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This video case study was developed as a part of the Transitioning Models of Care Assessment Tool training package. It is 1 of 8 video case studies exploring different aspects of learning on transitioning residential care services. To access the full set of case studies or the training package, visit the BCN Transition Hub.
This document answers the most frequently asked questions surrounding family strengthening and alternative care in India while also addressing misconceptions around it. It aims to help practitioners, child protection workers and researchers to build their understanding of family strengthening and alternative care in India. This document has been developed in accordance with the Mission Vatsalya Guidelines.
Case management can be a complex process where multiple factors must be considered for the safety and well-being of a child in any care option. Miracle Foundation’s proprietary Home Thrive ScaleTM is a strengths-based assessment tool that makes it easier to identify strengths, risks and address areas of support within a family home over time. A home’s safety is measured based on five well-being domains—family and social relations, health and mental health, education, living conditions and household economy—with the child and family’s thoughts at the core. Intervention options are then…
This policy brief has been developed to serve as a guidance to practitioners while developing any practice on leaving care. It aims to stimulate further discussion amongst practitioners and reach a common professional consensus on formalised guidelines towards leaving care at global, national and local levels.
It is based on the deliberations of the “1st International Care Leavers Convention 2020” (ICLC) held from November 23-25, 2020, with a concluding session held on December 11, 2020 with policy makers from 9 countries. The ICLC also had a series of four pre-events that focused on…
Child helplines exist in many countries around the world, offering a vital source of support to children and young people in distress. In many cases child helplines also represent an essential component of national child protection systems, bringing together a variety of actors to safeguard children in need. The COVID-19 pandemic has both heightened demand for child protection services and required organisations to adapt their work in order to continue to provide support to children, families and communities.
These Practitioner Guidance Papers share the approaches of five Family for Every…
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This knowledge resource discusses and provides examples of practice tools and calming techniques (in English and Hindi) which counsellors and adults can use while working with children who are in institutional care. The paper reviews evidence on the impact of institutionalisation on children as well as evidence-based interventions that can help mitigate this impact. The latter part of the paper presents tools and calming techniques in the form of worksheets and pictorial representations. These tools are developed and compiled by Counsel to Secure Justice (CSJ), Delhi. These…
The Better Care Network, ACC International Relief and Changing the Way We Care invited practitioners, advocates and organisations who promote and support residential care service transitions to this launch webinar of the Transitioning Models of Care Assessment Tool.
In the webinar, developers Rebecca Nhep and Hannah Won introduced the tool and spoke to its origins, purpose, use, structure, key themes and the unique scoring system…
This guidance from Miracle Foundation outlines case management process and tools aimed at children in India who have been placed with their families during the COVID-19 pandemic, to ensure children are safe, to identify areas of need, and to put together an intervention plan to ensure permanency or a safe return to alternative family placements or Child Care Institution (CCI).
The purpose of these case management processes and tools is to determine feasibility of permanent placement and expedite family-based care in families in which children were placed quickly and…
The threat of the global COVID-19 pandemic reaching the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh represents a multitude of child protection risks, including the risk of family/caregiver separation or loss due to the disease. This guidance note has been developed as a framework for minimum preparedness and response actions for a potential increase in the number of unaccompanied or separated children in need of alternative care. In line with the Child Protection Minimum Standards, alternative care should remain a last resort, applicable only when it is demonstrably in the best interest of the…
This booklet from Udayan Care provides guidance on how to ensure the health, safety, and wellbeing of children in child care institutions in India during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read English version here.