Report of the Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in Poland in 2017
The following solutions are considered good practices in
the Youth Care Centre in Lidzbark Warminski:
meetings with representatives of various professions and with the career coach,
residents take part in external vocational courses and participate in various, external artistic
and fine arts contents, etc.
the establishment organizes relaxation classes with elements of hatha-yoga and allows residents to participate in fitness classes held in the Youth Community Centre,
the establishment promotes reading by organizing activities in the City Library and in the
Orangery of Culture,
it also strengthens the love of sport – by organizing, among others, annual nation-wide YCC
championships in beach volleyball or tournaments for 6-person-football teams on grass pitches,
by taking care of animals staying on the premises of the Centre (there are five goats) residents learn empathy and responsibility,
the youth are also involved in numerous charity events.
What is viewed as noteworthy in the Youth Care Centre in
Oława is the fact that:
parents of a child who is placed in the establishment receive a letter outlining the basic
rules that need to be respected in the centre, concerning, for example, leave passes or bans,
juveniles receive pocket-size brochures with cartoons presenting the basic rules applicable
in the YCC,
residents may participate in the socio-therapeutic programme: Artistic Activity as a solution for Anxiety, which aims, among others, at helping juveniles develop strategies for
coping with their emotions
each boy is examined by a doctor from a nearby outpatient clinic within the first week
from being admitted to the establishment.
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