The subject of this thesis is social welfare, the development of the social welfare system and its strategy, the structure of the ministry in charge, of the organizational units in charge and of the social welfare centre through whose work we can see the procedure of exercising control and the control system in operating business. The aim of this thesis is to point out the importance of the system of social welfare service in fighting poverty and social exclusion, as well as social deprivation. The characteristic of the public sector is the diversity and complexity of services offered to the public. The main aim is to achieve as much transparency and impartiality as possible in offering services to the satisfaction of customers. Social Welfare Centre is a public institution which is financed by funds from the government budget and partially from the regional local units. Controlling is applied with the aim of providing better management of public funds in order to do business in a responsible, economic and efficient way. The aim of controlling is to spend received funds purposefully and appropriately. By receiving correct and transparent data and reports it can be acted in a more efficient and economics way of managing and deciding about received funds and human resources with the aim of better quality of work and services to the public satisfaction.