Social Sector - one of the newest VIRVE users
26.05.2009, 12:41
From the beginning of the year 2007 municipalities in Finland have been obligated to organize 24 hour emergency social service. This has put the municipalities to a new situation where social sector must also organize how to communicate with different authorities.
From the beginning of the year 2007 municipalities in Finland have been obligated to organize 24 hour emergency social service. This has put the municipalities to a new situation where social sector must also organize how to communicate with different authorities.
In Kouvola, south-east Finland, VIRVE is now natural part of social workers daily work. Social workers on duty use VIRVE on their communication between each other. They also use VIRVE a lot in order to contact the emergency response center.
- Our main focus is security. We move a lot alone and then it is important to have a direct contact to the police in a case of emergency, says Minna Paasonen, social worker and continues:
- I would not go to work with out VIRVE.