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La Strada Czech Republic’s Sheltered Accommodation (§ 57)
Purpose:
La Strada Czech Republic’s sheltered accommodation creates conditions in
which clients can work towards their overall stabilization. It is where clients
can gain support and the motivation to resolve difficult living situations
linked to human trafficking and exploitation.
The offer of temporary free accommodation in safe and dignified surroundings,
where social care and counseling is also available, serves to help people
broaden their own horizons and lead their own independent lives.
Who is the service for?
La Strada Czech Republic’s sheltered accommodation is for:
- Trafficked and exploited persons – people who were tricked into and/or
forced to carry out work, or offer services, such as prostitution. People who,
through their work, were exploited by others. The unfavourable conditions in
which these people often live require that temporary accommodation is
offered.
The accommodation is offered to those over the age of 18 of Czech or foreign
origin, regardless of visa status.
Values:
When working with the clientele, our personnel focuses on each
individual’s own needs, and places an emphasis on their privacy and rights.
Staff respects the experiences that the individuals using the service have had;
personnel approach the life decisions that the clientele have made without
prejudice and moral judgment.
Aims:
- To secure accommodation for clients for a period not exceeding one year in
length, in the course of which clients participate in all normal daily
activities (such as cleaning, washing, ironing, making the beds, personal
hygiene, cooking etc.).
- To provide clients with the basic material and financial means required for
day to day living. To provide clients with the basic material and financial
means to resolve difficult living situations.
- To work towards the guarantee of safety for both clients and personnel.
- To create conditions in which clients can spend their free time actively and
normally.
- To motivate and support clients in the realization of their own aims.
- To provide clients with information and support so that they can protect
their own interests, defend their own rights, and take back control of their
own lives.
- To minimize the effects of criminal acts committed in connection with human
trafficking and exploitation.
- To cooperate with clients to improve their living situation to such an
extent that they no longer require our services.
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