Key:social_facility
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A facility that provides social services
social_facility
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A social facility is any place where social services, as defined here, are conducted:
- Social work is a profession and a social science committed to the pursuit of social justice, to quality of life, and to the development of the full potential of each individual, group and community in a society
Specific examples of a social facility are drug clinics, workshops for the physically disabled, and homeless shelters. There are no restrictions as to who provides the services.
How to tag
Use amenity=social_facility to label a feature that provides a social service. To capture additional information, supplement the feature with additional tags as defined in this wiki.
Different types of social facilities
Social facilities come in many different types and can be the location of where services are provided or where they are administered from. Types of social facilities are defined by the level of care or service that is provided and whether people reside at the location. To define whom is served by the facility, use the social_facility:for tag as described below.
For features/POIs that focus on treatment of specific acute medical conditions, such as those services normally delivered by a hospital, the Tag:amenity=hospital amenity tag should be used.
For features/POIs that focus on disaster relief, such as a temporary emergency shelter, it is suggested that the Humanitarian_OSM_Tags be used. This is still an evolving model and comments are welcome in the discussion page.
| Tag | Icon | Description |
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| social_facility=group_home |  |
A group residential home organized around a certain demographic and provides social and medical services, such as leisure activities or meals. e.g. a nursing home or a retirement home for elderly (wikipedia:Group_home) |
| social_facility=assisted_living |  |
A residential facility like group_home, but the looked after are more independent (e.g have own flats). Usually conceived for people with "slight" disabilities. e.g. residential care home for eldery people (wikipedia:Assisted_living) |
| social_facility=shelter |  |
A facility that provides temporary sleeping facilities or refuge from exposure to the environment. e.g. a homeless shelter (wikipedia:Homeless_shelter or wikipedia:Emergency_shelter or wikipedia:Transitional_shelter) |
| social_facility=ambulatory_care |  |
A non-residential facility that supports the living needs of those who can't fully support themselves e.g. administrative offices for home nurses or streetworkers (wikipedia:Ambulatory_care) |
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| social_facility=outreach |  |
A non-residential facility that provides social welfare services such as advocacy, counseling, job placement, veterans services, housing placement, wellness programs, daycare, leisure activities. e.g. outreach for veterans (wikipedia:Outreach) |
| social_facility=workshop |  |
A non-residential work facility that primarily employs people with disabilities. Also includes workshops for rehabilitating or juvenile offenders. (wikipedia:Sheltered_workshop) |
| social_facility=food_bank |  |
A non-residential facility that provides pre-packaged food or prepared meals (e.g. soup kitchen or food pantry) (wikipedia:Food_bank) |
Whom is served by the facility
The social_facility:for tag is used to describe the group of people that is primarily served by the facility.
| Tag | Description |
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| social_facility:for=abused | Abused children or adults, include violated or sexually abused victims. |
| social_facility:for=child | e.g. daycare center for children |
| social_facility:for=disabled | Those with physical disabilities |
| social_facility:for=diseased | Those who suffer a certain disease and their families, name disease in description tag (e.g. AIDS) |
| social_facility:for=drug_addicted | e.g. drug-counseling service, name drug (if certain) in description tag |
| social_facility:for=homeless | Have a look at the Homeless_Shelter-proposals for tags that capture more details |
| social_facility:for=juvenile | e.g. juvenile shelter |
| social_facility:for=mental_health | Those with mental/psychological problems |
| social_facility:for=migrant | Those who have migrated from another country or region |
| social_facility:for=orphan | e.g. orphanage |
| social_facility:for=senior | elder, older, pensioner e.g. retirement home |
| social_facility:for=underprivileged | Poor or disadvantaged people |
| social_facility:for=unemployed | People without a job. See Tag:office=employment_agency |
| social_facility:for=victim | For victims of crimes, such as a robbery or hate (acute + trauma care). |
Examples
The following are a few examples of various social facilities with some basic tags. Additional tags can be added to better describe the feature. See the "Similar Features/POI" section below.
| Retirement Home |
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| amenity=social_facility |
| social_facility=group_home |
| social_facility:for=senior |
| operator=Pegasus Retirement Home |
| wheelchair=yes |
| Facility for mentally ill people |
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| amenity=social_facility |
| social_facility=group_home |
| social_facility:for=mental_health |
| operator=NAMI |
| opening_hours=24/7 |
| Outreach for poor members of community |
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| amenity=social_facility |
| social_facility=outreach |
| social_facility:for=under_privileged |
| operator=St. Martin's Ministries |
| Homeless shelter |
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| amenity=social_facility |
| social_facility=shelter |
| social_facility:for=homeless |
| operator=Pine Street Inn |
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See also
- Approved Proposal of social_facility
- amenity=nursing_home
- amenity=retirement_home
- emergency (includes some social projects)
- community_centre
- social_centre
- shop=charity
- Animal - to describe facilities that take care of animals, use animal=shelter
- Tag:office=employment_agency - to describe employment agencies, of which about 200 nodes use. social_facility:for=unemployed was added to cover social service oriented employment agencies.
Proposed Features
- Charity (abandoned)
- Notinsel: project in Germany that facilitate shelters for children (marked for deletion)
- Healthcare or Healthcare 2.0
- Homeless shelter
- Orphanage (rejected)
- Residential home (outdated)
- Social club (there are some clubs based on volunteer-work that are doing leisure activities with handicapped people)
