The Juodšiliai Eldership Community Social Services Centre provides assistance to various social groups of residents: lonely elderly people, people with disabilities, single-parent families, and widows/widowers from the Juodšiliai, Marijampolė, Rudamina and Pagiriai elderships. The aim of the Centre is to address residents’ social problems, to restore, strengthen and develop the everyday living skills of social groups of residents, and to help overcome the consequences caused by old age or loss. The task of the Centre is to meet the social, psychological and cultural needs of the community, to provide assistance to individual residents, and to encourage and restore their ability to function in society.

Cultural and sports events are organised at the Centre, attended by the permitted number of centre visitors. During the events, the aim is for people to feel as much satisfaction as possible, to get involved in preparing the events and to participate actively in them. Occasional and personal celebrations are observed.

Centre yra suburtos 2 grupės: neįgaliųjų asmenų užimtumo grupė ir senjorai.  Teikiant socialines paslaugas neįgaliesiems yra įvertinamas kiekvieno asmens negalios ir sąmoningumo lygis, todėl grupės neišskiriamos pagal paslaugos rūšį, priešingai, stengiamasi grupes sudaryti taip, kad jose būtų ir dienos socialinės globos, ir socialinės priežiūros paslaugas gaunantys klientai, taip skatinamas jų tarpusavio bendravimas, savitarpio supratimas, pagalba silpnesniam;

Pagyvenusių asmenų (Senjorų grupė):   Senjorai yra skatinami dalyvauti grupinio socialinio darbo užsiėmimuose: 2 kartai per savaitę yra skiriami jų sveikatinimui (vedamos mankštos, paskaitos ir pokalbiai sveikatos stiprinimo klausimais; užsiimti mėgstama veikla (dainavimas, rankdarbiai).

Activity specialists, social workers, social worker assistants, and a chaplain work with the clients who visit the Centre. This team of specialists helps solve problems related to physical and mental disabilities and various social difficulties, encourages the person’s social activity and self-expression, reduces social exclusion, and organises leisure activities and health maintenance and promotion activities, aiming to develop social, everyday living, educational, personal hygiene, work, and sports skills.

Throughout the year, visits to theatres and museums, various excursions, trips and pilgrimages around Lithuania are organised. In order to evoke positive emotions in clients, they are taught to make artistic crafts, compose bouquets, organise exhibitions, decorate premises for various festive occasions, set the festive table, and prepare simple dishes. According to their abilities, visitors are taught to dance, introduced to elements of acting and successfully perform, and are constantly encouraged to continue computer skills training.