CIANJUR (March
10, 2020) - Social Minister Juliari P Batubara accompanied by Director General of
Social Empowerment Edi Suharto, Director General of Poverty Management Asep
Sasa Purnama, Director of Social Empowerment for Individual, Family, and Public
Institution Bambang Mulyadi directly observed the implementation of Puskesos
services in Jambudipa Village, Cianjur which was welcomed by the head of
Jambudipa Village. Before reviewing the Health Center, the Minister of Social
Affairs attended the launching of the Sembako National Program, where the
Minister of Social Affairs handed over People's Business Credit (KUR)
assistance to KPM PKH who had graduated.
On this occasion,
the Minister of Social Affairs visited Puskesos services at the village level
and interacted with the official and people who received the service.
One of the
residents met by the Minister of Social Affairs, Rodiyah, said that she was
proposing to obtain a PKH and KIP program for her children, so that they could
get future education guarantees for their children. This Puskesos can help
people to directly submit complaints directly.
The Social
Welfare Center (Puskesos) is an integrated referral service at the village
level which is a miniature of the Integrated Referral Service System (SLRT) at
the District / City level that aims to bring SLRT services closer to rural
communities so that they do not have to travel long distances to get to the
SLRT location at the city or district level.
In line with the
launching of the "One Village One Puskesos Movement" by the Ministry
of Social Affairs, the Sabilulungan Social Welfare Center growth in 2019, where
there are officers such as facilitators, front offices, and back offices that
includes element of Youth Organization and Local Village Officials.
The Sabilulungan Social
Welfare Center receives five to ten people in a day who come to complain to get
social services.
Rahmad (Puskesos
Sabilulungan Front Office) explained that the Puskesos Sabilulungan has been
around since November 2019 until now, even though it is new but the enthusiasm
of the public to report complaints about social welfare is quite good, and with
the presence of the Puskesos can provide solutions in social welfare such as
health referrals , education, etc.
The Minister
hopes that the community members in the village can get a well services related
to social services, and the management of the services then it can be
immediately processed and solved.
The Director of
PSPKKM added that TKSK is one of the pillars of the community which has the
task and responsibility on assisting the government in carrying out social
welfare implementation. Moreover, TKSK as a volunteer who directly involve in
social programs can also be a Supervisor in reviewing the referrals that are forwarded by the
Facilitator and Puskesos at the village level.