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Social Assistance Services
Centers & Family & Childhood Development Services
Family Counseling Services
Q: What are the services provided by the family counseling offices?

A:Family counseling offices provide the following services:

  1. Family counseling
  2. Awareness and family education
  3. Implementation of the family care program
  4. Implementation of the nursery transfer program
  5. Granting licenses for private family counseling centers.
Q: How can I get family counseling?

A:Family counseling can be obtained by contacting family counseling offices through 3 channels:

  1. Contact by phone.
  2. Personal attendance at the office.
  3. Email.
Q: Where are educational programs in the field of family counseling advertised?

A:These programs are advertised through; The Ministry's social media channels, specifically in the social centers' account.

Q: What are the methods used with children in family counseling?

A:Children are dealt with by following the instructional methods of play.

Q: What is the family care program?

A: It is the program concerned with implementing the provisions of visits for divorced or separated families in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Where there is coordination for the implementation of the provisions of visits received from the execution courts of the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs.

Q: How can the family care program be used to carry out visits through social centers?

A: Through a letter transferred from the Execution Court after a judgment is issued by the court judge to implement the visit through the social center.

Q: What are the days and times of children’s visits to implement the provisions of visitation and seeing through social centers?

Q: What are the days and times of the children’s visits to implement the provisions of the visit and seeing through the social centers?

A: The provisions of visits or seeing children through social centers are implemented on Thursdays during the hours (4-7) in the evening, and on Fridays and Saturdays during the period.

Social Welfare Services
Q: How can an elderly card be issued?

Whereas, the Ministry of Social Development is keen on upgrading the services and programs provided to the elderly and facilitating their access to all services at a one place, registration and inquiry is provided through the elderly services office located at Abdulla bin Yousif Fakhro Social Development Center, and the office provides its services to citizens during official working hours.

In order to make it easier for our fathers and mothers (elderly) to obtain the card service by activating the use of the identity card CPR instead of the elderly service card for the elderly aged 60 years and over, keen to provide what is easier for them.

Q:What are the companies and institutions that support the energy of the elderly?
Q: What are the conditions required to provide devices and aids for the elderly?

A:Various prosthetic devices are provided for the elderly free of charge, such as wheelchairs, bathroom chairs, crutches, walkers, and medical stethoscopes. The following conditions must be met:

  1. To be of a Bahraini nationality.
  2. To be no less than sixty years in age.
  3. The family is unable to provide equipment for the elderly, if the family's income is low
  4. Provide a medical report for the applicant requesting medical hearing aid.
Q: How are the devices and aids provided for the elderly by the Ministry?
  1. Submit the service request by filling out the application form and attaching the required documents.
  2. Conduct a social research and prepare a report according to the form prepared for it.
  3. Study the application by the technical committee and take the appropriate decision.
  4. Notify the applicant of the committee’s decision.

  5. Hand over the apparatus.

Q: What are the requirements for accepting the elderly in the residential centers?
  1. Applicant must be a Bahraini citizen.
  2. Applicant must not be less than sixty years old.
  3. The social research proves the inability of elderly family to take care of him / her.
  4. Applicant is unable to work or is unable to fulfill his/her needs on his/her own.
  5. Applicant must be free from contagious diseases and mental disorders.
  6. Applicant does not have a family responsible for him/her legally.
  7. Applicant must have a desire to benefit from the services of the home or center.
Q: What are the requirements for accepting the elderly in the day institutions for parental care?
  1. Applicant must be a Bahraini citizen.
  2. ِِApplicant must not be less than sixty years old.
  3. Applicant must be free from mental illness.
  4. Applicant must be free from communicable diseases.
  5. Applicant must not be registered in another day care institution.
Social Rehabilitation Services
Q: What are the privileges that can be obtained for holders of the identity card integrated with the disability ID?

A:After the launch of the integrated identity card with the disability ID along with the upgraded version of the identity card, in coordination with the Information and e-Government Authority, the electronic identity chip was provided with the data of disabled and the type of disability. All disabled are registered with the Ministry of Social Development, who number more than 12,000 citizens with disabilities, can renew their identities with the upgraded version of the identity card, which includes disability data.In addition, all disabled are registered in the Ministry's system and holders of the identity card in its new version will receive all the benefits granted by the previous disability identification card issued by the Ministry, the most prominent of which is benefiting from discounts from a number of institutions and shops ranging from 5% to 50%, in addition to Obtaining a parking sticker for people with disabilities from the General Traffic Department, as well as giving them a special lane in the King Fahd Causeway Foundation and a half discount on bridge crossing fees, as well as obtaining all free facilities and games in parks, gardens and recreational complexes, In addition to facilities in government hospitals and health centers, double card holders obtain free sanitary sheets and keep on a monthly basis, and other privileges where you can view the list of all agencies on the official website of the ministry.

What are the requirements for approving prosthetic devices and aids for disabled?
  1. The applicant must be a Bahraini or a from a Bahraini mother.
  2. The applicant must be a resident of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
  3. The applicant be among the beneficiaries of the disability allowance
  4. The applicant should not be less than two years old and not more than sixty years old.
  5. The applicant income or that of his dependents not exceed one thousand five hundred dinars per month.
  6. Except that he is registered among his students in government schools affiliated with the Ministry of Education.
  7. The applicant must submit a recent medical report approved by a government hospital (no more than two years old)
  8. In the case of requesting a wheelchair with special specifications, the occupational therapy report should be attached to show the benefit of the proposed device.
  9. The passage of two full years since a new request was returned with regard to requests for prosthetic devices available in the Ministry's stores, and the passage of four years since the request for prosthetic devices with special specifications.
What are the documents required to submit a prosthetic device application?
  1. The CPR card and a copy of the passport of the applicant and the amount of his income if he is working.
  2. ID card and a copy of the parents' passport in the case of the unmarried applicant.
  3. ID card and a copy of the passport of the wife or husband in the case of the married applicant.
  4. Determine the amount of income of the parents, husband and wife if they work.
  5. Providing a proof of income from the commercial register, if any.
What are the conditions for joining the driving training program for people with disabilities?

Disabled are trained to obtain a driver's license free of charge in partnership with the government sector represented by the Ministry of Interior - General Traffic Department, and the following conditions must be met:

  1. To be a Bahraini citizen or from a Bahraini mother.
  2. The age of the applicant should not be less than 18 years.
  3. The applicant must have obtained a temporary learning permit .
  4. To be one of the persons with physical and hearing disabilities from the beneficiaries of the disability pension.
  5. Pass the theoretical exam.
Where to submits the application for driving training for disabled?

The application for driving training is submitted to the Ministry of Interior - General Traffic Department by filling out the application form for joining the driving training program and attaching all the required documents.

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