Child and youth welfare facilities pedagogical supervisor moved her place of residence to the vicinity of the crisis centre and is now ready to work within 15 minutes, if required. Commission 4 criticised that a shared accommodation in Vienna was unmanned between 8.00 a.m. and 12.00 p.m. If a child became sick or lessons were cancelled, the staff in the team had to organise themselves to cover the missed lessons. The operator of the facility responded with the creation of an additional position. Several operators took the criticism as an opportunity to examine whether and in how far the shared accommodation can be made barrier-free. Sex education concepts Most of the Laender have now also met the demand of the NPM for a sex education concept as an approval requirement for new residential groups. In Vienna, Lower Austria, Carinthia, Salzburg, Tyrol and Burgenland, sex education concepts must be in place for the approval of a new facility. In Upper Austria, Vorarlberg and Styria, sex education concepts are not an approval requirement; however, the child and youth welfare departments in the regional governments emphasised that it is given particular attention. Cooperation with Ombuds Office for Children and Youths In 2019 there was a meeting again with the Ombuds Offices for Children and Youths at which problems were discussed with members of the NPM. XX  Regional differences in the regulations for the care of children and adolescents in institutions shall be eliminated. XX  The “Quality standards for processes of accommodation and care of children and adolescents in residential facilities” (“Qualitätsstandards für Prozesse der Unterbringung und Betreuung von Kindern und Jugendlichen in stationären Einrichtungen”) published by FICE Austria should be taken up by the regional governments and used in cooperation with the service providers for further development. XX  The Laender must monitor the implementation of these quality standards through the technical supervision. XX  The Land Burgenland must increase daily allowances. 2.3.2 Comparisons between the Laender 67 Major differences in out-of-home care in the Laender For the evaluation of the data recorded for the special report on children and their rights in public institutions and facilities in 2017, the AOB also sent out a questionnaire that was aligned to the respective Laender in 2019. The main purpose was to record whether the noticeable major differences in the number of minors in out-of-home care between the Laender documented in 2017 has since been reduced.

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