2016 REPORT ON NATIONAL PREVENTION OF TORTURE their implementation at that time yet. The information provided by the above institutions in 2016 shows that all the recommendations issued by the Seimas Ombudsmen have been implemented. process of assessing the quality of services at the children’s social care homes, particular attention will be devoted to the shortcomings specified in the inspection reports. The Vilnius City Municipality Administration has supplied the information that the care institution seeking to ensure the appropriate organisation of social work can always apply to the administ­ ration’s Social Affairs and Health Department for the agreement of a new job list to increase their number; funds were allocated for the development of personnel’s qualifications in the 2016 budget for all institutions inspected by the Seimas Ombudsmen; an Intensive Care (Correction) Centre is being organised for children with emotional and behavioural disorders (expected to be launched in March or April 2017, with a two-year care duration); an agreement has been signed with the Charity and Support Fund Žiburys on the search for, selection, consultation of and support for carers (custodians) and adoptive parents in Vilnius City, coupled with the dissemination of good examples, formation of a positive approach towards the custody of children in a family and the organisation of public events; also the Education Division and the Health Care Division of the municipality’s Education, Sports and Culture Department have been requested to discuss a problem at meetings with the heads of the institutions under their control and take measures to formulate an objective attitude to children residing in care homes. The Association of Local Authorities in Lithuania has also noted the fact that children from care institutions suffer from a stigmatising approach in local communities and has indicated that appropriate actions will be taken as soon as practicable. The Ministry of Social Security and Labour has informed that an amendment has been made to the Guidance of Social Care Standards providing for a uniform amount of pocket money to be set for children of the same age group (except children with disabilities) at a social care institution, and guidelines for volunteer activities at children’s care homes and a sample volunteer activity contract have been drawn up and forwarded to all children’s care institutions; training on the application of methodological packages for the identification of individual needs of target groups residing at care institutions and the development of individual plans for them has been organised, and workers of social care institutions have used these methodologies to assess the needs of children, including those with behavioural and emotional disorders, those needs to serve as the basis for the delivery of specialised services (early rehabilitation of developmental disorders, health care, consultation services, etc.). The promotion of the change of society’s values intended for the development of a tolerant and open community is one of the aims of reform (transition from institutional care to services provided in a family and community). Thus measures have been taken to change the stigmatising public attitude towards children in social care, including social advertisements in public transport and community events, the preparation of a strategy for integrated communication with society (August 2016), and the development of a system designed for reform (the website www.pertvarka. lt, intranet and email). The Department of Supervision of Social Services has confirmed that, in the The Ministry of Health has approached the personal health care institutions with a request to 16