RUBIKON Centrum

ABOUT US we support people with criminal record to find quality work with mainstream employers helping them break the intergenerational cycle of disadvantage and crime changing attitudes amongst employers, media and society decreasing the rate of recidivism

HOW DO WE DO THAT? 1) Client services we support our clients through every step of their journey into work  Programs to Increase Employment  Debt Programs  Programs to Increase the Effectiveness of Alternative Sentences

HOW DO WE DO THAT? 2) Employer services we offer a bespoke recruitment service to forward-thinking employers across a wide range of sectors  Hiring through RUBIKON Centrum  Volunteering opportunities

HOW DO WE DO THAT? 3) Influencing key stakeholders and legislative solutions, public education, publicizing – 1994 – 2001 we managed to push trough the Law of Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech Republic – 2011 we became co-founders of Alliance Against Debts together with the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic and the Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech Republic – the management of RUBIKON Centrum is an active member of consultative organs of the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic – the Council for Probation and Mediation, Council for the Prison Service, the Platform of Non-profit Organizations – RUBIKON Centrum is also a member of Committee against Torture at the Council of Government for Human Rights and of the Committee for Prevention and Criminality in the Central Bohemia Region – on the level of EU we are also a member of the European Juvenile Justice Observatory

HOW DO WE DO THAT? 4) Expert education – Courses of Financial Literacy for those experts who work with people indebted 5) Innovative solutions – 2004 we started: Roma Mentoring project original know-how from Danish Probation Service clients actively involved in the solution of alternative sentences in cooperation with the Probation and Mediation Service of CR it was provided in 9 (from 14) regions of the Czech Republic Roma Mentoring project original know-how from Danish Probation Service clients actively involved in the solution of alternative sentences in cooperation with the Probation and Mediation Service of CR it was provided in 9 (from 14) regions of the Czech Republic Programs for juvenile delinquents the only probation program for young law- breakers spread all over the whole Czech Republic in 2013 we started to work with the whole family Programs for juvenile delinquents the only probation program for young law- breakers spread all over the whole Czech Republic in 2013 we started to work with the whole family

HOW DO WE DO THAT? – 2012 we founded a unique non-commercial Recruitment Agency specialized on the the candidates with criminal record, cooperating with open-minded mainstream employers – June, 2015 we founded a social business - Rubikon Centrum Service so we are able to create more job positions for people with criminal record, we also provide programs in order to support their integration

HISTORY clients More than 50 projects (regional, national, international)

AWARDS International Community Justice Award (2000) Crystal Scales of Justice (2009) National Career Counselling Awards (2013) National Career Counselling Awards (2015) RegioStars Finalist (2015)

RESULTS 2014

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FRUITS OF OUR WORK alias what are we most proud of? 99 % of absolvents of Programs to Increase the Effectiveness of Alternative Sentences did not relapsed 99 % of absolvents of Programs to Increase the Effectiveness of Alternative Sentences did not relapsed 60 % success rate of Roma Mentors 77 % maintain the job after the experiencing period 77 % maintain the job after the experiencing period each third client found a job 140 active employers 140 active employers 80 % got oriented with their debts 80 % got oriented with their debts 64 % obey a Payment Schedule 64 % obey a Payment Schedule 98% success rate of requests for Personal Bankruptcy 98% success rate of requests for Personal Bankruptcy

WHO HELPS US? Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech republic Employment Office of the Czech Republic Prison Service of the Czech Republic Social Curators Other non-govern organizations

CONTACT RUBIKON Centrum Korunní 101, Prague 3, Czech Republic GPS Location: 50°4'31.939"N, 14°27'14.73"E Phone: °4'31.939"N, 14°27'14.73"E Web: IČO: DIČ: CZ Bank account.: UniCredit Bank /2700