Changed destinies – deinstitutionalisation of children from the Home for Medicalised Social Care in Teteven

Type:Article

Organization:Hope and Homes for Children, Equilibrium, Municipality of Teteven, Trust for Abandoned Children of Bulgaria – Great Britain

Authors:Project implementers: Delia Pop, Galina Purcheva-Bisset, David Bisset, Desislava Encheva, Georgi Simeonov, Stefka Peteva, Ivelina Dimitrova, Nadezhda Petrova, Nadezhda Deneva, Milena Vlahova, Veselin Bosilkova, Petya Chikulova, Tsvetan Dimitrov

Year:2011

Summary:The implementation of the project creates a model for the reform of specialised institutions for children from 0 to 3 years in Bulgaria and the provision of care for children at risk, based entirely on a complex of alternative services for support in the family or upbringing in a family environment. This approach proposes that a moratorium on new placements be accompanied by the intake and handling of all new cases to prevent child and family separation; to provide emergency foster care; short-term placement in an emergency or residential service in cases of genuine crisis. The work with the children continues until they are placed in an environment suitable for them.

Purpose:Sharing what has been learned within the framework of the project "Restructuring of the Home for Medico-Social Care – Teteven and building alternative social services for children and families (Centre for Community Support)"