because during that time no new juveniles arrived to the facility. According to the deputy director, as
time passed the educators got used to the situation and conducted their normal work also with the group
of newly arrived juveniles who were initially isolated. The procedure of admitting newly arrived
juveniles was adjusted to pay much attention to sanitary aspects. The JEC also received personal
protection equipment and disinfectants. Before Easter, some juveniles left the centre and it was possible
to reorganize the work of the facility by assigning one floor of the building to newly admitted juveniles
who stayed there for the first 7 days.
The deputy director could not count on the support of many staff members. However, he
reported that he always tried to plan work schedules so as to ensure appropriate juvenile care staff,
although he had to seek support from the centre service staff. At all times, there was always at least one
person from the juvenile care staff.
However, a different situation was described in the report on the ad hoc inspection of the centre
conducted by representatives of the Wielkopolskie region Education Board on 8 June 2020, and the
conclusions contained in that report. Acceding to the materials, in some situations the juveniles had no
appropriate care ensured. There were no educators present on certain days and hours, which was
considered a violation of the law i.e. Article 25(1) of the Regulation of the Minister of National
Education in conjunction with Article 2 of the Regulation of the Minister of National Education and
Sport.
The Education Board inspectors also referred to the insufficient number of staff members during
night hours (in relation to the number of juveniles). This, in their opinion, constituted a violation of
Article 25(4) and (5) of the Regulation of the Minister of National Education in conjunction with Article
2 of the Regulation of the Minister of National Education and Sport. Similar conclusions were found in
the report on the subsequent ad hoc inspection conducted by representatives of the Wielkopolskie region
Education Board on 23 July 2020. In the period between 9 March 2020 and 8 June 2020, covering 92
night shifts, there were 53 shifts in which the number of educators was insufficient in relation to the
number of juveniles. This proves that the practice was permanent and not sporadic.
The conclusions contained in the report on the inspection by the Wielkopolskie voivodeship
Education Board included the following statement: If there is only one educator on duty, two floors are
not supervised by any member of the juvenile care staff, and one floor remains without any supervision.
This poses particular danger when the educator is on the ground floor in the duty room or is dispensing
medications. At that time, the group is left unattended as the educator has to prepare and dispense
medications in the duty room. The lack of juvenile care staff’s supervision resulted e.g. in one of the
juveniles’ accident in the shower. In the opinion of the inspectors and the representatives of the NMPT
such situations pose a threat to the safety or even life of the juveniles.
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