Process description
Service requests
A social services person or his or her legal person has access to the Social Service, but if the person is in a medical treatment institution, he or she shall refer to the social worker of the medical treatment institution.
In order to receive social services, a person or his or her legal representative shall present a personal identification document and submit to the Social Service:
1. an application specifying the problem and its preferred solution;
2. other documents, if they are necessary for taking a decision on the granting of an appropriate social service.
You can make phone calls to find out which Social Service Territorial Center a person needs to address.
67105048 or 80005055.
By mail (the application must be signed manually), by signing with a secure electronic signature, or
also using an e-address.A service charge
The service provider may determine the payment of the participation to the person on the basis of the possibilities for the participation of the person.Receipt of services
After taking the decision of the Riga Social Service regarding the granting of social service, the person receives the service in a social rehabilitation centre.
The list of social rehabilitation centres can be consulted on the homepage of the Welfare Department of the Riga City Council, under the heading “Services” of Section ld.riga.lv, under the heading “Social Services” - “Social Rehabilitation Centre Service”.
Riga Social Service informative phone: 67105048.
Riga City Council Welfare Department Free Information Phone: 80005055.