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The aim of this report from SOS Children's Villages is to increase the knowledge and understanding of the needs and rights of young people ageing out of alternative care around the world, in order to inform strategies, policies and services to improve their life chances and outcomes through appropriate preparation for leaving care as well as after-care support. The specific objectives of the research were to highlight facts and figures (or in some cases, lack thereof) on the experiences and challenges of young people leaving care, including through their own voice and the testimony of experts…
EveryChild is an international development charity working in 17 countries with a strategic focus on children without parental care. This document outlines EveryChild’s approach to the growing problem of children without parental care by defining key concepts, analysing the nature and extent of the problem, exploring factors which place children at risk of losing parental care, and examining the impact of a loss of parental care on children’s rights. It also provides principles for good practice in trying to reduce the number of children without parental…
The present analysis has been developed by the UNICEF Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe/Commonwealth of Independent States as a discussion paper for the 2nd Child Protection Forum on Building and Reforming Child Care Systems. It relied heavily on an independent evaluation commissioned by UNICEF in 2007 which was carried out by Oxford Policy Management and is also informed by the official submissions of Governments on recent changes in child care reform.
The countries of Central Asia and Azerbaijan reviewed in this analysis (…
This presentation, conducted by Peter Evans at the Second Child Protection Forum in Bishkek from 12 to14 May, 2009, includes information on gatekeeping, including a definition, the components of gatekeeping, a flowchart of entry routes for children into institutions, outlines of assessments and intervention plans, monthly monitoring and information systems, and more.
This paper was prepared by Peter Evans for the 2nd Child Protection Forum for Central Asia on Child Care system reform in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from 12-14 May 2009. Child protection, says the paper, is largely conceptualised as an inter-connected and integrated system of laws, regulations, policies, procedures, capacities, systems and services that together aim to protect children. The inter-connectedness of those components requires attention to be focussed on reforming each component simultaneously. This background paper draws attention to the reforms to be made to the…
A Model for Assessing Social Care Services for Children: Lessons from Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) declares that, ‘the child, for the full and harmonious development of his or her personality, should grow up in a family environment’. Many parties to the Convention are reforming their child welfare system so that children in difficulty have a better chance of staying in a family. For many former Soviet republics this represents a major shift in approach. A Model for Assessing Social Care Services for Children: Lessons from Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan documents model for assessing the status of child care reform and…
WHAT: Guidelines for recording a comprehensive assessment of the child. Outlines questions to be asked during the assessment.
WHO: Social and community workers assessing a child in the family home, with caregivers, or in an institution.
WHERE: Global relevance, however headings and information collected may need to be adapted to a particular context.
WHY: Useful in undertaking a more comprehensive assessment of a child’s situation.
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