The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is one of the government ministries. Our objective is that all people in Finland should have equal opportunities for a healthy and safe life. We are in charge of the planning, guidance and implementation of social and health policy.

The Ministry employs about 450 people. The median age of staff is 47 years. The staff of the Minis-try has a high level of qualifications as required by their duties. The most common fields of educa-tion are law, social science and humanistic sciences. Those doing assistant work typically have a vo-cational qualification in business administration.

According to the feedback from the staff the working atmosphere at the Ministry is fair and en-couraging.

The mission and values of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

Our mission is to safeguard people’s functional capacity, livelihoods and services so that our soci-ety will be equal, stable and sustainable.

Read more about working at the ministry and get to know people working there at the website of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.
Read more about values, mission, means of influencing and responsibility at the website.