Kuurojen Palvelusäätiö (Dövas Servicestiftelse) sr

Kuurojen Palvelusäätiö sr provides services in sign language and other communication methods chosen by the client. Its offering covers supported and community housing, day activities, work activities, home care and home-care support, home nursing, family home services, personal assistance, occupational support and a sign-language memory test.

Customers are deaf and sign-language-using people, families and older people who use its services, with the service form agreed together with the purchaser (tilaaja) and the client. The website describes the foundation as providing services at six service centres (Oulu Runola, Hämeenlinna Sampola, Jyväskylä Metsola, Hyvinkää Åvik, Turku Salmela and Helsinki Ainola). It states 237 employees, about 20% of whom use sign language, and around 1,200 clients per year.

The foundation is registered as a foundation (sr) and was founded in 1897 according to its website. Its services are partly funded by STEA, and the site lists open-to-all activities alongside its service-centre operations. Open positions include substitute staff, an internship, permanent instructor roles, a unit director post and an instructor post at Palvelukeskus Ainola in Helsinki.

Product: Sign-language social and care services: supported and community housing, day and work activities, home care, family home services, personal assistance and employment support.