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The project focuses on the lives of people with disabilities (PwD) in residential social services and their ability to promote and exercise their rights in everyday practice. The project responds to the current situation where large institutions are still an environment where human rights are violated and clients do not have much opportunity to point out their violations. The aim of the project is to improve the understanding of the rights of PwD living in social services, in direct care workers, social services management and officials. That is, for people who make decisions about the lives of PwD, about their involvement in everyday life.
The project is based on the principle that the essence of the problem can be best understood if it is communicated directly by the person concerned or a colleague from the field who has relevant experience. This approach is projected throughout the project from its settings through activities to outputs. The project involves 8 providers of residential social services from 2 regions. Each of the partners is in a different phase of DI, some has not started yet. Within the activities - workshops, supervision meetings, round tables, the employees of partner organizations are involved together and can thus use the joint sharing of experience. A significant innovation is the involvement of representatives from the ranks of clients in project activities, whose testimonies and experience help to reveal patterns and possibilities that a person who does not have experience as a client may not be aware of at all.
As part of conferences and promo activities (including eBook), the activity conclusions and the entire issue of the rights of PwD are communicated to service providers not involved in the project. Together with the partner employees, they will then form a common platform supporting the sharing of practices aimed at improving the rights and position of PwD.