Supporting Organization needed

Probation is an alternative penal execution system in which the suspect, defendant or convict is supervised and monitored in the community and all kinds of services, programmes and resources needed for the improvement and reintegration of the person into society are provided. The Probation System in Turkey was established in 2005 within the scope of the EU Accession Regulation and has made significant progress in the execution process in recent years and has become an education model that serves with non-formal and informal education methods.

In the preparation of the Ministry of Justice European Development Strategic Plan; it is aimed to
- To create awareness/sensitisation,
- To improve strategic management skills,
- To develop problem solving capacity,
- To strengthen the corporate culture

The two main working areas of the Probation Directorates serving in line with these objectives are;
-Supervision
-Education and correction activities.
The purpose of establishment of the Directorates of Probation is not only to execute the sentences of the obliged persons under caution but also to reintegrate them into the society. With the education and rehabilitation activities carried out in line with this purpose, it is aimed that the convicts put their lives in order, realise the behaviours that cause them to commit crimes and see that they can change, adapt to social life, gain knowledge and awareness, gain awareness, continue their lives as healthy individuals and prevent recidivism, and ensure social peace with individual recovery.

Düzce Directorate of Probation was established under the Ministry of Justice General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses in the centre and Düzce Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in the provinces with the "Law on Probation and Assistance Centres and Protection Boards" numbered 5402, which entered into force on 03/07/2005, and is one of the directorates currently operating in 148 Heavy Penal Centres throughout the country.

Düzce Probation Directorate is a public institution serving with Incoming General Documents Office, Registration and Acceptance Office, Administrative and Financial Affairs Office, Evaluation and Planning Office, Training and Improvement Office, Enforcement Office, Supervision Office, Protection Board Office, Victim Support Services Office and Project Preparation and Implementation Team.

In our Directorate; 1 Institution Manager, 5 Probation Specialists (1 Social Worker, 3 Psychologists, 1 Sociologist), 24 Enforcement and Protection Officers and 1 Janitor, a total of 31 people work.
The main working area of our Directorate is addiction and criminality. Areas it provides service;
- Treatment and Probation Measures
- Ex-convicts conditionally released from penal institutions
- Unpaid Labour for Public Benefit
- Residential Execution (Electronic Handcuffs)
- Judicial Control
- Other Measures Issued by the Courts

Existing training and improvement activities implemented by expert personnel (Psychologist, Social Worker, Sociologist and Teacher) in the light of a plan made in line with the risk (addiction and risk of re-offending) and needs of the convicts under probation measures:
For adults
1- Individual Interviews (Motivational interviews for guidance and psycho-social support)
2- Group Studies/Intervention Programmes (Psycho-trainings)
* Smoking, Alcohol and Substance Abuse (SAMBA) Intervention Programme
* Change for Life (HAYDE) Programme (A programme focused on personal development)
* Anger Management Programme
* Values Education
* Life Skills Training with Peer Support

For children
1- Individual Interviews (Motivational interviews for guidance and psycho-social support)
2- Group Studies/Intervention Programmes (Psycho-trainings)
* Smoking, Alcohol and Substance Addiction for Young People (YOUTH SAMBA) Intervention Programme
* Step by Step Change Programme (A programme focused on personal development)
For the families of persons who have received measures due to addiction; (voluntary)
* Family Education Programme Project in Combating Addiction (BAMAP)
3- Seminars
For obliged persons;
Seminars on many topics such as Personal Development, Communication Skills, Stress Management, Problem Solving Skills, Violence Against Women.

For the families of the convicted; (voluntary)
Information seminars on addiction
4- Activities such as vocational courses, seminars, conferences, local projects organised in cooperation with other official institutions (such as İŞKUR, Public Education Centre, Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sports)

We need a supporting organization under KA122-ADU project mobility, who will host us and provide a training programme about the prevention of women abuse and violence by means of drama.