Jongeren maken standaarden careleaving - FICE congres

Bron: FICE Nederland

Van 17 tot 25 augustus 2016 organiseerde FICE Oostenrijk in Wenen een jongerencongres voor 60 careleavers uit Zuid-Afrika, Kenia, Israël en 10 Europese landen. Tijdens het congres hebben deze jongeren gewerkt aan het opstellen van standaarden voor careleaving.

FICE International heeft de standaarden reeds geadopteerd en ook de landelijke secties beloofden zich te gaan inzetten voor het verspreiden van de standaarden in eigen land.

10 standaarden voor care leavers

1. Every care leaver should have equal rights, opportunities, access to social benefits and be adequately informed about this right.

2. Every care leaver should be involved in their own care leaving plan and have a say in what has to be done.

3. When applying for college/university every care leaver should have benefits and access to scholarship sponsored either by government or private organizations.

4. To be able to find and succeed in a job, every care leaver should get help to become aware of and get  recognized with their potentials, so that they gather the chance to improve them.

5. Free health insurance for everyone.

6. To live your life, every care leaver needs to feel connected to some people they can rely on.

7. The workers supporting care leavers should be motivated, qualified, supportive and supervised.

8. To take care for one’s own, care leavers need to have knowledge about life skills and how to organize their daily routine, like in a peer to peer training.

9. Care leavers need to know how to ensure their capability to keep a roof over their head.

10. After leaving care, society should provide the opportunity to turn to a mentor who guides and supports emotionally, if needed.

Download the standaarden hier (http://www.fice.nl/sites/fice.nl/files/field/attachment/fice-congress-vienna-2016-1.pdf)