Youth Care in Flanders

ENSA YouthCollaboration on project and policy level

Youthcare in Flanders (1) A fragmented landscape

> Different policy departments are responsible for the youth care who are organizing separately their services and support

> Need for an integrated care - ‘decompartmentalisation’

> Project: integrated youth care

Youthcare in Flanders (2) Integrated youth care

> One gateway for the target group to the different services

> Development of several instruments to facilitate collaboration

> Client = central, eg client consultation with an external chairman

Knowledge Center Social Europe and the Youth Care Sector in Flanders?

Knowledge Center Social Europe has two main activities

1. Informing the federations of the non profit sector and the Flemish regional government, among others department of wellfare, public health and family, about European Policy

2. Informing and supporting organizations (both public and private) in European subvention lines and projects - in addition to subsidies of the Flemish government

These activities are also executed for the youth care sector

Project proposals (1)

Culture sensitive youth care

> Initiative of integrated youth care Brussels – Brussels = diverse city

> Instrument for the different sectors caring for youth how they could deal with diversity

> Need for intercultural intermediairies, how do clients think about the care they get, need for good practices, peer intervision, training, more diversity among the youth workers

> Helpdesk

Project proposals (2)

Participation of vulnerable youngsters in policy processes

> Empowerment of vulnerable youngsters to give them a full place in the process of decision making and taking in the hearth of organizations and on policy level

> To exchange and develop models around participation of youngsters

> Setting up a regional/national/European network of organizations that works in a participative manner with youngsters giving them a voice in policy influencing

Youth Care and European Policy

Again a fragmented landscape

> Need for a European Umbrella organization (with participation of youngsters!)

> Question from different angels in Flanders: organization, administration, federation, flemish ministry of wellfare, public health and family

> Starting a working group in the frame of ENSA?

Knowledge Center Social EuropeEuropean PolicyJos Sterckx+32 (0) 477 44 97 14, jos.sterckx@kcse.be

European projectsAn Rommel+32 (0) 477 98 54 64

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