Russia.Public institution of Yaroslavl region. Yaroslavl region youth information center.("YRYIC")

Oktyabrya st., 56, of. 506, Yaroslavl, 150040 Russia

Tel/fax: (0852) 73-71-34, e-mail: youth@adm.yar.ru

Director: Danilov Alexander

 

The establishment was founded in 1995 in accordance with Yaroslavl Region Governor’s Resolution with the object of social protection and provision of information service to teenagers, young people and young families.

Information center works under control of Department of Youth Policy of Yaroslavl Region Administration.

 

The establishment is Yaroslavl Region basic center of social work in the sphere of youth policy. In 2003 the establishment was given the status of experimental center of Education Ministry Department of Youth Policy Russian Federation. In 2003, the establishment became a resource center of social work in the Central District of Russia.

The information Centre works out, helps in adapting and carrying out innovation activity programs of social services dealing with teenagers, young people and young families.

 

The Information Centre carries out the training and methodical support for specialists of social youth services and youth centers of municipal districts within Yaroslavl region united in a single web.

17 municipal establishments of social work with young people function on the territory of Yaroslavl Region. The main directions of activity are:

• preventing measures against antisocial phenomena, alcohol and drug addiction and AIDS;
• work with young families;
• teenage and youth job placement. 

The establishment’s main directions of activity are:

• information/methodical work;
• assistance in social adaptation of teenagers, young people and young families;
• ssistance in temporary and permanent job placement of young people;
• assistance in professional skills development of specialists working with young people.

 

The information/methodical direction includes:

• data bank creating of basic trends of youth policy, as well as activity programs of Yaroslavl region and other regions of Russia;
• exploring processes occurring in youth environment, social research work;
• carrying out information interaction with organizations and establishments on municipal, regional and federal levels;
• working out and publishing information/analytical and methodical stuff conserniing youth policy.

 

Assistance in social adaptation of young people and young families includes social/pedagogical and psychological help programs for teenagers, young people and young families.

 

The regional program “Dialogue of Individuals” is carrying out within the framework of the international program “Big Brothers/ Big Sisters”. The basic of the program is the idea of building relationship between an adult and an orphan child or a child from a socially unsuccessful family. The aim of the program is providing help to a child in communication with children of his age and parents, studies, settling conflicts with teachers, involving children and young people in creative activity.

In Yaroslavl region the program is realized on the basis of interaction between governmental structures and public organizations. The establishment is carrying out this program in cooperation with Russian public organization “Child Youth Social Initiatives” supported by Department of Youth Affairs of Yaroslavl Region Administration.

In 2002 the program was met with approval by leading specialists of the International program “Big Brothers/ Big Sisters” and was recommended for spreading in municipal structures of Yaroslavl Region.

 

The regional program “My Choice” is carried out within the framework of all-Russian program “No, thanks!” The aim of the program is creation of teenage volunteer organization devoted to preventive measures against use psychotropic agents. The peculiar features of the project is carrying out educational and creative activities by volunteer teenagers for children of the same age. One of the main activities of the project is  “No, thanks!” actions, organized and held by senior students within the framework of international day against AIDS and aiming at preventive work with various youth groups. As a result of the program teenagers and young people are meant to obtain a skill of making a conscious choice; to deliberately refuse using psychotropic agents and to build a self-attitude as to value their life and health. 

On the basis of the state institution there works “Youth and Family” Service which offers the following services for young families of Yaroslavl Region:
 

• consulting young people intending to get married on the problems of future family life;
• consulting young spouses awaiting a child;
• psychological/pedagogical consulting young parents on the problems of children upbringing;
• work with problem young families;
• developing pre-school lessons for children/

Within the framework “Ties of Marriage” program the following methods were elaborated and published:

• “Family Upbringing”;
• “Conscientious attitude towards parent duties”;
• “Pre-marriage consulting”;
•  â€œOrganizing acquaintance services”;
• “Teaching non-conflict family life”;
• “Work with a young family by means of organizing programs for a child”;
•  â€œParent clubs and family associations work”.

In the establishment the best home and foreign experience of working with young families is being summarized.

 
“Parent clubs and family associations work”

The aim of this program is establishing young family clubs which will allow not only to extend the range of providing services to families, but also create conditions for preventive and correcting work with a young family in the course of its forming and development.

On the basis of “Youth and Family” Service a young family club “Beehive” has been functioning for several years. As a result of its work an experience of organizing psychological, pedagogical and legal support for young families has been accumulated.

This program is being adapted for conditions of small towns and settlements of the region.

 

“Assistance in temporary and permanent job placement of young people”

Since 1999 on the basis of the establishment a Youth Government project “Interuniversity Centre of Assistance in Job Placement of Students” is being held. Within the project data bank of job vacancies for young people and data bank of those who wish to get a job are being kept. Twice a year temporary and permanent job vacancy fairs for students and young people are held. The visitors of the establishment receive information/methodical consulting on effective behavior in the labor market.

 

“Professional skill development of specialists working with young people.”

In this direction the system of regional educational seminars and consultations for specialists of social youth establishments is organized. On the basis of “Youth and Family” service a year-round training courses was organized. Interregional conferences on the urgent problems of working with youth became a tradition.

 
“Volunteer movement development”

The programs carried out by Yaroslavl Regional Youth Information Centre achieve their upmost efficiency thanks to involving volunteers out of young activists. Socially positive effect is increased by the fact that the children are of the same age, by their successfulness, attractive image, good knowledge of the subject and approachability.

 

“The system of the establishment’s work” allows to adapt new programs and methods of working with youth to conditions of municipal districts. The system includes the following stages:
 

• exploring situations in youth environment, making social researches;
• revealing problems in youth environment and development of basic thematical programs;
• approbation of the development programs on the basis of “Youth and Family” Service;
• teaching specialists of social youth establishments of the region;
• adaptation of programs to conditions of municipal districts;
• help in carrying out the programs given by “Youth and Family” Service specialists, summarizing positive experience of carrying out the programs in municipal districts;
• providing access of methodical stuff to other regions of Russian Federation, on the basis of experience.

 

This system of work allows providing directed effective help in solving social problems for teenagers, young people and young families of Yaroslavl region.

 

In 2003 the institution became participant of International Project “Child Centre” in the Baltic Sea Region. «YRYIC» sees its own contribution to bringing into life the “Child Centre” project in summarizing Russian and foreign experience, introducing innovation methods and technologies of social work with children.

In the framework of this project a specialized data archive is being created concerning methods and activity programs for institutions and organizations which aim is to help a child adapt to life, to protect rights and interests of street children, to solve problems of their future life, and to organize social work with problem families.