RESPONISBILITIES

Please note that the Municipal Integration Promoting Service is not social work and it doesn’t deal with social benefits either. In social matters, please contact the OmHäme service: Services promoting integration – OmaHäme (omahame.fi) . If you need help with benefit matters (Kela), please contact Kela: Kela’s customer service | Private customers | Reel

INITIAL ASSESSMENTS AND INTEGRATION PLANS

Integration counselors carry out initial assessments and integration plans for foreign-language speakers who are outside the labour force, such as parents staying at home with children, pensioners and students.

In the initial assessment, we find out about the person’s background and current situation in terms of skills studies and work.

The purpose of the integration plan is to agree together with the person how to promote their own integration process, for example by participating in group activities, Finnish language groups or information sessions.

GROUP ACTIVITIES AND OPEN INFO SESSIONS

• activities for men
• family club for immigrants
• activities for young people
• activities for the elderly
• information sessions

Family work walk-in service

Tuesdays, from 13.00 to 15.30 at Residents’ Service Point, ‘Kastelli‘. 

• applications for early childhood education and school,
• Wilma and Päikky
• Children’s hobbies and leisure time

For more information please contact Emma.

Business Advisory

Walk-in business advisory services without an appointment: Wednesdays from 10 am to 12 pm and from 1 pm to 3 pm at a service point in Kastelli.

Advice by phone: Mondays from 9 am to 1 pm, tel. 040 7788927

Advice by appointment: Fridays from 10 am to 12 pm and from 1 pm to 3 pm

• Advice for companies and those planning to start a business

International Business Advisory – MyIntegration

Support in using digital services

Thursdays from 1 to 3.30 pm at Residents’ Service Point,’ Kastelli‘.

• guidance on electronic systems,
• payment of invoices
• online banking

 Contact:

• Senior Integration Counselor Hanna Turunen, tel. 050 527 5641
• Integration Counselor Marko Oksanen, tel. 050 361 7364
• Integration Counselor Oscar Shemari, tel. 040 778 8927
• Integration Coordinator for Families, Emma Nurmi-Matongo tel. 0400 844 901
• Service Assistant Ben Smida, tel. 0401 826 725
• Service Assistant  Sureshika Wadumesthrie, tel. 0406307733
• email: kotoutuminen@hameenlinna.fi  

You can contact us by phone, WhatsApp or Signal.