
Telephone: 051 / 530-306
Fax: 051 / 535-606
E-mail: cenlak@teol.net
Working hours: Mon-Fri from 07.30 to 15.30