The service Centre for social rehabilitation and integration for individuals released from places of imprisonment has been delivered for eight months within the framework of a Project of Fund – IGA. A team of social workers, psychologists, a social pedagogue and a jurist work with the individuals and deliver the complex social service as an integrated process which includes assessment, planning and conduction of each particular case. 200 individuals released from prison have received the service up to now.
The procedure starts with the first contact with the client which is conducted in the places of imprisonment. Just before their release another meeting is conducted to confirm the individual’s willingness to become a client of CSRI. The following stages come next – “Assessment and planning of the case”, “Realization of the individual plan” and “Activities of the outcome of CSRI”. A social worker is appointed responsible for every particular case and he prepares the individual working plan with the active participation of the client. At this level the contract with the client is signed. According to the needs of each user of the service the activities of delivering the service are classified into social-legal consultations, specialized programmes, co-operationtion with institutions, family consultations, literacy courses, training for acquiring basic behavioural skills, a programme for conducting the personal finances etc. As a rule the service is delivered to the clients from 3 to 6 months and in particular cases the work can be prolonged as long as the individual feels the need to be supported.
The overall work in CSRI is supervised by experts who conduct monthly supervisions.
The project of Fund – IGA “Piloting of an innovative social service Centre for social rehabilitation and integration of individuals released from places of imprisonment” is implemented with the financial assistance of the Operative Programme “Development of human resources”, co-financed by the European Union through the European Social Fund.