The locking in department in the Fulton Stiftelsen

 

For further information contact:
Head of department/ deputy chief Jørgen Rasmussen
postgaarden@fulton.dk
Ole Rasmussen
or@fulton.dk

Youngsters who are staying in the Fulton Stiftelsen, are, generally, 13 – 23 years old, having an inadequate behaviour. The reasons for his sojourn may be abuse of alcoholics/drugs, criminality, lack of care or it may be norm less and boarder-seeking youngsters.
The Fulton Stiftelsen is, by the Social Authorities, approved as a place for youngsters to serve youth sentences. It is often the case that the youngsters have been placed several times, with no success, this for a number of reasons, for instance: he might not be able to cope with the other boys. In order to comply with the wishes for a good stay at the institution, the Fulton Stiftelse offers three different models for locking in the youngster. It is our goal: “that this should be the last placing”.

Exactly for this reason is it important that the locking in to the Fulton Stiftelsen can be done in more ways, all depending on the actual case. Before the involved persons are called for the preliminary interview, the visitation crew has examined the relevant documents and the boy’s social worker has made a visit to the Postgaarden in Assens.

Then the Fulton Stiftelsen will recommend which kind of locking in, should be used in this case. One out of three ways of locking in may be taken into use, all three described in the subjoined material.

The Fulton visitation crew normally consists of the following persons:

Jørgen Rasmussen, deputy chief Postgaarden
Ole Rasmussen from Fulton’s locking in- and after guard department
Lone Ejstrup Hansen, Principal of the Fulton intern school.

Further the visitation team may be enlarged, if needed, with one of our regular professional partners, specialist in child- and youth psychiatry, Dr. Mette Scheel-Hinke or GP psychologist Gitte Schøsler. One of the teachers from Postgaarden may also be included in the crew.

At a visitation there will normally be participation from:

The young boy,
His family (mother and/or father) and
His social adviser and/or family consultant.

At the visitation meeting it self the Fulton staff will tell how the institution works, go through the daily programme, inform about the intern school and further tell about sailing with the schooner.
A dialogue with the young boy will be carried through, where his background will be scrutinized and his motivation for living in the Fulton institution will be unveiled. And, of course, a walk around the premises of the Postgaarden is part of the visitation.

After this meeting the visitation team, in co-operation with social adviser, judge whether the youngster should profit by living in the Fulton institution and whether he may fit into the group, which already is here. The youngster and his family will also be given opportunity to reflect on the outcome of the meeting. After about 1 – 2 working days, the Fulton Stiftelse will give an answer to social worker/family adviser.

Locking in.

Model no. 1 (Normal locking in)

This model is our standard locking in model. In this model, normally, the young boy’s social adviser and we have assessed that he will be able to be part of the group actually living in the Postgaarden.
After the visitation meeting a starting date is agreed, typically on a Tuesday. Hence the boy will show up on the agreed date between 1100 and 1300 hours. He will then be presented with his accommodation and his living with us can start. No extra resources shall be reserved for the locking in, unless something else has been agreed upon.
 

With this locking in model we offer:

• Visitation talk
• A contact person from day no. 1.

Model no.2 (extended locking in)

This model is designed especially for youngsters for whom we wish a careful and safe locking in to the institution. It may be, for example, a very young boy first time away from his home, youngsters with an abuse problem or youngsters who are estimated as socially very delicate and feeble.

After the visitation talk a starting date will be agreed upon, typically on a Monday. The youngster will then show up in the Postgaarden on the agreed date between 0900 and 1100 hours. Then he shall be shown his accommodation, be given his working clothes etc. In order to secure a safe locking in to the institution and a potential de-drugging (if an abuse problem is at hand) the youngster shall have to go through the following three-week programme.

Days 1 – 7: Stay on the schooner FULTON together with locking in employee Ole Rasmussen. The stay will primarily contain reflection and adaptation to new conditions.

Days 7 – 14: Stay on the schooner FULTON together with the professional crew and two or three chosen boys. Continuously an employee on a 24 hours a day basis will be attached to the young boy. He shall see to that the adaptation will continue and a cautious and carefully surveyed social contact with the other boys is created.

Days 13 – 21: Stay at the Postgaarden in Assens, where the youngster will be integrated socially with the other boys in the Postgaarden. A visitation into the intern school is carried out. An especially appointed employee shall be available 8 hours every afternoon/evening. This employee shall be the young boy’s contact person.

Day 21. First possibility for a weekend at his home provided a clean urine test can be delivered. Henceforth the young boy shall be treated as all the other boys in the institution.

 

What we offer with this locking in model is:

 

• Visitation talk
• 24 hours a day contact in 14 days, with an employee
• Careful and delicate social integration into the institution
• Advise from a youth psychiatrist or psychologist for building up an   intern action    
• plan, to be followed by the employees
• Detoxifying or exposing an existing abuse
• Possibility for reflection and adaptation to new conditions

Model no. 3 (locking in and clearing up)

This model we especially recommend to youngsters with many abortive lodgings in institutions and also to youngsters who are not satisfactorily examined/cleared up.

After the visitation talk a possible starting day is agreed upon, typically a Monday. The boy shows up in the Postgaarden on the arranged day between 0900 and 1100 hours.
Hence the boy will take part in a laid down programme for clearing up, where, among other things, the boy’s background, his physical as well as his bodily conditions are revealed. Furthermore, a detoxifying may be considered upon, if we suspect an abuse. Over the first 10 weeks a clearing up will take place, which will be the foundation for a decision about whether the boy should stay at the Fulton Foundation or in another suitable institution. This clearing up will be produced in cooperation between the locking in employees, the house psychiatrist and house psychologist.

The programme is scheduled as follows:

The first week he shall stay onboard the schooner FULTON together with locking in employee Ole Rasmussen. The stay shall primarily be spent on consideration and adaptation to new circumstances. Fixed talks with our psychologist/psychiatrist.
The second week shall also be spent onboard the schooner FULTON together with the professional crew and two or three chosen boys. There will, continuously, be an employee on 24 hours a day basis attached to the boy, his job being to overlook that the adaptation goes on and that a careful and supervised contact with the other boys, is carried out. The planned talks with our psychologist/psychiatrist will also be held.
The third and fourth weeks will be spent in the Postgaarden, where the youngster shall be placed in an apartment together with an employee 24 hours a day. The young boy will on an every day basis, slowly be integrated socially with the other boys in the Postgaarden through participating in the different activities in and outside the house.
A visitation in the intern school will be carried out and he will start school.
Weeks 5 to 10. The young boy will partly stay in the Postgaarden and partly be onboard the schooner FULTON, and still one of the employees will follow him closely, now 16 hours a day. In week 10 a review will be given with a recommendation about what kind of treatment we think be the best for the boy.
Weeks 10 to 12. The boy will move in to his own cabin in the Postgaarden. In these weeks an extra employee will be available 8 hours a day. This employee is the boy’s designated contact person.
If the review assesses that the boy does not fit into what the Fulton Stiftelsen can offer, the social worker and the institution will, in cooperation, find an alternative place for the boy.
As stated, extra man power will be used over the first 12 weeks. Hence the boy will be able to live in the institution under the same conditions as the other boys.

What we offer with this locking in model is:

 

• Visitation talk with participation from psychologist or youth psychiatrist
• Locking in employee attached from day one
• 24 hours a day contact to an adult over the first 4 weeks
• 16 hours a day contact to an adult over the next 6 weeks
• 8 hours a day contact to an adult over the remaining 2 to 4 weeks.
• Possibility for consideration and adaptation to new conditions
• Careful and delicate social integration in to the institution
• Detoxifying or revealing of a possible existing abuse problem
• Advise from youth psychiatrist and psychologist
• Psychological assessment/examination with an appraisal of personality and a cognitive test. A written report will be given
• A talk (or talks) with a specialist in child and youth psychiatry followed by a written report with recommendation for further actions
• Assisting in finding an alternative place for the youngster, if not he and the Fulton Stiftelsen match