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The ‘Supporting Integration’ toolkit documents and shares good practice guidance for practitioners working with child migrants. The toolkit was developed as part of a three year project which involved research into the integration of children moving from the Middle East to Europe, and aims to enhance integration support and services, ensuring that children and young people are provided with a care that fosters their development and well-being.
The toolkit is built around a model of integration which contains the six dimensions that should be considered when supporting a child or…
This Toolkit builds on the outcomes of an international thematic workshop on addressing the needs of migrant children at borders, consolidated with IOM best practices and additional research inputs. Various relevant stakeholders from selected countries participated in the workshop and included law enforcement authorities, border management officials, front-line workers, migrant reception operators, social workers, legal guardians, human rights agencies, international organizations and civil society organizations, among others.
Produced under the framework of the MiRAC-funded project, “…
The Unaccompanied and Separated Children Training of Trainers (UASC TOT) course is designed to prepare participants to facilitate training on unaccompanied and separated children (UASC). This training reinforces participants’ understanding of the specific needs of UASC, highlight good practice in working with unaccompanied and separated children under a protection framework, and provide participants the opportunity to apply learning so they can roll out training on UASC within their own organisation and to other stakeholders.
Aim and Objectives:
The…
This study comprises multiple elements including practical tips on how to meaningfully engage with the Committee on the Rights of the Child on childhood statelessness, complemented by a checklist, template and guidance note on how to make submissions.
It also offers additional information on the right to a nationality – one element of the children’s right to identity from birth, as enshrined in Article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Who is this toolkit for?
This Toolkit is designed to help civil society organisations ("CSOs"), including non-…
Mit tegyél, ha segítőként menekülő gyerekekkel és családokkal találkozol? Miről kell meggyőződnöd, és kit, miről kell tájékoztatnod? Mire és hogyan készítsd fel a gyerekeket, és mire figyelj, amikor beszélgetsz velük? Ezekre a kérdésekre ad választ az a gyakorlati útmutató és ellenőrző lista, amit a Changing the Way We Care szervezet készített a gyerekeket és a családokat segítők számára az Ukrajnában és a környező országokban kialakult humanitárius helyzetre válaszul.…
The "Children of War" platform was created on behalf of the Office of the President of Ukraine by the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine together with the National Information Bureau, the Office of the Prosecutor General, the National Police, the Secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the President for the accumulation, processing and partial disclosure of information about children under martial law, namely: the number of injured and dead children, deported children, those who were found and those who are…
The transition of a residential care service involves significant change at all levels of an organization and affects many different stakeholders, including the children, their families, the staff, and the board and management of the organization. As with any significant change, transition can result in a range of emotional reactions amongst those most impacted, such as fear, uncertainty, and worry. Unless these emotions are acknowledged and addressed, it is common for stakeholders to resist change, regardless of its overall merits.
In this video, Anne Kinuthia, shares how social work…
This guide aims to share some of the latest research findings with those who are working every day to support children who have experienced complex trauma in the form of maltreatment. The previous guide on Childhood Trauma and the Brain gave an overview of how childhood trauma can affect brain development, and how this in turn can lead to mental health problems. Here, the authors unpack in more detail how these brain changes can affect a child’s social world, and why this is important in helping us understand the mental health of children and young people who have experienced maltreatment…
This training has been designed for social workers in Moldova who are working with foster families caring for unaccompanied and separated children and adolescents who have fled the crisis in Ukraine. This guide and its accompanying slides use a psychological first aid framework based on upon the World Health Organization’s Psychological First Aide Guide for Field Workers (2011). The content also integrates trauma-informed principles (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (2014) and information from Parenting a Child who has Experienced Trauma from the Child Welfare Information Gateway (…
Această instruire a fost concepută pentru asistenții sociali din Moldova care lucrează cu asistenții parentali profesioniști care au în plasament copii și adolescenți neînsoțiți și separați, veniți aici din cauza crizei din Ucraina. Prezentul ghid și prezentarea care îl explică se bazează pe cadrul de prim ajutor psihologic inspirat din Ghidul de prim ajutor psihologic pentru lucrătorii din teren al Organizației Mondiale a Sănătății (2011). Conținutul integrează, de asemenea, principiile bazate pe cunoștințele legate de traumă („Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services” - Servicii pentru…