The department has 3 divisions namely Social Welfare, Community Development & RADP and Home Economics.
CORE MANDATE
- To promote the quality of lives of individuals, families, groups and the community and also educate the community on services available
- To enhance people’s capacities to solve their own problems.


OBJECTIVES HOME ECONOMICS
1.To facilitate provision of socio-economic empowerment and skill development to disadvantaged families, groups and individuals with life and income generating skill
2. To promote local economic empowerment and improvement of livelihoods of the community
3. To implement and monitor poverty eradication projects
4. To monitor and provide licenses to all day care centre’s
5. To rehabilitate destitute with income generating skills