Health and Social Services, Social Services
Health and Social Services (HSS) is a large and diverse sector that encompasses a wide range of services.
The Social Services aspect includes activities which are mainly to do with Long Term Care (LTC), Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), community health services, care homes for older and disabled people and social work. In addition, we work in establishing and providing support for European Works Councils in private, not for profit and public care homes. EPSU Social Services Sector represents care workers across Europe, including health care assistants, workers in all types of care homes, child care workers and social workers . We organise in public, non-for-profit and private services.
EPSU is the recognised European social partner organisation for workers in the hospital and health care sector throughout the European Union.
Adam Rogalewski is the EPSU Policy Officer for the sector and Samantha Howe is the Policy Assistant for Social Services. The President of the EPSU Standing Committee for Health and Social Services is Kirsi Sillanpää of TEHY (Finland) and the Vice-Presidents are Yolanda Gil of CC.OO (Spain), Dietmar Erdmeier of Ver.di (Germany), and Razvan Gae of Sanitas (Romania). You can also get their contact details here. -
Social Services & Social Dialogue in the EU, EPSU/ETUCO course
"Szociális szolgáltatások és társadalmi párbeszéd az Európai Unióban" című tanfolyam, 2005. március 17-20, Budapest, Magyarország The European Trade Union College and EPSU organised a seminar on Social Services & Social
EPSU analysis on European Commission Communication on Implementing the Community Lisbon programme: Social Services of General Interest in the European Union (COM (2006) 177 final)
EPSU analysis on European Commission Communication on Implementing the Community Lisbon programme: Social Services of General Interest in the European Union (COM (2006) 177 final){Adopted by the EPSU Executive Committee
Course "Working and living conditions in prison services in Europe: collective bargaining issues"
The Education Department of the European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety (ETUI-REHS Education) will organise a joint course with EPSU Working and living conditions in