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This is an article discussing a research study performed to determine the best forms of out of home care for children. In particular, the study aimed to obtain in-depth knowledge of the factors that contribute to meet the holistic needs of the fostered child and factors that may contribute to foster care placement breakdown in Malta. The results found that foster care was the form of out of home care that worked in the best interest of the child.
The theorhetical framework of this study is formed by children's rights and the UNCRC. The Center for Children's Rights at Queen's…
"Children who live in out-of-home care are to form an advisory group on setting and monitoring standards in their homes for the first time," says this article from the Times of Malta. “We often speak about children, but we don’t listen to them enough,” said Matthew Vella, chief executive of the Social Care Standards Authority. The establishment of this advisory group is part of the implementation of the newly adopted standards for children in out-of-home care that came into force in February 2020.
The government of Malta has unveiled its final draft of the new Children’s Protection Act, according to this article from the Times of Malta. The Act will now be open to a six-week public consultation, after securing the Cabinet’s approval. The new law includes several key enhancements to child protection policies and procedures in the country, including the delineation of five different types of protection order (instead of only one), including an emergency order, care order, supervision order, treatment order, as well as "the setting up of two new directorates – one for child…
Appoġġ, a social service agnecy of the Foundation for Social Welfare Services in Malta, has launched a campaign encouraging people to take on the role of foster carer, in order to provide foster homes for the 250 children in out-of-home care who are not currently fostered. The campaign, called "Open your heart and your home – Choose fostering," was launched in response to the shrinking number of new foster carers each year, according to this article from the Times of Malta.
During the launch of Malta's public consultation on standards of adoption, the Minister of Family Affairs announced that adoptive families will benefit from up to €10,000 and be partially refunded for travel expenses.
On 20 June, the Advisory Group for Childonomics, a research projected intended to develop a tool to determine long-term social and economic return of investing in children, met in Brussels for its final meeting. The final output of the project in pilot countries Malta and Romania is scheduled to be presented at the International Foster Care Organisations (IFCO) World Conference in November 2017.
This article from the Times of Malta features the story of two foster parents in Malta. One foster parent, Patricia Graham, has been fostering children for seven years. She feels foster parents are sometimes accused of wanting to keep the children they care for away from their birth families. “I am delighted when they are returned to their natural parents,” she says. “Yes, we are happy to see them being returned, because our job is temporary fostering. We did not go into fostering for permanency. However, I will stand up for the well-being of the children who have been in my care for six…
To facilitate Barnahus and similar setups to hear about how children experience their service, PROMISE has developed a Child Participation Tool. The tool focuses on the child’s experience of Barnahus, including the travel to Barnahus, their experience in Barnahus, coming home from Barnahus and potential follow up or mid-to-long term treatment in Barnahus or by a mobile Barnahus team.
Join this webinar to walk through the tool with the author Olivia Lind Haldorsson, and to discuss with European colleagues about approaches and considerations for soliciting children’s views on their…
This webinar is being organized as part of the regional project "Building Relationships through Innovative Development of Gender-Based Violence Awareness in Europe - BRIDGE" which has the aim to strengthen the statutory response to gender-based violence (GBV) affecting children and youth on the move in EU countries.
The BRIDGE project is supported by the European Union’s Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020) and is implemented in Belgium, Greece, Hungary, Malta and Romania.A series of webinars are being organized as part of the BRIDGE project to discuss issues of…
National Foster Care Association Malta is about caring for children in care who are part and parcel of the local community and tomorrow’s generation. Their mission is to work with all those involved in fostering in order to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people. NFCAM strives to achieve better living conditions for children and youth in residential care, by working in close collaboration with local government agencies and individuals in the field of foster care. NFCAM also supports local foster carers encouraging them to share experiences and ideas for the full benefit of…