Child and youth welfare facilities und Sexualtherapien) was completed. Social pedagogues as well as children and adolescents from the age of eight were involved; a total of 23 shared accommodations took part. The concept defines a common approach to sex education and provides orientation and support to the facilities for integrating the topic into the daily care routine. It should be implemented by the operators within the framework of a voluntary obligation. The technical supervision will monitor implementation in the individual residential groups. SOS Children’s Villages also developed a general sex education concept for its shared accommodations throughout Austria in 2019, which is currently being implemented in the individual groups. All of the facilities in Vorarlberg have a sex education concept. The focus of advanced training for the entire child and youth welfare system 2018/2019 was on the topic of “sexual assaults among children and adolescents”. All employees of public and private child and youth welfare facilities as well as of the system partners from the area of child and adolescent psychiatry took part together in a training course specially designed for child and youth welfare facilities in Vorarlberg. Training focus XX  Violence prevention concepts and sex education concepts must be available and implemented in all shared accommodations. XX  Deficits in education on the topic of violence prevention must be eliminated through regular training. XX  The protection of younger children must be guaranteed. 2.3.4 Inadequate care of minors Pursuant to Article 2 (2) of Federal Constitutional Law on children’s rights, every child that is permanently or temporarily removed from their family settings is entitled to special protection and support of the State. Pursuant to Article 3 (3) of the UNCRC as well, the signatory states shall ensure that the institutions, services and facilities responsible for the welfare and protection of children meet the standards defined by the competent authorities. Sufficient qualified personnel must be available in order to guarantee the safety and the best possible development of the children. The authorities must use their supervisory powers to monitor whether this is the case for every child. Programmes conforming to children‘s rights must provide safety The objective of assistance plans is to ensure the appropriate social, mental and physical development and education of the affected children and adolescents. Care forms with the most promising perspective for each individual child shall be used. If out-of-home care is the only suitable alternative, a customised socio-pedagogical programme shall be created for each child. 72

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