SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICE
PRC Bldg. Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Phone No.: (032) 253-9793
About
On August 6 1945, the Home Service Department was organized to maintain professional relationships with the government and private welfare agencies in serving civilians, servicemen and veterans with respect to government benefits as well as health and welfare inquiries of displaced relatives and friends.
On March 18 1946, in consonance with one of the charter obligations of the PRC which states that "To act as a medium of communication between the people of the Republic of the Philippines and that of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, in time of war and in time of peace," the Military Welfare Service was set up with the signing of the interim agreement between the PRC and the Chief of Staff of the Philippine Army. This later served as the operating basis for the employment of Red Cross personnel by the AFP.
Profile
The Authority under which the Philippine Red Cross assumes responsibility for the Social Services is provided for in the AFPR G 130-291.
Military Welfare Service Units were established in all major commands of the AFP to include outlying installations to carry out a service program which included welfare assistance as well as recreation and rehabilitation.
In the reorganization plan of 1956, the Home Service and the Military Welfare Service which had operated as a separate service departments were merged. In 1978, the name was changed to Social Services to connote professional service offered to people
SoS Vision
Social Service shall be one of the most responsive services of the PRC which is concerned primarily with organized social service activities aimed to facilitate and strengthen basic relationship and the mutual adjustment between individual and their social environment for the good of the individual and of the society.
SoS Mission
We are committed to provide welfare services that are responsive to the changing needs of the people and deliver these services with quality genuine concern and with human touch.
We shall continue to be a partner of the government in the delivery of services to the vulnerable and to complement each other in our areas of competence.
Programs & Services
When HELP is needed, when faced with a crisis you alone cannot solve, the Red Cross could be the right agency to help you. The answer to your problem could be one of the SOCIAL SERVICES of the Red Cross. You can come to Red Cross for HELP.
The Social Services offers the following to people in urgent needs:
1. Guidance and Counseling – the professional advise given to people in crisis situation for the possible solution of their problem.
2. Psychosocial Support Program (PSP)/Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) - It is a program that prepares the community to be able to cope and manage their stress during disaster and it includes support and care activities that bring the people of the community together and build a network between the organizations that work in the area.
3.Tracing Service – assistance to locate displaced or missing person specifically a disaster that occurred either in the Philippines or in foreign country with whom contact or normal channels of communication have been cut off from their families.
4. Emergency Leave Assistance for Filipinos who are in the US Service - provision of health illness and death verification reports required by authorities as a basis for giving possible emergency leave grants to Filipino-US Servicemen.
5. Welfare Services for Vulnerable Groups.
a. Program for Women in Difficult Situation
b. Assistance for Overseas Filipino Workers
c. Assistance to Person with Disabilities
d. Assistance for Disaster Victims
- Psychological First Aid
- Tracing /Disaster Welfare Inquiry
- Counseling
- Contact of relatives
- Referral
6. Military Welfare Service -Pursuant to RA 95 Social Services extends a twin program which focuses on the welfare needs of members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and their dependents. It provides casework services, recreation therapy, benefits and claims assistance and skills training within the Armed Forces community. Likewise it helps promote Disaster Management Services, Safety Services, Blood Program, Community Health and Nursing Services and Red Cross Youth programs.
7. Family Visit Program for the detainees - a joint PRC and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) program that provides free transportation and temporary shelter to family members who would like to visit their detained relatives in order to prevent family disintegration.
8. Intercountry Casework – assistance to individuals and families whose problem require an Intercountry approach.
9. Referral Service - clients whose needs are not within the scope of the Red Cross services are referred to appropriate agency.
9. Early Livelihood Recovery Program – the program aims to "put communities back onto their feet" by supporting restoration of livelihoods of the most vulnerable in the community. The focus is for a short-term immediate intervention. This entails the provision of a cash grant.
10. Hot Meals – is a feeding program that aims to alleviate human suffering and addresses malnutrition among calamity victims and the poor especially children.
11. Training Program
- Psychosocial Support Program (PSP)
- Welfare Aide
- Technical Support to PRC chapters on case management
PRC Bldg. Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City
Phone No.: (032) 253-9793
About
On August 6 1945, the Home Service Department was organized to maintain professional relationships with the government and private welfare agencies in serving civilians, servicemen and veterans with respect to government benefits as well as health and welfare inquiries of displaced relatives and friends.
On March 18 1946, in consonance with one of the charter obligations of the PRC which states that "To act as a medium of communication between the people of the Republic of the Philippines and that of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, in time of war and in time of peace," the Military Welfare Service was set up with the signing of the interim agreement between the PRC and the Chief of Staff of the Philippine Army. This later served as the operating basis for the employment of Red Cross personnel by the AFP.
Profile
The Authority under which the Philippine Red Cross assumes responsibility for the Social Services is provided for in the AFPR G 130-291.
Military Welfare Service Units were established in all major commands of the AFP to include outlying installations to carry out a service program which included welfare assistance as well as recreation and rehabilitation.
In the reorganization plan of 1956, the Home Service and the Military Welfare Service which had operated as a separate service departments were merged. In 1978, the name was changed to Social Services to connote professional service offered to people
SoS Vision
Social Service shall be one of the most responsive services of the PRC which is concerned primarily with organized social service activities aimed to facilitate and strengthen basic relationship and the mutual adjustment between individual and their social environment for the good of the individual and of the society.
SoS Mission
We are committed to provide welfare services that are responsive to the changing needs of the people and deliver these services with quality genuine concern and with human touch.
We shall continue to be a partner of the government in the delivery of services to the vulnerable and to complement each other in our areas of competence.
Programs & Services
When HELP is needed, when faced with a crisis you alone cannot solve, the Red Cross could be the right agency to help you. The answer to your problem could be one of the SOCIAL SERVICES of the Red Cross. You can come to Red Cross for HELP.
The Social Services offers the following to people in urgent needs:
1. Guidance and Counseling – the professional advise given to people in crisis situation for the possible solution of their problem.
2. Psychosocial Support Program (PSP)/Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) - It is a program that prepares the community to be able to cope and manage their stress during disaster and it includes support and care activities that bring the people of the community together and build a network between the organizations that work in the area.
3.Tracing Service – assistance to locate displaced or missing person specifically a disaster that occurred either in the Philippines or in foreign country with whom contact or normal channels of communication have been cut off from their families.
4. Emergency Leave Assistance for Filipinos who are in the US Service - provision of health illness and death verification reports required by authorities as a basis for giving possible emergency leave grants to Filipino-US Servicemen.
5. Welfare Services for Vulnerable Groups.
a. Program for Women in Difficult Situation
b. Assistance for Overseas Filipino Workers
c. Assistance to Person with Disabilities
d. Assistance for Disaster Victims
- Psychological First Aid
- Tracing /Disaster Welfare Inquiry
- Counseling
- Contact of relatives
- Referral
6. Military Welfare Service -Pursuant to RA 95 Social Services extends a twin program which focuses on the welfare needs of members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and their dependents. It provides casework services, recreation therapy, benefits and claims assistance and skills training within the Armed Forces community. Likewise it helps promote Disaster Management Services, Safety Services, Blood Program, Community Health and Nursing Services and Red Cross Youth programs.
7. Family Visit Program for the detainees - a joint PRC and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) program that provides free transportation and temporary shelter to family members who would like to visit their detained relatives in order to prevent family disintegration.
8. Intercountry Casework – assistance to individuals and families whose problem require an Intercountry approach.
9. Referral Service - clients whose needs are not within the scope of the Red Cross services are referred to appropriate agency.
9. Early Livelihood Recovery Program – the program aims to "put communities back onto their feet" by supporting restoration of livelihoods of the most vulnerable in the community. The focus is for a short-term immediate intervention. This entails the provision of a cash grant.
10. Hot Meals – is a feeding program that aims to alleviate human suffering and addresses malnutrition among calamity victims and the poor especially children.
11. Training Program
- Psychosocial Support Program (PSP)
- Welfare Aide
- Technical Support to PRC chapters on case management