Social & Legal Assistance

SEDA provides support and guidance in material and immaterial assistance to anyone who turns to or is referred for assistance (40 to 50 actions per week).

Social & Legal Support & Guidance
 

This entails the following activities:

Support :  intake and registration of actions for various categories of persons in need of care.

Guidance:  various types of "Restorative Circles" (offense-related and non-offense-related) on Wednesday and Friday for restoration and strengthening family ties (Family Decision Making Group) in collaboration with the Public Persecutor Service's "Forsa Propio" (own strength) - Establish and implementing "Own Strength" methodology since 2015.

Aftercare : Time–out Curaçao (T.O.C.) care team meetings where necessary with “Care and Restore”.

Home visits:  for regular care (principal social worker) for the "Pilgrim House" (temporary shelter and preparation for own shelter and housing assistance and dealing with a small budget); for students from our alternative "Techno Future School"; intakes, home visits, meetings and consultations with supplying agencies when preparing school circles, family circles and interventions.

Projects:  with the aim to stimulate generous donors and grateful recipients in our culture of "sharing" to alleviate poverty and also increase accessibility to care; for example, "Un man ta laba otro" (one hand washes the other) - 12 to 20 visitors on Tuesdays and Fridays every week. Including the possibility for telephone supply of furniture and orders, and whenever possible, bazaars and networking in the neighborhoods.

Local and International Networks:  remain in contact and aligned with globalization and trends in the women's network / platforms following all international commemorative days and reports (CEDAW- Beijing platform for action- UNESCO).

Continuity:  in the application and further development '"Restorative Practices" after basic training courses for GOs and NGOs and monitor the application of this modern methodology in the socio-educational and judicial care chain through the use  of surveys and return days.

Temporary Family Care and Outpatient Living Support "Pilgrim House":  providing assistance in urgent homeless cases, those who are in dire living situations and thus are waiting for a housing allocation by Public Housing Foundation (Fundashon Kas Popular, FKP), for a maximum of 1 year, with shelter and intensive housing supervision in hygiene, budgeting and household organization.

Conform Protocol Public Persecutor's Service's "Restorative Justice Circles between offender(s) and victim(s):  Since Restorative Justice Symposium of October 2nd, 2018, apply the outcome of a Restorative Justice Route to submit concrete agreements between juvenile offender(s) and victim(s) to the officer or judge within the Juvenile Justice Chain.

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