Project : “Together fulfilling a dream of a harmonious family”. The approbation and implementation of the programme has begun
In January 2015 the approbation and implementation of the programme from the project “Together fulfilling a dream of a harmonious family” began. The needs of three target groups were addressed as follows:
1) the parents of abused children taken into a rehabilitation center will, within 5 days, be educated on how to care for children: attention to raising a child, spending useful time on child evaluation and development . Parents aware of their personal resources , life values and goals , will receive educational information about domestic violence and options on family conflict resolution. Parents will receive 5 psychologist / psychotherapist consultations , 3 social worker consultations and, if appropriate, legal consultations.
2) victims of violence and persons committing violence will learn the family life model, renew useful household management skills, learn the basic skills of computer use , have work therapy in park areas , greenhouses and gardens, and woodworking workshops. Living in an institution for 30 days, the victims of violence will receive 8 psychologist / psychotherapist consultations, 5 social worker consultations and, if appropriate, legal advice.
3) the person committing violence will come to the centre once a week for one whole day to receive 3 specialist ( psychologist , psychotherapist, social worker ) consultations and classes to sort out their relationship with family members.
It is mandatory for all project participants to undergo work therapy for 2 hours a day.
At the beginning of the New Year, the first participants arrived at the Support Centre for the project " fulfilling a dream of a harmonious family ". In January, local social services have already nominated 8 persons who are in need of psychosocial support.
Project : “Together fulfilling a dream of a harmonious family”
Surely that is the dream of every person and all of society. That is also the title from the 2009 – 2014 programme of the European Economic zone’s financial instrument “NVO foundation” and the underlying NVO project, contract number 2013.EEZ/PP/1/MEC/018/061, which started to be realised in October 2014 by the Latgales Regional Support Centre “Rasas Perles”. The project is administered by the Society’s integration resource.
For more than five years foundation specialists have realised the rehabilitation of children in crisis and abused children. From 2009 to 2014, the Latgales Regional Support Centre “Rasas Perles” have managed through state funding the rehabilitation of 1,176 children in their 30 and 60 day programmes and 179 persons accompanying them. However, following rehabilitation, the children invariably return to their previous environment and in most cases the domestic violence continues.
The project aims to promote the reduction of violence in families . The target group is the victims of violence and the abusers, i.e. the disabled.
Within the project, foundation specialists utilising global and national institution’s good practice examples, their daily work and earlier project experience, develop and implement a rehabilitation programme that will provide an integrated approach to the reduction and prevention of domestic violence both for the victims undergoing rehabilitation as well as their families and the individuals who have committed the violence. The working group for the development and implementation of rehabilitation programmes is led by the foundation LRAC “Rasas Perles” board member Ilze Andža. Target groups will be provided for by a psychologist, psychotherapist, lawyer and social worker counseling, acquired communication skills, "occupational therapy", as well as other methods.