The Greek emigration to communist countries was characterized by a large proportion of children who were evacuated during the height of the Greek Civil War. In the individual countries they were placed into children’s homes, where they remained even in the years after the arrival of adult refugees from Greece. These homes were also established in Czechoslovakia as early as 1948, and several dozen of them were built within a short period. The goal of this study is to demonstrate how the political dimension affected the organization of the care provided for children from Greece in these children’s homes. The article attempts to answer the following questions: which specific factors influenced the level of care for children from Greece in the initial period of their stay, and how was these factors’ influence reflected on the Czech side? The construction of the homes was complicated by problems caused by the lack of suitable buildings and disagreements with Greek officials. And the homes’ operation was affected by insufficient staffing, which was often criticized by the supervisory authorities. The difficulty of organizing assistance for Greek children in the first stage of their stay in Czechoslovakia was strongly affected by an emphasis on its political dimension and by the low degree of cooperation between key actors who were responsible for its provision.
The requirement for individual educational work with children, based on an in-depth analysis of their development needs, was imposed on education centres by the provisions of the Act on supporting families and the system for foster care, and the regulation on institutional foster care. The Supreme Audit Office examined how children’s homes implemented this obligation. Nineteen children’s homes were audited with the socialising function, as well as two with the socialising and therapeutic function in the Lubelski, Podkarpacki, Śląski, Świętokrzyski and Warmińsko-Mazurski Regions. The objective of the audit was to examine whether the support process was implemented in accordance with the binding legal regulations, whether the care and educational activities provided the support compliant with the needs, and how the COVID-19 situation was handled. It turned out that foster children were not provided with adequate support meeting with their actual needs, and the focus was rather on providing them with all day care and meals. The article presents the detailed findings of this audit.
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Obowiązek indywidualnej pracy wychowawczej z dziećmi, opartej na gruntownej analizie ich potrzeb rozwojowych, nałożono na placówki opiekuńczo-wychowawcze przepisami ustawy o wspieraniu rodziny i systemie pieczy zastępczej oraz rozporządzenia w sprawie instytucjonalnej pieczy zastępczej. Najwyższa Izba Kontroli zbadała, jak domy dziecka wywiązują się z tej powinności. Sprawdzono 19 placówek opiekuńczo-wychowawczych typu socjalizacyjnego i dwie typu specjalistyczno-terapeutycznego działające na terenie województw: lubelskiego, podkarpackiego, śląskiego, świętokrzyskiego i warmińsko-mazurskiego. Kontrola miała także wykazać, czy proces udzielania pomocy został zorganizowany zgodnie z przepisami prawa, podejmowane działania opiekuńczo-wychowawcze stanowiły pomoc adekwatną do zdiagnozowanych potrzeb, a także jak radzono sobie w sytuacji epidemicznej spowodowanej przez COVID-19. Okazało się, że wychowankom nie dano wystarczającego wsparcia, a skupiano się głównie na zapewnieniu im całodobowej opieki i wyżywienia.
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