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This report presents the findings from a mixed-methods evaluation of peer parental advocacy (PPA) in the London Borough of Camden. PPA is a form of peer advocacy whereby parents with lived experience of child protection support other parents to navigate and engage with the process. Research evidence suggests that parents can find the child protection system to be difficult, stigmatising and authoritarian. Proponents of PPA suggest that it has the potential to promote shared decision-making, improve relationships between social services professionals and families, and enable…
Parental education programs are a key element in achieving family reunification because they help mothers and fathers improve their parenting skills and increase the parent-child relationship. Perceptions of change are examined among children and parents who participated in Spain’s “Caminar en familia” (“Walking family”) program, which was implemented among families served by the Sistema de Protección a la Infancia y a la Adolescencia (System for the Protection of Children and Adolescents).
A qualitative design enabled comprehensively describing the experiences of families in the Spanish…
The perceptions of 145 incarcerated mothers of minor children in a large Midwestern jail were examined to understand the correlation between where their children are living during their incarceration and the mothers’ feelings about these placements and relationships with their children. Mothers were most satisfied if children lived with maternal grandparents, and least satisfied if children were in foster care. Women with higher scores for the relationship with close relatives, those having contact with their child(ren) while incarcerated, and mothers with no children in foster care reported…
This guide is designed for social workers employed in the social services addressed to families and children in Moldova. The guide contains a standard version of the case management methodology that is unified and basic for all social services used by all social workers involved in the provision of social assistance services. In this version, the case management methodology focuses on family strengthening and the development of family’s competences, with the ultimate aim of achieving every child’s well-being.
This guide is part of a series of methodological materials developed to…
The 21-22 June 2017 Africa Expert Consultation on Violence against Children (VAC) in All Care Settings was the second in a series of regional consultations focused on engaging experts within the region to collaborate, share learning, and formulate a set of regional recommendations for key actors to effectively address violence against children within all care settings,…
In 2007 the Government of Moldova approved the National Strategy and Action Plan for the Reform of the Residential Childcare System 2007-2012. The overall objectives of the Action Plan were to reduce the number of children living outside a family by 50% and to reorganise residential institutions to support children in families. This informative evaluation commissioned by UNICEF, the Government of the Republic of Moldova and NGO partners is built around 6 critical questions:
- Assessing…
This excellent article explains the process through which indicators of family care for (child) development were drafted and tested in several countries. The article sets out the rational for developing the indicators, the process and conceptual basis for their development and how their validity was tested. This project aimed to develop indicators from a set of items, measuring family care practices and resources important for caregiving, for use in epidemiologic surveys in developing countries. A mixed method (quantitative and qualitative) design was used…
Improperly conducting a Needs Assessment Intervention can result in negative psychosocial impacts on populations targeted by the assessment. This document uses an ethical perspective to offer practical point-form guidelines for organizations and individuals looking to conduct a needs assessment in a disaster situation. It is divided into three sections by target audience: Consultant/Advisor, Manager/Supervisor, and Field-Level Worker.
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Many developing countries are hard hit by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, particularly in Africa. India and other Asian countries are also being affected. In some areas, as many as one in every 3 women of childbearing age are infected with HIV and will succumb to AIDS, probably before their children reach adulthood. The US Census Bureau has estimated that 15.6 million children had lost their mother or both parents to AIDS by the end of 2000. More than 90% of these children are from sub-Saharan Africa.
Because so many young people are dying, the social framework that has been used for…