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Over the past two decades of humanitarian work in northern Uganda, national and international child-focused organisations as well as government departments responsible for children have built a rich body of knowledge that has informed child protection work throughout the country. The development of this Child Protection Curriculum and related training materials is therefore a first step by the Ministry of Gender, the Ministry of Labour and Social Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Child Protection Working Group in Uganda, and selected academic institutions to…
These Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) describe guiding principles, procedures, roles and responsibilities in the prevention of and response to child protection for children residing within Ghana. The SOPs build on national and Ghana based practices, protocols and legal frameworks as well as international minimum standards. They are designed to be used together with existing resources related to prevention and response to child protection. This Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) is intended as a guide for social workers in handling cases of children in need of care and protection. This…
BACKGROUND
The guidelines have been developed from the experience of stakeholders in Child Protection sector in handling cases of children in need of care and protection over the recent past. In particular, a participatory process between Department of Children’s Services and other partners in Child Protection sector from Busia County helped conceive the guidelines from 2012. The experience of Department of Children Services and other child protection actors working in the community has also contributed to the development of these case management and referral guidelines. It is however…
The aim of this Handbook is to help to standardize practice in child protection case management in Uganda. It takes the practitioners through various stages of case management from case identification to case closure.
This manual is intended to train Para-social workers who are a non-formal “workforce” that constitute the largest but yet undefined group of caregivers who provide support and services to vulnerable children and families, particularly in low and middle income countries (GSSA, 2016). These include religious and traditional leaders, community-based support groups (e.g., mothers’ clubs), Popular Opinion Leaders and Peer Champions; as well as community health workers who can be trained in child protection and welfare knowledge and skills.
The Para-Social Workers’ Training Manual is intended to…
INTRODUCTION
This technical advisory paper is prepared for the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to guide the scope of the National Children Policy expected to replace the existing National Policy on Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Uganda which has been in existence for past 12 years. In 2004, the Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Gender labour and Social Development developed the OVC policy whose goal is ensuring full development and realization of the rights of Orphans and other Vulnerable Children. The policy has two attendant National Strategic…
Over the years, many partners have developed tools that suit their interests or fulfil own data needs. To avert this trend, the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) has worked with these partners to harmonise tools and prohibit development of independent data minded tools. It is a requirement that all OVC service providers use these tools as minimum standards.
The OVCMIS is one of the key instruments for effecting implementation of the National Strategic Programme Plan of Interventions for orphans and other vulnerable children (NSPPI). OVCMIS involves a scientific way…
Rationale for the booklet
As the only formal entity at the commune level responsible for women and children in Cambodia, commune committees for women and children (CCWCs) play an important role in protecting children in community. This handbook highlights the role CCWCs can play in support for the implementing the Action Plan for improving child care, which is being carried out in five priority provinces -- Phnom Penh, Battambang, Siem Reap, Kandal and Preah Sihanouk. The Action Plan intends to safely return 30 per cent of children in residential care to their…
This inspection framework, developed by the UK's Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted), provides guidance about how children’s homes are inspected, for use from April 2019. The first principle of inspection is to focus on the things that matter most to children’s lives. The SCCIF is not a ‘one-size-fits-all’ framework. The evaluation criteria are broadly consistent across the different types of children’s social care services but they reflect the unique nature of each type of service.
Introduction
The social care common inspection…
1. Introduction
This assessment toolkit and associated supporting documentation has been created to assist PSWO’s and Child Care Institutions to achieve compliance with the Children (Approved Home) Regulation 2010. The assessment of the home will be carried out under instruction from MoGLSD. Every child care facility in Uganda should order to establish a Home’s capacity to care for children in line with the national OVC policy and the Children (Approved Home) Regulations. The assessment tool should be used in conjunction with the current inspection guidelines included in the Children (…