Text file: 6762.txt
author: zzz zzz
downvotes: 4
end consideration date: 2015-06-20
id: '6762'
number comments: 5
number views: 2851
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response by the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities\n\
  Community service is defined in the Act on the Enforcement of Criminal Sanctions\
  \ and is, under the current regime, an alternative criminal sanction to a prison\
  \ sentence or a measure in lieu of a fine imposed under the Act on Misdemeanours.\
  \ In rare cases, it is also used in conciliation or deferred prosecution proceedings.\n\
  The social work centres are responsible for organising and supervising the implementation\
  \ of the measure, while the work of general interest itself is carried out in various\
  \ implementing organisations (schools, kindergartens, retirement homes, animal shelters,\
  \ Karitas, Red Cross, NGOs, etc.). Work of general interest is a measure that costs\
  \ the State money. On the one hand, this is the cost of personnel, and on the other,\
  \ the costs incurred in the direct implementation of the measure. The staff consists\
  \ of the alternative sentence coordinators at the CSDs, the professionals who prepare,\
  \ organise and supervise the implementation of the measure at the CSDs and, on the\
  \ part of the implementing organisations, the mentors. The State reimburses the\
  \ costs of transport to/from work, refreshments, insurance and training for the\
  \ safe performance of the work. In 2014, direct costs amounted to EUR 650,000.\n\
  The number of persons seconded to carry out work of general interest is increasing,\
  \ but on the other hand, there are too few implementing organisations, leading to\
  \ waiting lists. The implementing organisations have also reported various problems\
  \ in the implementation of the measure over the years, such as theft, damage to\
  \ property, unreliability of the persons deployed (including alcoholic states, etc.).\n\
  On the basis of the above, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour and Social\
  \ Fund of the Republic of Slovenia considers that at present there are no appropriate\
  \ conditions for the referral of recipients of financial assistance to the existing\
  \ system of implementation of work of general interest.  In addition, it should\
  \ be noted that new costs would also be incurred, namely for the operation of the\
  \ commission for determining the eligibility of persons for inclusion in the work\
  \ of general interest (health condition, etc.). Given that the State reimburses\
  \ persons for the costs of commuting to/from work, refreshments, insurance, etc.,\
  \ these costs (may) exceed the amount of the cash social assistance in terms of\
  \ their amount (may) exceed the amount of the cash social assistance.  From this\
  \ point of view, it would also not be rational to refer recipients of social assistance\
  \ to the system of work of general interest under the current arrangements.\n \n\
  \ "
response date: 2015-07-29
response due date: null
sent date: 2015-05-22
title: Socially useful work for cash social assistance
upvotes: 21
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/6762
