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These guidelines provide minimum standards to be adhered to in the provision of Child Welfare Programmes; The guidelines will also provide a framework within which state and non-state actors shall develop, design, and implement childcare and welfare programmes to enhance child rights, strengthen family and community-based care. They further provide for the coordination of the implementation of child welfare programmes, eventually enhancing monitoring and evaluation, reporting and effective service delivery.
It is envisaged that these guidelines will streamline the provisions of care and…
The transitioning of care of children to family-based care is an important subject matter in the National Care Reforms in Kenya. In 2022, the Government of Kenya, in collaboration with stakeholders, developed the National Care Reform Strategy for Children in Kenya (2022- 2032). The Strategy seeks to guide the national steps towards Prevention and Family Strengthening, robust alternative family care, and Tracing, reintegration and transitioning from institutional care to Family and Community Based Care for all children in need of care and protection. Care reform process changes the attitudes…
The Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the Alternative Family-based and Community-based Care of Children in Kenya provide guidance for the comprehensive implementation of the Guidelines for Alternative Family Care for Children in Kenya (2014). The SOPs guide actors to provide high-quality and standardized alternative care services to children separated from their parents (including emergency placements).
The SOPs provide step-by-step practical guidance on:
- Implementing safe and appropriate alternative family and community-based care services, especially when placing…
The National Framework for the Implementation of Kafaalah Care for Children in Kenya (2022) was developed to guide the process of taking in vulnerable children by families, whether they are related to the specific families or not and bringing them up the same way they bring up their biological children.
There has not been much attention by Muslims to the subject of Kafaalah as an alternative to adoption and other forms of care in Kenya. The framework will also guide key stakeholders in childcare, protection, and those in the justice system in making decisions that are in the best interest…
This handbook is a key tool for supporting care reform in Kenya, promoting family-based alternative care for children, and moving away from institutional care.
This book is particularly written for formal and informal government practitioners: social workers, child protection volunteers, police, health workers, teachers, community health workers, child and youth workers, probation officers, and para-social workers, including:
- Chiefs, Nyumba Kumi and Village elders, and Area Advisory Councils
- Community-based organizations (CBOs), faith-based organizations (…
Introduction
The following are key messages including critical information about keeping children safe and healthy during the pandemic. Furthermore, the content addresses the psychosocial concerns and increased child protection risks that can occur as a result of measures put in place to prevent the spread and negative impact of COVID-19. The messages are designed for use by Children’s Officers, child protection actors including directors of Children’s Institutions, and members of government and civil society that work with vulnerable children and families. The information included herein…
BACKGROUND
The guidelines have been developed from the experience of stakeholders in Child Protection sector in handling cases of children in need of care and protection over the recent past. In particular, a participatory process between Department of Children’s Services and other partners in Child Protection sector from Busia County helped conceive the guidelines from 2012. The experience of Department of Children Services and other child protection actors working in the community has also contributed to the development of these case management and referral guidelines. It is however…
These Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) have been developed based on current, evidence-based practices to facilitate joint action by all health actors to effectively respond to child sexual violence. The SOPs have been informed by lessons learned from establishing sexual violence (SV) prevention, response and recovery programs in Kenya; and are aligned to the National Guidelines on Management of Sexual Violence in Kenya, National Standard Operating Procedures on Management of Sexual Violence in Kenya, the Training curriculum for management of Sexual Violence and World Health Organization (…
The Child Protection System Guidelines were developed to address the fragmented response to child protection in Kenya and guide actors at the county level to deliver more coordinated and professional services for children and their families.
The Guidelines are split into five sections:
- The Roles and Responsibilities of Actors in Child Protection
- Child Protection Services
- Standards of Operation in Provision of Child Protection Services
- Coordination of Child Protection Actors and Actions
- Implementation Checklist for the…
This document provides the national framework for the child protection system in Kenya, developed with the intention of improving linkages between different sectors for more a more coordinated approach to protecting children. In addition to identifying and describing the objectives and guiding principles and values for the framework (provided below), this document includes background information and justification for the development of a framework, as well as the framework's structure and roles and functions of stakeholders working in child protection.
Objectives (…