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This harmonised Case Management (CM) toolkit includes standard operating procedures describing how each step of the CM process should be implemented, tools or forms that should be used for CM, and additional guidance that must be taken into account by actors involved in CM.
These Guidelines are for all persons taking care of children. The goal of these Guidelines is to empower parents, the family and community structures to effectively nurture children so that they can realise their full potential.
Over the past two decades of humanitarian work in northern Uganda, national and international child-focused organisations as well as government departments responsible for children have built a rich body of knowledge that has informed child protection work throughout the country. The development of this Child Protection Curriculum and related training materials is therefore a first step by the Ministry of Gender, the Ministry of Labour and Social Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Child Protection Working Group in Uganda, and selected academic institutions to…
The aim of this Handbook is to help to standardize practice in child protection case management in Uganda. It takes the practitioners through various stages of case management from case identification to case closure.
This manual is intended to train Para-social workers who are a non-formal “workforce” that constitute the largest but yet undefined group of caregivers who provide support and services to vulnerable children and families, particularly in low and middle income countries (GSSA, 2016). These include religious and traditional leaders, community-based support groups (e.g., mothers’ clubs), Popular Opinion Leaders and Peer Champions; as well as community health workers who can be trained in child protection and welfare knowledge and skills.
The Para-Social Workers’ Training Manual is intended to…
INTRODUCTION
This technical advisory paper is prepared for the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to guide the scope of the National Children Policy expected to replace the existing National Policy on Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Uganda which has been in existence for past 12 years. In 2004, the Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Gender labour and Social Development developed the OVC policy whose goal is ensuring full development and realization of the rights of Orphans and other Vulnerable Children. The policy has two attendant National Strategic…
Over the years, many partners have developed tools that suit their interests or fulfil own data needs. To avert this trend, the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) has worked with these partners to harmonise tools and prohibit development of independent data minded tools. It is a requirement that all OVC service providers use these tools as minimum standards.
The OVCMIS is one of the key instruments for effecting implementation of the National Strategic Programme Plan of Interventions for orphans and other vulnerable children (NSPPI). OVCMIS involves a scientific way…
1. Introduction
This assessment toolkit and associated supporting documentation has been created to assist PSWO’s and Child Care Institutions to achieve compliance with the Children (Approved Home) Regulation 2010. The assessment of the home will be carried out under instruction from MoGLSD. Every child care facility in Uganda should order to establish a Home’s capacity to care for children in line with the national OVC policy and the Children (Approved Home) Regulations. The assessment tool should be used in conjunction with the current inspection guidelines included in the Children (…
The national child participation guide for Uganda - Creating an environment for children to be heard
This is a National Guide for the participation of children which has been developed in consonance with Art. 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC). The Guide is intended to facilitate meaningful participation of children from the family level through to national, regional and international levels. The aim is to target the various audiences in the different settings. This Guide is designed to be an invaluable instrument specifically for those working at institutions/organisations including schools and health care providers; legal institutions; probation and…
This easy to use resource from the Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development in Uganda, in consultation with civil society, outlines a continuum of care framework for responding to vulnerable children. The resource lists appropriate responses in order of priority, with the first priority being prevention of separation and keeping families together.