When in school, children can seek advice from a school psychologist or counsellor. Activities related to social assistance, i.e. preventing and resolving the social problems of individuals, families and population groups, are covered by the Social Assistance Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 3/2007 – official consolidated text, 23/07 – as amended, 41/07 – as amended, 114/2006 – ZUTPG). This act confers powers on social work centres and, with them, certain tasks, including professional counselling and support in handling relationships between family members, child care and preparing families to assume their roles in day-to-day life. In particular, social work centres are active in the field of social prevention, first social help, personal attendance and helping families, and organising common actions for socially deprived groups. Social work centres can also provide other types of services and tasks if necessary for mitigating social distress and difficulties in particular environments. In addition, they can help children in need through their professional workers, who act as counsellors to the latter within the framework of their competences. Also working in this field are non-governmental organisations which provide counselling and other services to young adolescents. If children are in a tough situation they can also go to the nearest police office.
German Embassy
Prešernova 27
1000 Ljubljana
phone:+386 (0)1/479 03 00
Fax:+386 (0)1/425 08 99
see: http://www.laibach.diplo.de/Vertretung/laibach/de/Startseite.html(website in german)