Monday, January 16, 2012
The EveryChild Coalition on Children without Parental Care: Policy Advisor currently seeking a Policy Advisor to assist the Senior Policy Advisor in its research and policy development activities. This individual will be employed on a 1 year consultancy contract.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
CARE USA is recruiting qualified candidates for the position of Senior Coordinator, a full time position housed within UNICEF Headquarters in New York, New York
Friday, July 08, 2011
Job Posting for Children, Youth Protection and Development Unit Program Manager
Friday, June 10, 2011
Event to launch two new reports on importance of deinstitutionalization for all persons
Friday, June 10, 2011
Protection Manager needed for 12 month post in Iraq
Thursday, June 02, 2011
PEPFAR, UNICEF and UNAIDS are pleased to invite you to participate, via webinar, in the Fifth Global Partners Forum on Children affected by HIV and AIDS that is taking place in New York on the 3rd and 4th of June
Thursday, May 19, 2011
The purpose of the questionnaire is to gain insight into legislation and practices concerning foster care, in order to be able to use your model and the models of other selected countries as a basis for identifying best practices and analyzing your models in the context of Croatian reality.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
A vital source of information for people working on issues related to children without adequate parental care
Monday, May 16, 2011
A vital source of information for people working on issues related to children without adequate parental care
Friday, May 13, 2011
The objective of the assignment is to investigate three case studies and determine whether or not there has been an impact related to the child protection system through working on the issues of prevention of unnecessary family separation, strengthening alternative care provision, and family reunification.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Recognising academic institutions’ expertise in designing course programmes, their inherent capacity for developing accreditation, and their use of different learning methods, the CPWG Taskforce is seeking proposals from interested academic institutions on how they might envision working in partnership with the CPWG to develop the Advanced Certificate or Diploma in Child Protection in Emergencies
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Terms of reference for consultant for UNICEF Macedonia for revision of social work standards
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Expression of Interest for consult to support implementation design for roll out of recent National Plan of Action for Ghana
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
A vital source of information for people working on issues related to children without adequate parental care
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
An invitation to the wider alternative care community to develop a working document of “common” definitions for the different forms of formal care mentioned in the UN Guidelines on the Alternative Care of Children.
Monday, February 28, 2011
SOS seeks qualified candidates for a Messaging Advisor for their External Communications Department. Position will be located in Vienna or Innsbruck, Austria. Deadline for applications is 20 March 2011.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Terre des Hommes is seeking a Social Worker to act as a Regional Protection Advisor (RPA) for the organisation’s projects in Central and South Eastern Europe to be based in Bucharest, Romania for a period of two years with an immediate start
Friday, February 25, 2011
The Oak Foundation, on behalf of the Global Partnership for Children, seeks a candidate with extensive international
experience, an advanced degree, at least ten years of relevant professional work experience
that includes technical and operational leadership as well as guidance and coordination
provided to key government and non-government partners.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Under the technical guidance of the Child Protection Specialist, ADPH Section, the consultant shall work with the national alternative care inter-ministerial technical working group to develop an SQL/MS Access suite of applications Alternative Care MIS parameterized for national alternative care inter-ministerial technical working group and hosted at the Ministries of Women, Children and Youth Affairs and Justice.
Monday, February 14, 2011
UNICEF Ethiopia seeks a candidate for the development of an Adoption Manual for the Federal First Instance Court and Ministry of Women, Youth and Children Affairs. The consultant will provide technical support and co-lead with the national consultant to develop the Inter-country Adoption bench-book.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Almost 5,000 children are registered as having lost contact with their families - a list that has grown 60% since the earthquake. About a quarter of the children have now been reunited with parents or relatives, but most of the others will find themselves in orphanages. About half of these homesare not registered with local authorities.
Monday, February 14, 2011
In 2004 the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) projected a grim future for the landlocked country as a consequence of the world's highest HIV prevalence rates - 26.1 percent of people aged 15-49 are living with the virus - but although the nation is struggling, it is managing to cope.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Save the children seeks child protection specialist to lead a Child Protection Knowledge Attitudes and Practices (KAP) Survey for a ten week consultancy
Monday, January 31, 2011
Civil Society Project Coordinator: To generate and drive World Vision’s strategic actions to build a child welfare reform coalition in CEE/CIS countries.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
A vital source of information for people working on issues related to children who lack adequate family care.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Candidate to facilitate the documentation of an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 children in child care institutions; also provide technical guidance for the deinstitutionalization and reintegration of an estimated 900 children residing in 45 child care institutions in four regions.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
A vital source of information for people working on issues related to children who lack adequate family care.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
UNICEF Namibia Seeks Consultant for Implementation of Foster Care Minimum Standards and Guidelines The consultancy aims to take forward the major recommendations from the 2010 foster care consultancy, namely to pilot the implementation of the foster care minimum standards and guidelines. Applicants should be submitted to Matthew Dalling (mdalling@unicef.org) and Laina Shatipamba (lshatipamba@unicef.org) by January 21, 2011.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
BCN Netherlands Chapter requests feedback to their questionnaire on impact of volunteers on children in care. This review seeks to address how the role of volunteers affects child development and child rights and what impact does the influx on youth volunteers play on host community in terms of economy, community structure, child well being and attachment.
Friday, September 03, 2010
UNICEF Georgia seeks a social work and disability consultant to provide strategic input into the three year initiative ‘Strengthening Child Care Services and Systems in Georgia’.
Friday, July 09, 2010
UNICEF and European Union seek a candidate for Institutional Technical Assistance for Improvement of the Normative Framework for Child Justice and Human Resource Development
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
UNICEF and the European Union seek institutional technical assistance for improvement of the normative framework for child justice and human resource development. This Terms of Reference has two components: 1. Justice for Children Project and 2. Institutional and Human Capacity Building for ISA, CSW and child care institutions. The expert institutes are invited to apply for each of the components or for both components.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Developed to support practitioners around the world in planning for and delivering better care for children who require an out-of-home placement. It contains a selection of practical guides and manuals, chosen as examples of good practice and for their global relevance particularly for low resource settings. They cover the types of policies required to support a quality care system, and practice guidance and tools for the delivery of alternative care.
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Indian Council for Child Welfare, Tamil Nadu is organizing its Second National Conference on Child Abuse for Multidisciplinary Professionals in September 2010. The goal of the conference will be to enhance awareness on the issue, changes and developments in the response to abuse such as the setting up of the Child Welfare Committees and other mechanisms for rescue and rehabilitation of abused children, and above all far more reporting of violence against children. The conference will take place 16-18 September 2010.
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office seeks interested candidates for a consultancy on Lessons learnt within Eastern and Southern Africa programmes on scaling up child sensitive social protection.
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
UNICEF Eastern and Southern African Regional Office seeks interested candidates for Consultancy to Support the Strengthening of National Monitoring and Evaluation Systems for the Protection, Care and Support of Orphans and Vulnerable Children. Due date: 28 June 2010.
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
The Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice seeks a part time Secretariat Coordinator to be based in Geneva, Switzerland
Thursday, May 27, 2010
UNICEF Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) seeks consultant to launch the first phase of a comparative study on decentralized child protection mechanisms.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Project Concern International seeks a consultant to develop a toolkit that enables primary and secondary school teachers and home-based care (HBC) caregivers to teach adolescent caregivers basic ways of caring for themselves and their young siblings.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
The Russian Union of Social Workers and Social Pedagogues is glad to inform experts in the social sphere about the Fourth International Forum of Social Workers of Siberia and the Far East “Family of the 21-st century. Hope for the Future”. The Forum will take place on 18 – 19 August 2010.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Ethiopian Womens Affairs Ministry and UNICEF hosted a training for all stakeholders on the 1993 Hague Convention. The training focused on facilitating ways for the adoption of the Hague in line with the laws and regulations of Ethiopia.
Thursday, April 01, 2010
The National Skills Development Programme of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Afghanistan and UNICEF Afghanistan look to hire a social work institution for curriculum and training development.
Friday, February 05, 2010
Compilation of news sources, resources and information related to children in Haiti with particular consideration for identification, tracing and reunification for separated and unaccompanied children.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Compilation of news sources, resources and information related to children in Haiti with particular consideration for identification, tracing and reunification for separated and unaccompanied children.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Deputy Executive Director Hilde Johnson calls for all unaccompanied and/or separated children to be registered, traced and reunited with family where possible and appropriate. This includes children who were in alternative care, such as in crèches and “orphanages”, prior to the earthquake.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Call for humanitarian response to uphold recommendations set forth in the Guidelines for Alternative Care in regards to care for children in emergencies, preventing family separation and promoting family based care in their community of origin where possible.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Statement noting potential dangers associated with ICA in emergencies with specific reference to risk of family separation.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Opinion editorial on risks associated with using intercountry adoption as an emergency response to the needs of children in Haiti
Thursday, January 21, 2010
"The desire of the Haitian people, to the extent that this can be done, is for the children to be cared for in Haiti…That is their preference"
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Member agencies of the Disasters Emergency Committee are calling for international focus to remain on reuniting children who have lost their families during the earthquake in Haiti rather than adopting them out of the country.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Consultant needed to provide technical assistance to map existing women and child protection services in five regions to develop strategies to provide integrated prevention and protection services for abused women and children.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Conference programme, background papers, key policy recommendation from 2009 Wilton Park conference event
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Summary information on recently published book on community strengthening in response to children needs in context of poverty and AIDS
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Call for participants for seminar at European Youth Centre in Strasbourg, 6-9 December
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Consultant to assess BCN's work and influence in the realm of alternative care and the promotion of better care for children globally
Friday, August 22, 2008
BCN is collecting resources to be included in our new toolkit for practicioners supporting the delivery of better care to children and youth
Monday, August 04, 2008
UNICEF, together with WHO, UNAIDS, UNFPA and WFP, invites you to the Mexico 2008 AIDS satellite session on "Keeping the promise: Unite for Children. Unite against AIDS". The session will take place on Monday, 4 August, from 6:30PM to 8:30PM in the Banamex Conference Center, Session Room 4.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
International Children & HIV/AIDS Symposium, August 1st & 2nd
Sunday, July 20, 2008
The 34th Biannual Conference of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) is scheduled for July 20-24, 2008, in Durban, South Africa. This conference will focus on the theme of improving social work education and practice in an increasingly globalized world.
Monday, December 10, 2007
The CWLA National Adoption and Foster Care Training Conference is scheduled for December 10-12, 2007, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The conference will feature workshops and information on all facets of adoption and foster care.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
The International Foster Care Organisation's European Training Seminar will take place November 18-21, 2007 in Malta. The seminar is aimed at participants from the EU, EEA, CIS, CEE & North Africa, but welcomes people from around the world. It will be followed by the EuroChild annual conference.
Thursday, November 01, 2007
The U.S. Embassy in Vietnam points to poor regulation as the basis for denying intercountry adoptions.
Thursday, November 01, 2007
A personal story about adopting a child from Guatemala.
Monday, October 01, 2007
Two families in South Africa absorb children who have lost one or both parents to AIDS. Their story.
Monday, October 01, 2007
Second only to China for Americans seeking children, Guatemala is tightening its rules on intercountry adoption.
Monday, September 24, 2007
The first International Conference on Sexual Abuse of the African Child will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 24–26 September 2007. The aim of the conference is to advance knowledge regarding the various types of sexual abuse and their complexity in the cultural settings of Africa.
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Josephine Morgan comes from a poor family. Her father, hoping for a better life for his children, agreed to an offer made by the head of an orphanage to take Josephine, her sister and her young brother.
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
A resource site based on the first Regional Consultation on Child Care System Reform held in Sofia in early July. The consultation brought together 120 key social welfare delegates from Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, UN-administered Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Turkey.
Monday, July 23, 2007
In Georgia, UNICEF and EveryChild have teamed up to place children in need of alternative care in small, supervised apartments as an alternative to orphanages.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Emerging evidence from Mozambique suggests that children fostered after conflict-induced separation receive love, care and support from local families.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
The United States expects to endorse the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption, a multilateral treaty intended to protect children by standardizing international adoption procedures, later this year. Guatemalan Congress recently failed to pass a bill recongizing Guatemala's endorsment of the Hague Convention in 2003. Once the United States enforces the Hague Convention (anticipated early 2008), it will refuse permission to adopt Guatemalan children until Guatemala implements the treaty as well.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Dana Johnson, member of the Budpest Early Intervention Project and a speaker at the BCN-BEIP discussion day, addresses common questions concerning the adotpion of institutionalized children.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Africa shifts to 'whole village' approach for the care of orphans and other vulnerbale children.
Monday, January 15, 2007
The Lubuto Library Project seeks to fill an important gap in services to vulnerable children in Africa by providing a bridge to schools and social services otherwise beyond their reach.
Monday, January 01, 2007
The overarching aim of the BCN FBO Committee is to dialogue with churches, organizations, and leaders in the faith community for the purpose of gathering information about orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) responses already underway, to encourage increased OVC support in general, and promote better care practices.
Friday, November 10, 2006
"According to the first stage of our research, there is no significant difference between children, based on their orphan status," Quinlan said. Orphaned children are doing as well in school and engaging in the same level of risk behavior as their non-orphaned counterparts.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
The Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS (JLICA) engages practitioners, policymakers, and scholars in collaborative problem-solving, research, and analysis to address the needs of children living in the context of HIV/AIDS.
Sunday, January 01, 2006
The UN Study on Violence Against Children has been launched! The Violence Study explicitly identifies children living in institutional care as being at high risk for violence. Chapter three of the report contains a sub-section on children in care and justice systems.
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Moldova is set to completely reform their national childcare policy, practice and legislation, eventually replacing large institutions with child-focused, family-based alternatives. President Vladimir Voronin made an official announcement outlining the new strategy in May, 2006.