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Q - HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES

CAEN Code 8899: Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

This class includes:

  • social, counselling, welfare, refugee, referral and similar services which are delivered to individuals and families in their homes or elsewhere and carried out by government offices or by private organisations, disaster relief organisations and national or local self-help organisations and by specialists providing counselling services:
    • welfare and guidance activities for children and adolescents
    • adoption activities, activities for the prevention of cruelty to children and others
    • counselling for household budget, marriage and family, and credit and debt services
    • community and neighborhood activities
    • activities for disaster victims, refugees, immigrants etc, including temporary or extended shelter for them
    • Vocational rehabilitation and habilitation activities for unemployed individuals, provided the educational component is restricted.
    • eligibility determination in connection with welfare aid, rent supplements or food stamps
    • Day facilities catering to the homeless and other socially vulnerable groups
    • charitable activities like fund-raising or other supporting activities aimed at social work

This class excludes:

  • funding and administration of compulsory social security programmes, see NAICS 8430
  • activities similar to those described in this class, but including accommodation, see CAEN 8790

Also used for in caselaw:

  • Adoption organisation activities
  • Cultural mediation
  • Refugee resettlement activities