Intensvie Education Residential Centres (CREI)
Mas Ritort
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Location
CREI Mas Ritort is situated in Tordera.
Places
20 places for boys.
Ages
From 12 to 18 years (broad-ranging centre for adolescents).
Training
The centre has a shared education unit (UEC) because some of the resident youngsters are still of school age and, due to their needs, are not able to use ordinary resources. Projects have also been developed with an ecological vegetable garden, henhouse and in the rearing and breaking-in of horses, within the framework of the workshops. Youngster between the ages of 12 and 16, take part in these as a variable credit for the UEC. Those aged between 16 and 18 are attached to the workshop, where the objectives of acquiring work habits, learning different skills and the acquisition of competencies and aptitudes for the labour market are a priority. The centre also has a computer room with 8 PCs and access to the internet.
Background
CREI Mas Ritort was established in response to the needs of a certain section of the population identified by DGAIA that required a contained educational environment with its own intensive resources.
Staff
Management team: a director and deputy director
Administrator.
The education team has 15 educators and social educators, and two educators acting as shift heads.
The centre has a social assistant that liases with the families of the youngsters.
The development team has two classroom teachers and two teachers of trades.
The service team has a housemistress and a cleaner.
The security team is sub-contracted to an external company.
