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
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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.
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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.
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