There are many challenges to be addressed by juvenile justice systems in Europe, one of the priorities is "the competence of professionals" because researches indicate that "the quality of an intervention center with young offenders is directly proportional to the quality of adult staff who are in direct and daily contact with young people, which is the key factor to achieving results in the various programs of intervention of youth that complying judicial measures. The challenge of EDUCERE project is to respond to the paradox that juvenile justice systems face in Europe. "How people without specific skills can help young people with multiple problems, such as conduct disorder, delinquency, drug addiction, problems learning or mental health ?, at the same time addresses two priorities: improving "Transparency and recognition of competences and qualifications to facilitate learning, employability and labor mobility" and "improving the results in relevant skills and high-level basic and cross from a lifelong learning perspective. " The aim is to develop a model of accreditation of skills for professionals working in intervention programs with young offenders. Skills that help professionals to ensure that intervention with young people who are reluctant to change, marginal and highly complex, is rigorous and efficient, while improving employability and mobility of professionals in the European area. It is an innovative project because after an analysis of other experiences and projects, we have found that there are no solutions that address the challenge posed. By acting on the critical factor of the intervention with young offenders (professionals) defines, standardizes and accredits transversal competences and specific, is established as a powerful tool for performance evaluation, involving the main stakeholders processes intervention (professionals, young people, families, officers, judges, prosecutors, among others), is aligned with the priorities set in Recommendation CM / R (2008) 11 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the European rules for juvenile offenders subject to sanctions or measures, and integrates scientific research in this area. EDUCERE provides the added value of cooperation between (public and private) organizations from 4 European countries (Spain, France, UK and Greece), such as ADIS MERIDIANS, ECTE, EALING COUNCIL, UMA, and ADSEA01. This will cover the different regions of Europe, to analyze in detail the rules and requirements of each member state of the EU, and propose a model of accreditation with European validity for professionals working in intervention programs with young offenders, promoting greater mobility and greater employability in the European environment. Also collaboration between the consortium partners allow pay particular attention to the simplification and rationalization of existing EU instruments, as tools, portals and other services in capacity building and targeted qualifications to the general public in order to enhance its dissemination. The expected outputs are standardized competency model, which includes a performance evaluation methodology and training plans for professionals. A set of tools that allow professionals, but also to contracting entities (whether private, or administration) have the assurance that professionals meet the skills and capabilities necessary to ensure the quality of processes of intervention with young offenders, and improve their social integration. The direct impact of the project will involve more than 1200 people, either by direct participation in project activities, due to their participation in the activities of dissemination of results. However, we believe that an impact that can exceed more than 3,000 professionals reaching only 2 years after completion of the project, and through the continuation of outreach activities locally by the partners.
There are many challenges to be addressed by juvenile justice systems in Europe, one of the priorities being "the competence of professionals", as research shows that "the quality of an intervention centre with young offenders is directly proportional to the quality of its adult staff who are in direct and daily contact with young people, this being the key factor in achieving results in the different intervention programmes for young people serving judicial measures. EDUCERE will provide an answer to the paradox faced by juvenile justice systems in Europe: "How can people without specific competences help young people who present multiple problems, such as behavioural disorders, delinquency, drug addiction, learning disabilities, or mental health problems?" Our aim has been to create a Competence Accreditation Model for professionals working in intervention programmes with young offenders. Competences that help professionals to ensure that intervention with young people who are reluctant to change, marginalised and highly complex, is rigorous and effective, while improving the employability and mobility of professionals in the European space. It is an innovative project, as after an analysis of other experiences and projects, we have found that this Competence Model will enable us to: - To create a model of transversal and specific competences for professionals that will be a reference for administrations and entities. - To develop the structure of the training for the acquisition of competences - Improve the quality of intervention processes - To improve the mobility of juvenile justice professionals in different EU countries. For this reason, different European organisations and entities have formed a Strategic Partnership, called AE EDUCERE, which develops this project within the framework of the ERASMUS+ KA2 Programme, whose objectives are aligned with the priorities set out in the Recommendation CM/R(2008)11 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on European rules for juvenile offenders subject to sanctions or measures, and integrates all scientific research in this field.