Background country information: Right to independent living of persons with disabilities Mapping Paper Summary overview of types and characteristics of institutions and community-based services for persons with disabilities available across the EU Country: Slovenia 2014 and 2015 FRANET contractor: Peace Institute, Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies and Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law Ljubljana DISCLAIMER: This document was commissioned under contract as background material for a comparative analysis by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) for the project ‘The right to 1
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Background country information: Right to independent living of persons with disabilities
Mapping Paper
Summary overview of types and characteristics of institutions and
community-based services for persons with disabilities available
across the EU
Country: Slovenia
2014 and 2015
FRANET contractor: Peace Institute, Institute for Contemporary
Social and Political Studies and Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law Ljubljana
DISCLAIMER: This document was commissioned under contract as background material for a comparative analysis by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) for the project ‘The right to independent living of persons with disabilities’. The information and views contained in the document do not necessarily reflect the views or the official position of the FRA. The document is made publicly available for transparency and information purposes only and does not constitute legal advice or legal opinion.
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FRA asked its research network FRANET to collect information on types of institutional and community based services for persons with disabilities available in each EU Member State. The data collection focused on the main features of the service types (the type of the structure, the provider and funder of support) and the population provided for (age group, type of impairment, level of support provided). In addition, the data collection on institutional services included information on typical size, length of admissions, and length of time that institutions/services of that type have been operating. The data collection on community-based services included information on availability of the type of CBS in the country, eligibility and user control over the support provided).
More information is available in FRA’s Summary overview of types and characteristics of institutional and community-based services for persons with disabilities available across the EU.
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Overview of institutional services for persons with disabilities (2014)
Table 1: Typology of institutions
TYPE OF SERVICE SIZE
AGE GROUP
TYPE OF IMPAIRMENT
LEVEL OF SUPPORT PROVIDED
TYPICAL PROVIDER
TYPICAL FUNDER
LENGTH OF ADMISSION
AGE OF INSTITUTION/ SERVICE
Centres for training, work and care (centri za usposabljanje, delo in varstvo)1 residential and non-residential service
Over 100 places (there are 5 centres in Slovenia, each has over 100 places, 30-100 residential for children, 11-30 non-residential for children, 30-100
Variable support provided (24-hour support provided anddaytime support provided)
National Mixed government and private (National government andAll private/insurance; although it is the same type of service the typical funder for the two age groups is different, in the case of children and young adults the typical funder is the national government and
Mixed lengths of admission (length of admission is not limited, depends on individual’s needs)3
Over 50 years
1 Information concerning Centres for training, work and care was provided by the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (Ministrstvo za delo, družino, socialne zadeve in enake možnosti) upon request (additional sources of information in the next columns are fully referenced in the footnotes).
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residential for adults and 30-100 non-residential for adults)
in the case of adults over the age of 26 the users pay for the services themselves; if the adult user over the age of 26 cannot afford to pay for the service, upon his/her request the competent social work centre (center za socialno delo) may issue a decision on total or partial exemption from payment of the service – in such case the service is funded by the national authority)2
Occupational activity
Over 100 places
Adult Mixed (Mental
Variable support
Mixed (national
All private/insuranc
Mixed lengths of
10-50 years
2 Slovenia, The Social security act (Zakon o socialnem varstvu), 4 November 1992, and subsequent modifications, available at: www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO869 . (unofficial consolidated text); Slovenia, Decree on criteria for determining exemption from the payment of social services (Uredba o merilih za določanje oprostitev pri plačilih socialno varstvenih storitev), 30 September 2004 and subsequent modifications, available at: http://www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=URED3348 .3 The Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities did not provide the typical length of admission but emphasised that the length of admission is not limited and it depends on the needs of an individual.
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centres (varstveno delovni centri),4 residential and non-residential service
(There are 29 occupational activity centres)
health problem, intellectual disability, physical disability, sensory disability)
provided (24-hour support provided anddaytime support provided)
and private sector)
e (if the user cannot afford to pay for the service, upon his/her request the competent social work centre (center za socialno delo) may issue a decision on total or partial exemption from payment of the service – in such case the service is funded by the national authority)5
admission (length of admission is not limited, depends on individual’s needs)6
Care homes for the elderly (domovi za starejše),7 residential
Over 100 places11-30 places for people with dementia
Older people and Adult
Older people (each institution has a section for persons with dementia,
Variable support provided (24-hour support provided and
Mixed (national and private sector)
Mixed (Private, Social security, local authority; the services in the care homes consist of social and medical
Mixed lengths of admission (length of admission is not limited,
Over 50 years
4 Information concerning occupational activity centres was provided by the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (Ministrstvo za delo, družino, socialne zadeve in enake možnosti) upon request (additional sources of information in the next columns are fully referenced in the footnotes).5 Slovenia, The Social security act (Zakon o socialnem varstvu), 4 November 1992, and subsequent modifications, available at: www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO869 (unofficial consolidated text); Slovenia, Decree on criteria for determining exemption from the payment of social services (Uredba o merilih za določanje oprostitev pri plačilih socialno varstvenih storitev), 30 September 2004 and subsequent modifications, available at: http://www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=URED3348 .6 The Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities did not provide the typical length of admission but emphasised that the length of admission is not limited and it depends on the needs of an individual.
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service
(in Slovenia there are 54 care homes for the elderly, typical care home has over 100 places)
10 care homes for the elderly have sections for persons with physical disability and sensory disability)
daytime support provided)
care; social care is funded by the useror his/her family members or the local authorities if the user cannot afford to pay for the care; the medical care is covered by the Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia (Zavod za zdravstveno zavarovanje Slovenije), which operates the national compulsory health insurance scheme)8
depends on individual’s needs)9
Special social welfare institutions for adults
Over 100 places(in Slovenia there are 5 special
Adult Mixed 24-hour support provided
National All private/insurance (if the user cannot afford to pay for the service, upon
Mixed lengths of admission
Over 50 years
7 Information concerning care homes for the elderly was provided by the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (Ministrstvo za delo, družino, socialne zadeve in enake možnosti) upon request (additional sources of information are fully referenced in the footnotes).8 Information was provided by the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (Ministrstvo za delo, družino, socialne zadeve in enake možnosti) upon request.9 The Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities did not provide the typical length of admission but emphasised that the length of admission is not limited.
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(posebni socialno varstveni zavodi za odrasle),10 residential service
social welfare institutions for adults, typical service has over 100 places)
his/her request the competent social work centre (center za socialno delo) may issue a decision on total or partial exemption from payment of the service – in such case the service is funded by the local authority)11
Homes for children with intellectual disability (domovi za otroke z motnjami v duševnem razvoju)12,
30-100 places (in Slovenia there are 6 such institutions, typical service has 30-100 places)
Children
Intellectual disability
24-hour support provided
Local authority
Mixed (national government and local authority)
Over 2 years (9 years during primary education with the possibility of extension for
10-50 years
10 Slovenia, List of institutions (Seznam domov članov s povezavami), Association of Social institutions of Slovenia (Skupnost socialnih zavodov Slovenije), available at: http://www.ssz-slo.si/seznam-domov-clanov-s-povezavami , website accessed on 1 August 2014 (additional sources of information in the next columns are fully referenced in the footnotes).11 Slovenia, The Social security act (Zakon o socialnem varstvu), 4 November 1992, and subsequent modifications, available at: www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO869 (unofficial consolidated text); Slovenia, Decree on criteria for determining exemption from the payment of social services (Uredba o merilih za določanje oprostitev pri plačilih socialno varstvenih storitev), 30 September 2004 and subsequent modifications, available at: http://www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=URED3348 .12 Information on homes for children with intellectual disability was provided by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost in šport) upon request.
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residential service
additional 3 years, for children with severe intellectual disabilities the care can be extended until 26 years of age)
Institutions for children with emotional and behavioural disorders (zavodi za otroke s čustvenimi in vedenjskimi motnjami),13 residential service
30 –100 places (in Slovenia there are 10 such institutions, typical service has 30-100 places
Children
Mental health problem
24-hour support provided
National National government
Over 2 years (depending on the type and duration of education programme - these institutions provide services for children included in primary and secondary education programme
10-50 years
13 Information concerning institutions for children with emotional and behavioural disorders was provided by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost in šport) upon request.
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Institution for the blind and partially sighted youth (zavod za slepo in slabovidno mladino),14
residential service
11-30 places (in Slovenia there is 1 such institution)
Children
Sensory disability
24-hour support provided
National National government
Over 2 years (depending on the type and duration of education programme - these institutions provide services for children included in primary and secondary education programmes)
Over 50 years
Institutions for the deaf and hard of hearing (zavodi za gluhe in naglušne),15
30-100 places (in Slovenia there are 3 such institutions, typical service has 30-
Children
Sensory disability
24-hour support provided
National National government
Over 2 years(depending on the type and duration of education programme - these
Over 50 years
14 Information concerning institution for the blind and partially sighted youth was provided by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost in šport) upon request.15 Information concerning institutions for the deaf and hard of hearing was provided by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost in šport) upon request.
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residential service
100 places)
institutions provide services for children included in primary and secondary education programmes)
Institutions for children with physical disabilities (zavodi za gibalno ovirane otroke),16 residential and non-residetnial service
30-100 places (in Slovenia there are 2 such institutions, typical service has 30-100 places)
Children
Physical disability
Variable support provided (24-hour support provided anddaytime support provided)
National National government
Over 2 years(depending on the type and duration of education programme - these institutions provide services for children included in primary and secondary education programmes)
10- 50 years
16 Information concerning institutions for children with physical disabilities was provided by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost in šport) upon request.
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Psychiatric hospitals (psihiatrične bolnišnice)17
Over 100 places (there are 5 psychiatric hospitals in Slovenia)
Adults Children
Mixed (Mental health problem, intellectual disability)
24-hour support provided
National Benefits/social security
Mixed lengths of admission (length of admission is not limited, depends on individual’s needs)
Over 50 years
17 World Health Organization (2011) Mental Health Atlas, available at: http://www.who.int/mental_health/evidence/atlas/profiles/en/; Information was provided by the Psychiatric Hospital Vojnik (Psihiatrična bolnišnica Vojnik) upon request.
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Table 2: data sources
TITLE/ REFERENCE ORGANISATION COLLECTING DATA
YEAR OF DATA COLLECTION
PERIOD COVERED BY THE DATA
METHODOLODY FOR DATA COLLECTION
GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE OF DATA COLLECTION
SERVICE SCOPE OF DATA COLLECTION
Please include: title of the survey, data set, study, report, administrative document etc, including full reference with URL if available
Name of organisation/ institution that collected the data.
Type of organisation e.g. government ministry, local authority, national statistical office academia, NGO
Year when data was collected
Time period covered by the data/ report
Desk research, questionnaire, visits to institutions, design, sampling, administrative data
Local authority area, region, federal state, national
Services for people with mental health problems, services for people with intellectual disabilities, services for older people, services for children, large residential homes
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etcInformation provided upon request.
Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (Ministrstvo za delo, družino, socialne zadeve in enake možnosti)
Government ministry
29 July 2014, Data submitted via e-mail (data concerning Centres for training, work and care : 2014; data concerning occupational activity centres: 2014; data concerning care homes for the elderly: 2013
Data concerning Centres for training, work and care : 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2013; concerning occupational activity centres: as of 29 July 2014; data concerning care homes for the elderly: as of 1 January
Administrative data
National Services for children, older people, adults with mental health problems, intellectual disability, physical disability sensory disability.
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2013
Information provided upon request.
Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost in šport)
Government ministry
30 July 2014, Data submitted via e-mail; data collected in 2014
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Mental Health Atlas, available at: http://www.who.int/mental_health/evidence/atlas/profiles/en/
World Health Organization 2011 2011 Administrati
ve data National
Services for persons with mental health problems.
The Decree on criteria for determining exemption from the payment of social services (Uredba o merilih za določanje oprostitev pri plačilih socialno varstvenih storitev), 30 September 2004 and subsequent modifications, available at: http://www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=URED3348 .
Slovenia (legislation) / / Legislation National /
The Social security act (Zakon o socialnem varstvu), 4 November 1992, and subsequent modifications, available at: www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO869 (unofficial consolidated text).
Slovenia (legislation) / / Legislation National /
Overview of community-based services for persons with disabilities (2015)
Table 3: community-based services for persons with disabilitiesType of community-
Yes/ No
Profile of the users
Explanatory informationFor each type of service, please
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based servicePlease provide the name of the type of service in the national language and a translation into English
Please indicate if the types of services presented below are given a different name in your country
Please indicate if this type of service is available in your country
age (children, adults or older persons)type of disability (physical disability, intellectual disability, psycho-social disability, deaf or hard of hearing, blind)
provide a short description of: the type and level (i.e. 24 hour, daytime, weekends, etc.) of support the service provides; location of the service (i.e. city, town, rural areas); who is eligible for the servicewho is typically the provider and funder of services (i.e. national government, local government, municipality, NGO, private company, etc.)?
For each type of service, please provide information about the extent to which users control the support provided. Can individuals using the service:recruit and manage staff providing support;determine the activities for which support is needed;determine how the budget for services and supports is used;choose types of equipment and adaptations to meet their needs?
please specify number of services operating in the country and the number of usersPlease provide a full reference for this data, including information about the period covered by the data.Please indicate, if data is available, if there has been decrease / increase in the last five years
Personal budgets
No.
Socialni prejemki in transferji (Social payments and transfers) are provided as various types of direct payments
Yes. For all types of users: adults, older persons, parents of children with disabilities or parents of grown children who
Eligibility determined by the centre for social work.
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(elaborated in Attachment 2).
are still dependent.For all types of disabilities – type and amount depends on degree of disability, and when it occurred (e.g. was the person insured, for how long employed before the disability occurred).
Osebna asistenca(Personal assistance)
Yes, although not in an adequate extent due to inadequate
Adults, also older persons, also students (18-26 years), physically disabled 18
Does not have a legal basis, is to be comprehensively regulated by a Personal Assistance Act.Available nationwide (in all 12 regions), as a service provided within social welfare programmes, provided on a project basis by DPOs. Funded within the framework of the
2013: 5 providers (all DPOs), 663 users.
2015-2018: 31 providers, 318 personal assistants, no data on number of users.21
18 Not yet clear why not children. Stemming from the relevant report on this matter users are adults (Smolej, S., Žiberna, V., Kovač, N., Social Protection Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (IRSSV), (2014), Spremljanje izvajanja programov socialnega varstva, Poročilo o izvajanju programov v letu 2013, končno poročilo (‘Monitoring of Social Protection Programme Implementation, Report on Programme Implementation in 2013, final report’), Ljubljana, IRSSV, p.115, available at: http://www.irssv.si/upload2/spremljanje%20socialno%20varstvenih%20programov.pdf .)
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funding and the lack of a legal basis.
Employment Service of Slovenia (ESS) (Zavod Republike Slovenije za zaposlovanje, ZRSZ), by profits from the lottery allocated by the ‘Foundation for funding disabled persons and humanitarian organisations in the Republic of Slovenia’ (Fundacija za financiranje invalidskih in humanitarnih organizacij v Republiki Sloveniji, FIHO), and by the MDDSZ and municipalities.19 Eligibility (extent of support) is determined by DPOs (the providers), depending on an assessment of necessity of the needs of their members (potential users). As there is not enough funding available to provide for a number of personal assistants that would fully cover their needs, DPOs assess who needs the service more, most users share assistants.20
socialna Yes. Possible for Daytime, also weekends, max. Provider is chosen by the At the end of 19 Smolej, S., Žiberna, V., Kovač, N., Social Protection Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (IRSSV), (2014), Spremljanje izvajanja programov socialnega varstva, Poročilo o izvajanju programov v letu 2013, končno poročilo (‘Monitoring of Social Protection Programme Implementation, Report on Programme Implementation in 2013, final report’), Ljubljana, IRSSV, pp. 108-118, available at: http://www.irssv.si/upload2/spremljanje%20socialno%20varstvenih%20programov.pdf; Slovenia, Initial Report on the Implementation of the Provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Ljubljana, 17 July 2014, p. 43, available at: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/TBSearch.aspx?Lang=en&TreatyID=4&DocTypeID=29 .20 Information provided by a representative of the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Slovenia (Društvo distrofikov Slovenije), president of the National Council of Disabled People's Organisations of Slovenia (Nacionalni svet invalidskih organizacij Slovenije, NSIOS) and vice-president of the Council for persons with disabilities of the Republic of Slovenia (Svet za invalide Republike Slovenije), in an interview held on 21 April 2015, 18:00 – 21:40.
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oskrba na domu (domestic social care))22
- also simply called home help (pomoč na domu)
all categories users, in practice 87.2 % are elderly persons, with age related decline.
20 hours per week. Available nationwide, except one municipality. Eligibility determined by the centre for social work: intended for persons whose remaining physical and mental abilities enable them to maintain an adequate mental and physical state and who can function in a familiar living environment if organized temporary assistance is provided to them.Co-funded by the municipality, users pay in average €5.12 per hour.
municipality. Users apply for the service, and under supervision of the centre for social work, signs an agreement with the provider determining the extent and type of support (housework assistance or/and assistance in personal hygiene or/and assistance in maintaining social contacts).23
2013 this service had 6,540 users nationwide.24
Socialna oskrba na domu izven javne mreže (domestic social care provided as a private
Yes. All categories of users.
No limit on the extent (hours). Without commission from the municipality, but on the basis of a work permit obtained from the MDDSZ and entry into the register.25
Could be available all around Slovenia, but only three
Users may choose the activities for which support it is needed and extent of services provided (housework assistance or/and assistance in personal hygiene or/and assistance in maintaining
34 users at the end of 2012 (latest available data).28
21 Information on newly distributed funds (new tender for the period 2015-2018) available on the website of the MDDSZ: http://www.mddsz.gov.si/si/delovna_podrocja/invalidi_vzv/osebna_asistenca/ . 22 ZSV, Article 15. 23 Source for all columns: Nagode, M., Lebar, L., Jakob Krejan, P., Social Protection Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (IRSSV), (2014), Izvajanje pomoči na domu, analiza stanja v letu 2013 (‘Implementation of domestic social care, Analysis of the Situation in 2013’), Ljubljana, IRSSV, available at: www.irssv.si/upload2/pnd/IRSSV%20Izvajanje%20pomoci%20na%20domu%20-%20analiza%20stanja%20v%20letu%202013_2.pdf. 24 The number of all users in 2013 was 9,425 (Nagode, M., Lebar, L., Jakob Krejan, P., Social Protection Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (IRSSV), (2014), Izvajanje pomoči na domu, analiza stanja v letu 2013 (‘Implementation of domestic social care, Analysis of the Situation in 2013’), Ljubljana, IRSSV, pp. 21-26, available at: www.irssv.si/upload2/pnd/IRSSV%20Izvajanje%20pomoci%20na%20domu%20-%20analiza%20stanja%20v%20letu%202013_2.pdf). 25 Slovenia, Rules on the engagement in the provision of social services on the basis of a work permit and entry into the register (Pravilnik o opravljanju socialno varstvenih storitev na podlagi dovoljenja za delo in vpisa v register), 10 January 2006, Article 1, available at: http://pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=PRAV7213 .
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service) providers had any users at the end of 2012, most in Ljubljana (latest available data).26 The price for user ranged from €10,0 to €16,71 per hour, the average amounted to €14,3 per hour in 2012.27
social contacts).No data on other aspects available.
Socialni servis (Social service, also a type of home help service as described above, with the following additional activities: pedicure, hairdressing and other similar services; assistance in carrying out bank transactions, paying bills, acceptance
Yes. All profiles. Available to all persons who are capable of paying for it. There is also no limit on the extent (hours) of support provided.30
Users may choose the activities for which support it is needed and extent of services provided.No data on other aspects available.
Due to high costs this service had only 209 users at the end of 2012 (150 of which used only the all-day connection via a personal telephone alarm – long distance protection in case of medical emergency).31
26 Nagode, M. and Kovač, N., Social Protection Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (IRSSV), (2013), Analiza storitev, opravljenih na podlagi dovoljenja za delo in vpisa v register (‘Analysis of services provided on the basis of obtaining a permit and registration’), Ljubljana: IRSSV, pp. 22-24, available at: www.irssv.si/upload2/Analiza%20storitev,%20opravljenih%20na%20podlagi%20dovoljenja%20za%20delo_koncno%20porocilo%20-7.6.2013.pdf. 27 Nagode, M. and Kovač, N., Social Protection Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (IRSSV), (2013), Analiza storitev, opravljenih na podlagi dovoljenja za delo in vpisa v register (‘Analysis of services provided on the basis of obtaining a permit and registration’), Ljubljana: IRSSV, p. 26, available at: www.irssv.si/upload2/Analiza%20storitev,%20opravljenih%20na%20podlagi%20dovoljenja%20za%20delo_koncno%20porocilo%20-7.6.2013.pdf.
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and dispatch of mail; protecting and monitoring the status of the user through the night; all-day connection via a personal telephone alarm.)29 Družinski pomočnik (family attendant, also called a home care assistant) 32
Yes. For seriously intellectually or physically disabled adults, who require assistance to perform all their basic vital functions and would otherwise be eligible for institutional care.
The attendant must be a person who lives at the same permanent residence as the disabled person or one of his family members, and may not be employed full-time at another job. Although being a family attendant is not a form of employment, the attendant receives €734.15 gross as an allowance for loss of employment and is fully insured (medical, pension and disability insurance).33
The attendant must report to the centre for social work annually, which in turn annually produces a report that also notes the opinion of the disabled person receiving this service.
On 24 August 2011: 760;34
at the end of 2011: 799 disabled persons had a family attendant. The goal is 1500 family attendants by 2020.35
Vodenje, zaposlitev in
Yes. Intellectually and Provided free of charge.37
The scope of services is determined upon
In 2013: 3,200 users.40
28 Nagode, M. and Kovač, N., Social Protection Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (IRSSV), (2013), Analiza storitev, opravljenih na podlagi dovoljenja za delo in vpisa v register (‘Analysis of services provided on the basis of obtaining a permit and registration’), Ljubljana: IRSSV, pp. 22-24, available at: www.irssv.si/upload2/Analiza%20storitev,%20opravljenih%20na%20podlagi%20dovoljenja%20za%20delo_koncno%20porocilo%20-7.6.2013.pdf. 29 Slovenia, Rules on the standards and norms for social services (Pravilnik o standardih in normativih socialnovarstvenih storitev), 4 June 2010, available at: www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=PRAV10060.
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varstvo pod posebnimi pogoji (Guidance, employment and protection under special conditions): is a social security service provided by centres for protection and training (varstveno delovni centri, VDC) that perform tasks of guidance and protection
physically disabled adults.36
Available at least five times a week for eight hours per day, starting in the morning. Basic care consists of accommodation, meals, technical supplies and transportation from home to the centre. Aimed at implementing the basic human rights of adult persons with disabilities and enabling them to actively participate in a working environment in accordance with their abilities, to obtain new and maintain already acquired knowledge and skills, new social and working habits, exercise their own ideas and creativity, acquire a sense of usefulness and self-affirmation, develop greater autonomy etc.38
agreement of the centre (provider) with the user or his legal guardian.39
31 208 users required this support due to age related medical issues, one was a disabled person (Nagode, M. and Kovač, N., Social Protection Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (IRSSV), (2013), Analiza storitev, opravljenih na podlagi dovoljenja za delo in vpisa v register (‘Analysis of services provided on the basis of obtaining a permit and registration’), Ljubljana: IRSSV, pp. 22-24, available at: www.irssv.si/upload2/Analiza%20storitev,%20opravljenih%20na%20podlagi%20dovoljenja%20za%20delo_koncno%20porocilo%20-7.6.2013.pdf. 30 Article 7 of the Rules on the standards and norms for social services (Pravilnik o standardih in normativih socialnovarstvenih storitev), 4 June 2010, available at: http://www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=PRAV10060 .32 ZSV, Articles 18a to 18r. 33 Information obtained at the website of the MDDSZ, available at: http://mddsz.gov.si/si/delovna_podrocja/sociala/druzinski_pomocnik/. 34 Information published on the website of MDDSZ, available at: http://www.mddsz.gov.si/si/delovna_podrocja/sociala/druzinski_pomocnik/ . 35 Slovenia, Resolution on the national social assistance programme 2013-2020 (Resolucija o nacionalnem programu socialnega varstva za obdobje 2013-2020), 6 May 2013, p. 12, Article B.6, available at: http://www.uradni-list.si/1/content?id=113130#!/Resolucija-o-nacionalnem-programu-socialnega-varstva-za-obdobje-2013-2020-%28ReNPSV13-20%29 .36 ZSV, Article 17.
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and organize employment subject to special conditions, are thus a type of day care centre.
38 Slovenia, Rules on the standards and norms for social services (Pravilnik o standardih in normativih socialnovarstvenih storitev), 4 June 2010, available at: http://www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=PRAV10060 .39 Slovenia, Rules on the standards and norms for social services (Pravilnik o standardih in normativih socialnovarstvenih storitev), 4 June 2010, available at: http://www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=PRAV10060 .40 Slovenia, Initial Report on the Implementation of the Provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Ljubljana, 17 July 2014, pp. 44, 71-72, available at: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/TBSearch.aspx?Lang=en&TreatyID=4&DocTypeID=29. 37 ZSV, Article 100.
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Programi socialne vključenosti (Programmes for social inclusion): are designed to support and maintain the working abilities of persons with disabilities (work content),41 as well as the promotion of social inclusion (social content).42
Yes. Adults with physical or intellectual disability.
As stipulated in Article 35 of ZZRZI43 people eligible are persons: 1) found by the ESS to be non-employable due to their disability;44
2) with a disability of the first (highest) category, without the right to a disability pension;45 3) with intellectual or physical disabilities who do not have access to adequate social services.
Providers of programmes are funded from the national budget and chosen on the basis of a public tender by the MDDSZ, that establishes the conditions for their implementation,46 every few years (first beginning in the period 2006-2010, then 2011-2014, now 2015-2019).47
Currently 21 service providers.50 At the end of 2013 (latest available data): total 477 users, with 16 providers providing the service in 36 different locations around Slovenia.51
41 As stipulated in Article 35 of the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons Act (Zakon o zaposlitveni rehabilitaciji in zaposlovanju invalidov, ZZRZI), 10 June 2004, available at: www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO3841 .42 As emphasised on the website of the MDDSZ regarding the content of programmes for social inclusion for the period 2015 to 2019, available at: www.mddsz.gov.si/si/delovna_podrocja/invalidi_vzv/programi_socialne_vkljucenosti/ .43 Slovenia, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons Act (Zakon o zaposlitveni rehabilitaciji in zaposlovanju invalidov, ZZRZI), 10 June 2004, available at: www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO3841 .44 A person is considered to be non-employable on the basis of the decision on employability issued by the ESS (ZZRZI, Article 34), if they are, despite the completion of vocational rehabilitation and adjustments of the workplace and working environment, unable to achieve work results at the level of one-third of the efficiency of an employee at a typical workplace (ZZRZI, Article 33, paragraph 2), 45 As determined by a decision from the Pension and Disability Insurance Institute of Slovenia (Zavod za pokojninsko in invalidsko zavarovanje Slovenije, ZPIZ).46 As stipulated in ZZRZI, Article 35, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4.47 Information available on the website of the MDDSZ: www.mddsz.gov.si/si/delovna_podrocja/invalidi_vzv/programi_socialne_vkljucenosti/ .
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Currently 21 providers (of different types: NGOs, private companies, private or public institutes, etc.), which are located in most larger cities.48 The programmes are provided from Monday to Friday, 8 hours per day, each user must be involved at least 6 hours per day.49
Koordinatorji obravnave v
Yes. Persons with mental
Recruited by and employed at centres for social work since the
25 coordinators are currently
48 Current information provided on the website of the MDDSZ: www.mddsz.gov.si/fileadmin/mddsz.gov.si/pageuploads/dokumenti__pdf/invalidi_vzv/SEZNAM _izvajalcev_programov_SV_za_obdobje_od_2015-2019__splet_MDDSZ__posodobitev_9.2.2015.pdf .49 As stipulated in the Javni razpis za izbor izvajalcev programov socialne vključenosti za obdobje od 2015 do vključno 2019, ki jih bo sofinanciralo Ministrstvo za delo, družino, socialne zadeve in enake možnosti ('Public tender for the selection of providers programmes for social inclusion for the period from 2015 to 2019, which will be financed by the MDDSZ'), Article 5, paragraph 5.6.3, published in the Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia, no. 66/2014 (Uradni list RS št. 66/2014 z dne 12. 9. 2014), available at: http://212.103.130.130/_pdf/2014/Ra/r2014066.pdf .50 Information provided on the website of the MDDSZ: www.mddsz.gov.si/si/delovna_podrocja/invalidi_vzv/programi_socialne_vkljucenosti/ .51 University Rehabilitation Institute of the Republic of Slovenia - Soča (URI-Soča), (2014), Evalvacija izvajanja programa socialne vključenosti v obdobju 2010-2013 (‘Evaluation of the implementation of the programme for social inclusion’), Ljubljana: URI-Soča, p. 9, available at: www.ir-rs.si/f/docs/Razvojni_center_za_zaposlitveno_rehabilitacijo/Evalvacija_SV_2014_koncna.pdf .
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skupnosti za osebe s težavami v duševnem zdravju (community-based mental health treatment coordinators).52
health problems.
end of 2010.53 Coordinators are qualified professionals whose task is to provide assistance to persons who are no longer in need of treatment in a psychiatric hospital or supervised treatment, but need support in psychosocial rehabilitation, daily activities, arranging living conditions and inclusion in daily life based on a plan of treatment. All tasks are focused on finding appropriate solutions with a view of ensuring the earliest possible return to a home environment,54 as well as stay in a home environment.55
employed.56
52 Slovenia, Rules on staff, technical and premises requirements for institutional care providers and Social Work Centres providing mental health services, and on the verification procedure thereof (Pravilnik o kadrovskih, tehničnih in prostorskih pogojih za izvajanje nalog na področju duševnega zdravja za izvajalce institucionalnega varstva ter centre za socialno delo ter o postopku njihove verifikacije), 3 November 2009, Article 10, available at: http://pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=PRAV9820. 53 Slovenia, Mental Health Act (Zakon o duševnem zdravju), 28 July 2008, Articles 92 and 96, available at: http://pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO2157. 54 Slovenia, Initial Report on the Implementation of the Provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Ljubljana, 17 July 2014, p. 58, available at: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/TBSearch.aspx?Lang=en&TreatyID=4&DocTypeID=29. 55 Observation of Ms Simona Zagorc, coordinator of the process of transition from institutional to community-based care that is being led at the national level by the MDDSZ, during an interview held on 7 May 2015, 9:00 - 11:20. Ms Simona Zagorc works at the Sector for analysis and the development of services and programs of the Directorate for Social Affairs at the MDDSZ (Sektor za razvoj storitev in programov ter izvajanje analiz, Direktorat za socialne zadeve, MDDSZ). 56 Information provided on the website of The Association of Centres for Social Work (Skupnost centrov za socialno delo Slovenije), available at: http://www.scsd.si/koordinatorji-za-obravnavo-oseb-v-skupnosti-s-tezavami-v-dusevnem-zdravju.html.
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Pravica do tolmača za slovenski znakovni jezik (The right to use a sign language interpreter)
Yes. All deaf persons in procedures before public authorities, as well as in any other life situation where deafness would pose an obstacle to fulfilling their needs.
Funded by the ministry responsible for the protection of persons with disabilities (MDDSZ). 57 The beneficiary shall pay the sign language interpreter for the services rendered with a voucher issued by a centre for social work.58
A deaf person may exercise the right at his own discretion up to a maximum of 30 hours per year, while a deaf person with student status may, for reasons of additional needs due to education, exercise the right to a sign language interpreter for more than 30 hours, but not exceeding 100 hours, per year.59
Attachment 1: Number of adapted or suitable non-profit rental units
57 Slovenia, Initial Report on the Implementation of the Provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Ljubljana, 17 July 2014, pp. 50-51, available at: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/TBSearch.aspx?Lang=en&TreatyID=4&DocTypeID=29. 58 Slovenia, Act on the Use of Slovene Sign Language (Zakon o uporabi slovenskega znakovnega jezika, ZUSZJ), 14 November 2002, Articles 10, 13, 21, available at: www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?sop=2002-01-4810. A detailed description of the ID card and voucher is provided in an implementing act (Slovenia, Rules on card and voucher for exercising the right to Slovenian sign language interpreter (Pravilnik o izkaznici in vavčerju za uveljavljanje pravice do tolmača za slovenski znakovni jezik), 11 July 2003, available at: www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=PRA V5139). 59 Slovenia, Act on the Use of Slovene Sign Language (Zakon o uporabi slovenskega znakovnega jezika, ZUSZJ), 14 November 2002, Articles 10, 13, 21, available at: www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?sop=2002-01-4810. A detailed description of the ID card and voucher is provided in an implementing act (Slovenia, Rules on card and voucher for exercising the right to Slovenian sign language interpreter (Pravilnik o izkaznici in vavčerju za uveljavljanje pravice do tolmača za slovenski znakovni jezik), 11 July 2003, available at: www.pisrs.si/Pis.web/pregledPredpisa?id=PRA V5139).
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Municipality Popula-tion Area (km2)
Number of available non-profit rental housing units suitable for persons with physical disabilities (PPD)
Number of PPD residing in these units currently (or alternatively in the period from 2010)
10 Borovnica 4211 42.3
11 Bovec 3140 367.3
12 Braslovče 5438 54.9 0
13 Brda 5705 72.1
14 Brežice 24230 268.1 0 0
15 Brezovica 11827 91.2
16 Cankova 1845 30.6
17 Celje 48883 94.9 1660 11
60 “These 16 apartments are designed especially for PPD (of which 5 are vacant due to lack of applications). In addition to these Nepremičnine Celje d.o.o. (that manages non-profit rental housing units for municipality Celje) also provides 27 sheltered housing units for older persons, also fully equipped for PPD (all are occupied).”
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Municipality Popula-tion Area (km2)
Number of available non-profit rental housing units suitable for persons with physical disabilities (PPD)
Number of PPD residing in these units currently (or alternatively in the period from 2010)
27 Divača 3955 145 0
28 Dobje 980 17.5 0 0
29 Dobrepolje 3934 103.1
30 Dobrna 2195 31.7 061 1
31 Dobrova 7535 117.5
32 Dobrovnik 1285 31.1
33 Dol pri Ljubljani 5823 33.3
34 Dolenjske Toplice 3398 110.2
61 “No units especially for PPD, however a new non-profit apartment building built in 2007, with 16 apartments is equipped with an elevator although it has only three floors. It has one tenant that is physically disabled.”
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Municipality Popula-tion Area (km2)
Number of available non-profit rental housing units suitable for persons with physical disabilities (PPD)
Number of PPD residing in these units currently (or alternatively in the period from 2010)
69 Koper 51048 311.2 566 2
66 “Municipality Koper also has on its territory, 12 sheltered housing units for elder persons (oskrbovana stanovanja) completely adapted for PPD, and rented out for a non-profit rent.”
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Municipality Popula-tion Area (km2)
Number of available non-profit rental housing units suitable for persons with physical disabilities (PPD)
Number of PPD residing in these units currently (or alternatively in the period from 2010)
74 Kranjska Gora 5347 256.3
75 Križevci 3724 46.2
76 Krško 25833 286.5 067 0
67 “Municipality Krško has four non-profit units on the ground floor, with wheel chair access to enter the building (but no other adaptation). To this day they had not been rented out to PPD.”
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Municipality Popula-tion Area (km2)
Number of available non-profit rental housing units suitable for persons with physical disabilities (PPD)
Number of PPD residing in these units currently (or alternatively in the period from 2010)
82 Litija 15002 221.4
83
Ljubljana 286307 275
139 (+ 45 especially equipped for persons with sensory disabilities)
18669
69 As stated by the municipality: “The municipality does not collect data on the exact numbers of PPD tenants. In the units mentioned the tenant or at least one of the tenant’s family members (e.g. child) is a person with disabilities.”
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Municipality Popula-tion Area (km2)
Number of available non-profit rental housing units suitable for persons with physical disabilities (PPD)
Number of PPD residing in these units currently (or alternatively in the period from 2010)
84 Ljubno 2621 78.9
85 Ljutomer 11580 107.2
86 Log – Dragomer 3610 11.1
87 Logatec 13752 173.1 070 0
70 According to the municipality: “To the date of the latest public tender for non-profit units, in July 2015, there has been no application filed for a unit adapted for PPD needs.”
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Municipality Popula-tion Area (km2)
Number of available non-profit rental housing units suitable for persons with physical disabilities (PPD)
Number of PPD residing in these units currently (or alternatively in the period from 2010)
92 Lukovica 5650 74.9
93 Majšperk 3935 72.8
94 Makole 2024 36.9
95 Maribor 111842 147.5 6 671
71 “The Public Inter-Municipal Housing Fund Maribor owns seven non-profit units, of which six are in Maribor and one on the territory of municipality Starše” (see below).
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Municipality Popula-tion Area (km2)
Number of available non-profit rental housing units suitable for persons with physical disabilities (PPD)
Number of PPD residing in these units currently (or alternatively in the period from 2010)
112 Naklo 5303 28.3
113 Nazarje 2572 43.4 0 073
114 Nova Gorica 31752 279.5
115 Novo mesto 36205 235.7 074 0
116 Odranci 1646 6.9 0
73 According to the municipality: “Residents in the municipality have not demonstrated the need for such units.” 74 “The municipality owns 34 non-profit living units, none of which are adapted for PPD needs.”
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Municipality Popula-tion Area (km2)
Number of available non-profit rental housing units suitable for persons with physical disabilities (PPD)
Number of PPD residing in these units currently (or alternatively in the period from 2010)
117 Oplotnica 4056 33.2
118 Ormož 12424 141.6
119 Osilnica 374 36.2 075 0
120 Pesnica 7534 75.8
121 Piran 17783 44.6 1176 0
122 Pivka 6051 223.3
75 “No non-profit units, however the municipality financially assisted one family with a physically disabled family member, in the adaptation of their apartment, as the need arose.”76 “From the total of 182 non-profit units that the municipality owns.”
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Municipality Popula-tion Area (km2)
Number of available non-profit rental housing units suitable for persons with physical disabilities (PPD)
Number of PPD residing in these units currently (or alternatively in the period from 2010)
146 Rogašovci 3153 40.1 0 0
147 Rogatec 3123 39.6 1 177
148 Ruše 7190 60.8
149 Šalovci 1488 58.2
150 Selnica ob Dravi 4490 64.5
151 Semič 3801 146.7 0
77 “A unit was rented to a family with PPD child from 2003-2013, which then waived the right, because they moved to another area. Since then the need to rent the unit to a PPD or family with a PPD child has not been demonstrated.”
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Municipality Popula-tion Area (km2)
Number of available non-profit rental housing units suitable for persons with physical disabilities (PPD)
Number of PPD residing in these units currently (or alternatively in the period from 2010)
196 Videm 5500 80
197 Vipava 5612 107.4
198 Vitanje 2244 59.4
199 Vodice 4783 31.4
200 Vojnik 8632 75.3 278 2
201 Vransko 2592 53.3
202 Vrhnika 16627 115.2 879 1
78 According to the municipality: “One apartment was especially bought and one adaptation especially funded, as the need arose. They are currently no other needs.”79 According to the municipality: “Suitable for PPD and/or older persons.”
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Municipality Popula-tion Area (km2)
Number of available non-profit rental housing units suitable for persons with physical disabilities (PPD)
Number of PPD residing in these units currently (or alternatively in the period from 2010)
203 Vuzenica 2717 50.1
204 Zagorje 16763 147.1
205 Žalec 21237 117.1 280 281
206 Zavrč 1755 19.3
207 Železniki 6745 163.8 1 1
208 Žetale 1335 38
209 Žiri 4845 49.3 2 282
210 Žirovnica 4392 42.6
80 The municipality also has “14 apartments equipped and intended especially for PPD, for one or max. two persons, located in the same building as the VDC ”, which we did not count as they do not enable living in the community, independent from the institution of the VDC.81 As stated by the municipality: “Two families with PPD members received units suitable, but not especially adapted for PPD needs.” 82 As stated by the municipality:“Municipality Žiri does not have non-profit units especially adapted for PPD needs, however some are suitable for persons with a moderate disability, e.g. as some units are on the ground floor.”
