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The project aims to increase the access to quality integrated social services, for 300 children from vulnerable families, including those whose parents have gone to work abroad or emigrated, in 6 communities from Sibiu County (Brateiu, Valea Viilor, Slimnic, Atel, Avrig, Agnita). The project primarily targets rural communities (4 out of 6), 3 of them located in the micro-region with the largest number of children in the special protection system, with the most reports of violence against children, with the most children with parents who went to work abroad and with most Roma people.
The target groups are: 300 children from vulnerable families, including those whose parents have gone to work abroad or emigrated, 150 parents, 85 professionals working with vulnerable groups from existent services at local and county level, 36 members of community consultative structures set up at local level.
Activities include: educational activities for children (day and after school services), occupational mediation / preparation of adults for employment (e.g., assessment of skills, finding a job, accompaniment for keeping the job), psychological counseling of families, health education for families, parental education, training activities and methodological coordination for professionals and members of community consultative structures. Through all the proposed interventions, an intervention model will be developed that will be promoted in order to be taken over by the other communities in the county. These results will be obtained within a partnership established between private and public entities from Romania, but also in partnership with an organization from Norway. The SOS Children`s Villages Norway will contribute to the proper implementation of the project by identifying and disseminating existing practices in Norway in working with vulnerable families, by supporting the project promoter in ensuring good project governance and by organizing a study visit to Norway.