Information about Soite
The Wellbeing services county of Central Ostrobothnia Soite provides social and health care services, as well as rescue services to the residents of Halsua, Kannus, Kaustinen, Kokkola, Lestijärvi, Perho, Toholampi, and Veteli.
The Wellbeing services county of Central Ostrobothnia Soite organizes social, healthcare and rescue services in its area. The Wellbeing services county of Central Ostrobothnia has a population of approximately 68,000 and includes Halsua, Kannus, Kaustinen, Kokkola, Lestijärvi, Perho, Toholampi and Veteli. We employ approximately 4,000 professionals.
Of course we can is our promise to you, to me and to us.
It is an aim and an attitude that we strive for together in different ways.
Of course we can:
- We prosper.
- We succeed!
For clients and residents in the area, the promise means well-being, a good and happy everyday life and that the resident is able to lead an active and engaged life.
The promise to the entire well-being services county is reflected in the area’s prosperity, growth and development as well as cooperation.
For the employees, the promise is expressed as strong professional pride and a sense of togetherness – it is well-being and a good everyday life at work.
For Soite as a whole, our promise is a healthy work culture, well-being, a culture of development and trying new things and cooperation with others.
Soite consists of the eight municipalities in Central Ostrobothnia that have a total population of 68,000 people. Central Ostrobothnia Central Hospital is the nearest on-call hospital for approximately 200,000 citizens. Central Ostrobothnia wellbeing services county functions in the following municipalities:
- Halsua
- Kannus
- Kaustinen
- Kokkola
- Lestijärvi
- Perho
- Toholampi
- Veteli
The wellbeing services county has 4,000 employees and 300 persons working in contract fire departments.
The strategy 2022-
The vision for Central Ostrobothnia wellbeing services county is to be the most well-functioning wellbeing services county in Finland. The mission is welfare, health and security – for the individual.
Soite’s operations and development is based on our values, which are:
- Respectful treatment of each other
- Courage
- Security
- Participation
- Effectiveness
- Equality
Soite’s operations and administration are based on the following strategic goals:
- Strong basic services and an on-call central hospital in the area
- Welfare, health and security through cooperation in Central Ostrobothnia
- Pre-emptive, equal and well-functioning chains of service supporting the individual in the everyday life
- Effectiveness through good leadership and humanely and economically sustainable solutions
- A competent and thriving personnel
The strategy of the wellbeing services county Soite (available in Finnish and in Swedish):
Equality in Soite
Equality in the social welfare and healthcare services needed by patients and clients means that a person in need of help or support is not treated as lesser than anyone else based on some reason related to their person. They are not for any such reason placed in a position that means they would miss out on the assessment, treatment, rehabilitation or guidance they need. In Soite, the goal is a non-discriminatory culture based on a principle of transparency. More information in Soite’s equality and non-discrimination plan (available in Finnish and in Swedish, see Swedish language page for the latter):