Law on social services.

This Law regulates the provision, use, planning, financing, quality, control and monitoring of social services in the Republic of Bulgaria. The purposes of this Law are: 1. guaranteeing equal access to social services, meeting the individual needs of the persons; 2. guaranteeing the quality and efficiency of the social services; 3. guaranteeing the right of every person to support for living in a home environment and in the community; 4. promoting an integrated approach in providing support to individuals; 5. promotion and development of the public-private partnership in the provision of social services. The social services are activities for support of the persons for: 1. prevention and/or overcoming of the social exclusion; 2. realization of rights; 3. improving the quality of life. The social services shall be based on social work, individual approach and individual assessment of the needs. Social work is an activity that is based on human rights and social justice and is aimed at supporting the individual, family, groups or communities to improve their quality of life by developing skills to use their own opportunities and those of the community in meeting their needs.