Transition from Institutional Care to Community Support

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE
Course titleTransition from Institutional Care to Community Support
Chair of Social Work
Number of ECTS credits5
Lecturerdoc. Ilija Krišto
Office AddressRadićeva 13
Telephone
e-mailikristo1@pravos.hr
Associatedr.sc. Petar Šajfar
Office AddressRadićeva 13 18-1
Telephone+385 31 224 550
e-mailpetar.sajfar@pravos.hr
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course content

Total institutions and deinstitutionalisation History of modern institutions and deinstitutionalization International and national legal basis for deinstitutionalisation. Approaches to the transformation of residential institutions, resettlement, organizing community-based services and prevention of deinstitutionalisation. Creating legal, financial, knowledge and skills basis for transition to the community. Transformation plans, swift assessment of needs and response. Coordinated care and care management. Personal planning. Risk analysis.

Course learning outcomes

Critical appraisal of institutionalisation and awareness of institutional remnants in community care, Processes, principles, concepts and methods of transition from institutional to community care and of a rights-based system, Create, coordinate, organise and manage community care, Empowerment, rights, needs, strengths and user perspective, Needs assessment at personal and community level, Normalisation and social role evaluation, Personal planning, risk assessment, Teamwork, Support to informal carers,

TEACHING METHODS
☑ Lectures
☐ Seminars and workshops
☑ Exercises
☑ Independent tasks
☐ Multimedia and internet
☑ Distance education
☐ Office hours
☐ Laboratory
☐ Field work
☐ Mentoring work
☐ Knowledge test
EXAMINATION PROCEDURE
☐ Oral exam
☑ Written exam
☑ Colloquium
 Other:
ADDITIONAL FACTS
Attendance at 70% of lectures and practical classes, completion of assigned tasks, and passing the written examination.
LIST OF LITERATURE FOR STUDIES AND EXAMS
Required reading
Europska stručna skupina zaprijelaz s institucionalne skrbi na usluge podrške za život u zajednici. Zajedničke europske smjernice za prijelaz s institucionalne skrbi na usluge podrške za život u zajednici. 2012. Brussel, Belgija. Dostupno na https://deinstitutionalisationdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/2013-04-08-common-european-guidelines_croatian-version_edited.pdf
Ministarstvo zdravstva i socijalne skrbi. Plan deinstitucionalizacije i transformacije domova socijalne skrbi i drugih pravnih osoba koje obavljaju djelatnost socijalne skrbi u Repbulici Hrvatskoj 2011.-2016.(2018.). . 2010. Zagreb: Ministarstvo zdravstva i socijalne skrbi. (odabrani dijelovi)
Ministarstvo rada, mirovinskog sustava, obitelji i socijalne politike. Nacionalni plan razvoja socijalnih usluga za razdoblje od 2021. do 2027. godine. . 2021. Zagreb: Ministarstvo rada, mirovinskog sustava, obitelji i socijalne politike. (odabrani dijelovi)
Šajfar, P. (2023). Svakodnevica osoba s intelektualnim teškoćama u organiziranom stanovanju. Socijalna ekologija, 32(3), 289-315. https://doi.org/10.17234/SocEkol.32.3.4. 2023.
Vivoda, A., Bratković, D. i Pintarić Mlinar, Lj. (2026). Obilježja i učinci osobno usmjerenog planiranja podrške za osobe s intelektualnim teškoćama. Hrvatska revija za rehabilitacijska istraživanja, 62(1), 183-215. https://doi.org/10.31299/hrri.62.1.11. 2026.
. Bilješke s predavanja. 2023.
Optional reading
Flaker, V. i Rafaelič, A. (2023). Dezinstitucionalizacija II: nedokončana. . 2023. Založba Univerze v Ljubljani.
Rafaelič, A. i Flaker, V. (2021). Dezinstitucionalizacija I. Neskončna. . 2021. Založba Univerze v Ljubljani.
Šajfar, P. (2023). The experience of deinstitutionalisation from the service user's perspective. Revija Socialno delo, 62(4), 275-295. doi: 10.51741/sd.2023.62.4.275-295. 2023.
Šajfar, P. (2025). Pogled na prošlost i budućnost osoba s intelektualnim teškoćama kroz perspektivu životnog tijeka. Revija za sociologiju, 55 (1), 29-56. https://doi.org/10.5613/rzs.55.1.2 . 2025.
Šiška, J. i Beadle-Brown, J. (2020). Transition from Institutional Care to Community-Based Services in 27 EU Member States: Final report. Research report for the European Expert Group on Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care. . 2020. Dostupno na web stranici: https://deinstitutionalisationdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/eeg-di-report-2020-1.pdf