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The Sri Lanka The Department of Probation and Child Care Services created this national guideline to assist with providing collaborative intervention of Child Rights Promotion Officers and all government social workers to minimize vulnerabilities that lead to violence against children.
The goal of these National Case Management Guidelines is to enable officers to manage their skills and knowledge accurately and and enable them to use their capacity to the maximum.
Sri Lanka's National Policy on the Alternative Care of Children outlines a comprehensive range of alternative care options and encourages the reforming of all formal structures that provide at-home and out-of-home services for children deprived of care and protection or at risk of being so. This policy also extends to children under care of the Juvenile Justice System. It provides policy solutions to programming for children at risk of family separation and facing deprivations such as child abuse, neglect, child labor, poverty, addiction, imprisonment, human trafficking, mental and physical…
A Constituição da República de Moçambique consagra a educação como um direito e dever fundamental de cada criança, que deve ser oferecida num ambiente seguro, propiciando a aprendizagem. Apesar dos avanços significativos registados no acesso à educação nos últimos anos, a violência contra as crianças nas escolas constitui uma preocupação que exige uma resposta conjunta, integrada e coordenada. A criação de um ambiente facilitador de aprendizagem e livre de violência requer uma abordagem multissectorial de protecção da criança a partir da família, comunidade, instituições do governo aos…
The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) of India has formulated this Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in order to address gaps in current policy regarding the death of a child in a Child Care Institution (CCI) and the duty of Child Care Institutions to address issues such as escape, runaway or sexual abuse of children in the CCI.
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 growing awareness of human trafficking in the United States and abroad requires government and human services agencies to reevaluate old policies and develop new ones for identifying and serving victims. Due to their potentially unstable living situations, physical distance from friends and family, traumatic experiences, and emotional vulnerability, children involved with child welfare are at risk for being targeted by traffickers who are actively seeking children to exploit. Therefore, it is imperative that child welfare agencies be at the forefront of the response to and prevention…
This bulletin for professionals in the child welfare field in the U.S. explores how caseworkers can identify and support children who are victims of human trafficking as well as children who are at greater risk for future victimization. It provides background information about the issue, strategies caseworkers can use to identify and support victims and potential victims, and tools and resources that can assist caseworkers.
The Interagency Child Protection Protocol aims to offer guidance and support on good practices for the identification, reporting, investigation, case management, and prosecution of child abuse cases in Anguilla. Its primary objective is to help secure and safeguard the general well-being, safety and protection of children in Anguilla. The Interagency Child Protection Protocol provides guidance to agencies and professionals involved in child abuse cases, including guidelines on decision-making in follow-up action, involving children and families in decision-making, temporary custody and…
Unaccompanied asylum seeking children and child victims of human trafficking are some of the most vulnerable children in the UK. Because of the circumstances they have faced, unaccompanied and trafficked children often have complex needs in addition to those faced by looked after children more generally and it is the duty of the local authority providing for their care to protect and support these highly vulnerable children.
This guidance sets out the steps local authorities should take to plan for the provision of support for looked after children who are unaccompanied asylum seeking…
The state cabinet of Goa in India has approved a foster care scheme to assist children deprived of parental care or of the care of guardians, and in need of protection. The scheme, titled 'Vatsalya', is to grant a foster care allowance of 2,500 rupees (approx. $42) for an individual up to 21 years of age. The government has issued an official document setting out the purpose of the foster care scheme, which children are eligible to be fostered, who can become a foster parent, and …