COVASNA COUNTY

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COVASNA COUNTYS SOCIAL SERVICES FOR DISABLED
PERSONSdr.Tatár Márta - county councillorVass
Mária head of the Covasna County Social and
Child Care DirectorateEqual Europe For
DisabledIstanbul (TR) proposal to create a
working group in AER Committee 2 Istanbul,
19-21February, 2009.
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The Geographical Location of Covasna County in
Romania

• Covasna county is situated in the middle of
  Romania and it is one of the smallest counties.

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Covasna County
Area 3705 km² -1,55 of Romania Population
222.449-1,03 60,04 inhabitans/km2
Hungarian164158- 73,79
Romanian51790- 23,28
Romany5973-2,68 Other198-0,25 Local
public administration 45 - 2 municipalities -
3 towns - 40 villages
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Disabled People

• 525 children with different grade of severity of
  disability
• 3129 adults with disability
• 1,64 of the population
• The true number is much higher

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Social Institutions

• National level 3 institutions , all being
  subordinated to the Ministry of Labour, Family
  and Social Protection
• National Authority for the Protection of Childs
  Rights
• Romanian Office for Adoptions
• National Authority for People with Disabilities
• The legal frame is given by the law 448/2006 in
  full concordance with the UN Convention on the
  Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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County level (Institutions subordinated to the
County Council)

• Covasna County Social and Child Care Directorate
• Commission for Child Protection
• County Medical Commission for Adult Disabled
  Persons

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• Local level
• Public Services for Social Assistance are
• organised at municipality, town and village
• level
• Consultative Community Boards
• Lack of professional personnel

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NGOs

• At county level there are several NGOs
  functioning in the social assistance sphere
• Their activity field includes counseling, day
  care, staff trainings
• They must have accreditation for functioning

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Roles of the Covasna County General Directorate
of Social Assistance and Child Protection

• Assistance and support for adult handicaped
  person in accordance with their classification
• It assures protection and day care services in
  the subordinate units
• According to law, it ensures the payment of the
  social aid
• Collaborates with the NGO-s in order to promote
  development and diversification of services
• Support of people with handicap aiming social
  integration through access to workplace

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Services for Children with Disability

• Complex evaluation office for children
• 770 examination per year
• 2 schools with special program for disabled
  children
• Residential system
• Day care system
• Special residential and day care rehabilitation
  institutes for children with severe disability

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Rehabilitation Centre for Autistic and Sensory
Disabled Children

• With the support of an EU Phare Project -
  54.600 EURO
• - offers daily rehabilitation for 12 children
• - Staff 9 specialistspsychologist, doctor,
  social nurses

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Program for Children with Autism

• Inclusion through art
• Education
• Exposition of the work of art of the children
• Staff psychologist, medical nurse,

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Community Complex Services for Disabled Children

• Financed
• NGO
• National Authority for the Protection of Childs
  Rights
• Covasna County Council

The institution offers - protection and home for
12 children - rehabilitation for 24
children - day care center for 12
children - Staff 21 specialists ( psychologist,
physician, social and medical assistant,
kinetotherapeutist, psichopedagogue)
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The Rehabilitation Centre in Baraolt Town

• This center includes a rehabilitation unit for
  10 children with severe handicap
• Staff 4 specialist (psychologist, medical
  assistant and special nurse)

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Rehabilitation Center for severe disabled
Children in Târgu Secuiesc municipality
Its part of a EU Phare Project (119.960 EURO)
This center offers rehabilitation for 24
children with sever handicap, having 16
specialized staff (psychologist, psychopedagogue,
social assistant, special nurse, speech
therapist, specialist, kinetotherapeutist)
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Family Home for Pronounced Disabled Children in
Lunga village
- Established with the help of a EU Phare
Project (37.357,5 euro ) - This house offers
protection, home and rehabilitation for 8
children with the help of 7 special nurses.
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Service for Adult Persons with Disabilities

• Medical committee for evaluation
• Four grade of handicap
• The total number is 3129 person
• I. gr.(severe)1141
• II.gr.(pronounced)1615
• III. gr. (moderate) 329
• IV.gr. (mild) 44
• Committee to analize the problems of persons with
  handicap
• - the members of this committee consists from
  the representatives of local administration and
  two organization of disabled people
  Association of disabled persons with physical
  handicap and the Association of the blind persons

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Family Home for Disabled Children in Tinoasa
Village

• establised with the financial contribution of a
  EU Phare Project (37.357,5 EURO)
• This house offers protection, home and
  rehabilitation for 8 children, with the
  help of 7 special nurses

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Services for Adults with Severe Disability

• Assistance and Protection Home for Disabled
  People in Tg. Secuiesc
• - offers home for 12 disabled adults, with the
  help of 7 special nurses

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Ambulatory for Rehabilitation in Neuro-muscular
Deficiency- Tg. Secuiesc

• Legal and Financial framework
• Programme of National Interest
• National Authority for People with Disabilities
  24.000 EURO
• General Directorate of Social Assistance and
  Child Protection 8.000 EURO
• Yearly offering rehabilitation (physiotherapy)
  for 240 adult persons
• Staff physician, kinetotherapeutist, medical
  assistant

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Ergotherapy Centre in Tg.Secuiesc Municipality
2 employees from an NGO ( an art therapeutist and
an ergotherapeutist) are offering work therapy
services for 10 persons/ day
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Defectiveness in the Social System for Disabled
Persons

• Till now our activities were directed
  predominantly to create rehabilitation programs
  for children with sever disability
• Less programmes for adult persons
• Insufficient programmes targeting social
  inclusion of persons with disability
• Lack of residential service for persons with
  severe neurological and psychiatric disorder
• Lack of personnel, insufficient of qualified
  staff
• Lack of adequate workplaces number for disabled
  persons

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The Strong Points of our Social System for
Disabled Persons

• Proper collaboration with NGOs to create PPP for
  new services
• Some good practice in rehabilitation programs for
  children with disability,
• Clear strategies for diversification of services
• Staff anxious to get higher qualification

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Our plans for the future

• Continue to develop the existing social services
  (homecare, rehabilitation and therapy centers)
• New service facilities (social dispensary and
  rehabilitation centre for psychic disabled
  people, day care centres)
• Human resources development
• Social integration (through protected work
  places), special units for vocational guidance

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Networking and Interregional Cooperation

• Common projects for development and training of
  human resources
• To adapt best practice in the field of social
  inclusion of people with disabilities protected
  workplaces, centers for ergotherapy for persons
  with severe handicap
• Become acquainted with the social systems and
  services from other regions of AER
• Exchange of experience

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