SOCIAL WORK IN NARVA CITY

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NARVA CITY

Narva is the third largest city in Estonia. It is located at the most eastern point of Estonia, by the Russian border, on the Narva River which takes off from Lake Peipus.

More information about Narva city: www.narva.ee

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DEMOGRAPHICS

Period Population

1999 73831

2000 73295

2001 70725

2002 70178

2003 69816

2004 69730

2005 69410

2006 68988

2007 67497

2008 66621

2009 6588604/19/23

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POPULATION´S GENDER AND AGE

STRUCTURE

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On 1 January 2009 Narva had 65,886 inhabitants. The population, which was 83,000 in 1992, has been declining since then.

93.85% of the current population of Narva are Russian-speakers (80% are ethnic Russians), mostly either Soviet-era immigrants from parts of the former Soviet Union (mainly Russia) or their descendants.

Estonians account for only 4% of the total population. Much of the city was destroyed during World War II and for several years during the following reconstruction the Soviet authorities prohibited the return of any of Narva's pre-war residents (among whom ethnic Estonians had been the majority, forming 64.8% of the town's population of 23,512 according to the 1934 census), thus radically altering the city's ethnic composition.

Only 46% of the city's inhabitants are Estonian citizens. Another 35% are citizens of the Russian Federation, while 18% of the population has undefined citizenship.

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ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF THE POPULATION

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SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN NARVA

Unemployed

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Year Registered unemployed

1998 2462

1999 3421

2000 4226

2001 3533

2002 4025

2003 3940

2004 4047

2005 2880

2006 1645

2007 1311

2008 2854

2009 7119

2010 7525


Drugs, alcohol and glue sniffing

- Constant increase of use of addictive substances (tobacco, alcohol, drugs and glue) among children and youth.

- Constant downtrend of the age of first-time drug users.

- Large amount of people using IV drugs.

- Increase in the number of law violations caused by/connected with drug addiction.

- Fast spread of HIV (first of all among IV drugs addicts).

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A significant concern in Narva is the spread of HIV, which started expanding in 2000. Between 2001 and 2008, more than 1600 cases of HIV were registered in Narva, making it one of the three areas worst hit in Estonia, after Tallinn and ahead of the rest of Ida-Viru County. On average 150–200 new cases have been registered yearly.

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Deaths/Births

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Year Births Deaths Natural increase

1992 747 939 -189

1993 594 1061 -467

1994 552 1129 -577

1995 605 957 -352

1996 594 878 -284

1997 568 940 -372

1998 549 1033 -484

1999 588 991 -403

2000 648 973 -325

2001 658 1025 -403

2002 693 1058 -365

2003 612 1003 -391

2004 677 902 -225

2005 706 930 -224

2006 628 893 -265

2007 557 993 -436

2008 644 949 -305

SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS IN NARVA

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FOR UNEMPLOYED

OFFICIAL:

Unemployment Insurance Fund - http://www.tootukassa.ee/

Aim: to provide labour market-related services and to effect payments of unemployment benefit.

NGO:

Estonia Red Cross

Social Adaptation Centre

New bridge

Mercy Center

The Salvation Army

NGO-s aim: providing people with no employment, income or place of living with necessary information and psychological counselling, providing them with second hand clothes, footwear and household items, organization of their employment.

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FOR CHILD AND FAMILY PROTECTION

Problems associated with social welfare are solved by the Department of Social

Assistance. Under its authority are:

Centre of Rehabilitation

Orphanage

Crisis Home

Centre of First Medical Aid and Social Rehabilitation

Night shelter for the homeless

Day care Centre "LAD" for disabled children

Telephone reassurance service

The Department actively co-operates with 12 social organisations involved in provision of assistance to children and adults, including the Drug Addict Rehabilitation Centre.

Contact: Phone: +372 35 91880, Fax: +372 35 91880;

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FOR CHILD AND FAMILY PROTECTION

NGO-s:

Home for a Child

Open Youth Center RLK

Mercy Center

Camomile

Home Center

Big family

Narva Society of Family with special needs

SOS “Children village”

Aim: organization of children’s free time, parent counselling, psychological help, support person service.

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SERVICES AND BENEFITS

GRANTS:

- Parish-relief

- Benefit for carers or legal guardians of a 18-year old and older disabled person

- Carer’s benefit for parents or carers of disabled children

- Additional benefit for families with disabled children from funds of Children Protection Service

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- Fitting the living conditions according to the special needs of a disabled person.

- City’s benefit for pensioners.

- One-time child’s birth benefit from the city funds.

- One-time emergency benefit.

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SERVICES

- Support person service

- Soup kitchen service

- Social counselling

- Services for homeless people

- Activating of unemployed

- Rehabilitation

- Personal assistant service

- Special transportation service for disabled people

- Housework services

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SOS CHILDREN´S VILLAGE ASSOCIATION OF

ESTONIA

SUPPORT WORKERS SERVICE IN NARVA CITY

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1. works on the development of the parental competencies and prevention of the child’ separation from their families,

2. empowers families at risk to change their life so that they would be able to raise their children properly in normal conditions,

3. advocates the children rights and interests when problems occur in their development,

4. supports and assists children in solving development-related problems,

5. supports children in their pursue for education by helping children solve school and study-related problems in a child-centred way,

6. functions as the community activator by creating and strengthening networks in the community thus providing more efficient support to families at risk which are willing to change their lifestyle and thus also preventing occurrences of deprivation of parental rights.

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PRINCIPLES

1. Growing-up in the biological family is best for a child.

2. Guardians are responsible for development of their children.

3. Local communities provide children and their families with direct support.

4. Aim of development is realization of a person’s rights.

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STANDARDS 1

1. Children at risk of social orphanage are our target group.

2. Children have access to services which are necessary for their normal development.

3. We help families to develop their self-sustainability in the issues of child care and protection.

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STANDARDS 2

4. We help local communities to work efficiently with children at risk and their families.

5. We establish cooperation to achieve our common aims.

6. Constant planning, monitoring and evaluation make our programmes up-to-date and effective.

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FAMILY STRENGTHENING PROGRAMME :

«LET’S GIVE STRENGTH IN NARVA»

Our aim:

Strengthening family’s possibilities

to satisfy needs of child’s

development in the family.

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Protection of children’s rights and interests.

Providing family with support in the process of improvement of family’s possibilities.

Work on development of parental competences.

Support and help in solving problems connected with child’s development.

Providing children with support in their pursue for education.

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SERVICE DESCRIPTION

Establishing positive contact with the family. Evaluation of the family’s strengths, condition and

resources together with the family members in order to create the family development plan.

Supporting the family in realization of the development plan proceeding from the family’s interests, encouraging the family to act independently and efficiently.

Regular evaluation of the family’s condition together with the family members where special attention is paid to satisfaction of children’s needs and interests in the family.

Providing additional services for development of the family.

Supervision of children’s safety in the family. Confidentiality and fulfillment of the social worker’s

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ADDITIONAL SERVICES

Social study – parents’ club – development of parent-child relations.

Specialist in the issues of education – helping children in their studies.

Early interference programme – speech therapist and parent counselling.

Support in purchase of medicines.

Legal advice.

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OUR PLANS

- Early interference programme for kindergartens.

- Extending of the range of the family support person services.

- Broadening of social-psychological study

- Engaging volunteers.

- Opening the centre of family counselling and support.

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CONTACT

Manager: Kalle Laane,

+37255513715, [email protected]

Coordinator: Maria Zhuravlyova,

+3725585533, [email protected]

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THANKS

AND

WELCOME TO NARVA!

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