About special social services

Special social services include a guaranteed volume of special social services and paid special social services.

The guaranteed volume of special social services is a unified list of special social services provided at the expense of budgetary funds.

The guaranteed volume of special social services is the minimum social standard in the field of social security in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On minimum social standards and their guarantees."

Paid special social services are provided on a paid basis in excess of the guaranteed volume of special social services, in the manner determined by the authorized body in the field of social protection of the population.

Special social services may include the provision of general services in the form of information, consulting, and mediation services.

Subjects providing special social services employed in the public sector provide general services at the expense of budget funds.

Special social services must comply with the standards for the provision of special social services.

The list and procedure for the provision of an additional volume of special social services provided in excess of the guaranteed volume of special social services are approved by local representative bodies of regions (cities of republican significance and the capital).

The procedure for the provision of special social services to minors in an educational organization with a special regime of detention is approved by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

A person (family) can be recognized as being in a difficult life situation on the following grounds:

1) orphanhood;

2) lack of parental care;

3) neglect of minors, including deviant behavior;

4) finding minors in special educational institutions, educational institutions with a special regime of detention;

5) limiting the possibilities of early psychophysical development of children from birth to three years;

6) persistent violations of the body's functions due to physical and (or) mental capabilities;

7) limitation of life activity due to socially significant diseases and diseases that pose a danger to others;

8) inability to self-service due to old age, due to an illness and (or) disability;

9) cruel treatment leading to social maladjustment and social deprivation;

10) homelessness (persons without a fixed abode);

11) release from places of confinement;

12) being registered with the probation officer.