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The Global Covid-19 Associated Orphanhood webinar took place on 6 October 2021 and brought together leading scientists and technical experts in the federal government and non-government organizations. The COVID-19 pandemic is destined to leave millions more children without family caregivers. Increases in mortality of parents and other caregivers in the COVID-19 pandemic are accompanied by increases in extreme vulnerability from loss of livelihoods, schooling, health recovery and usual sources of service provision and support. This is a critical moment to understand how COVID-…
COVID-19 triggered unprecedented disruption on a world-wide scale. Governments enforced far-ranging public health measures, including stay at home orders, curfews, and travel restrictions. These measures have had direct and indirect impacts on residential care providers and their supporters. To better understand the range of impacts of COVID-19 on the operations of residential care institutions including funding, staffing, volunteering, children’s care, education, family connection and reintegration, BCN and Griffith University with support from World Childhood Foundation, ACCIR and ERIK’s…
READY and Child Protection Advisors Lauren Murray and Rebecca Smith hosted two child protection webinars, introducing health practitioners and policy makers to the newly developed Guidance for Alternative Care Provision during COVID-19, coordinated by the Better Care Network, Save the Children, The Alliance for Child Protection in…
READY and Child Protection Advisors Lauren Murray and Rebecca Smith hosted two child protection webinars, introducing health practitioners and policy makers to the newly developed Guidance for Alternative Care Provision during COVID-19, coordinated by the Better Care Network, Save the Children, The Alliance for Child Protection in…
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm ACDT
This public event, presented by the Centre for Social Work Innovation and Research (CSWIR) at the University of Sussex in the UK and the Social Work Innovation Research Living Space (SWIRLS) at Flinders University in South Australia, will be an ‘in conversation with’ style event, where academics, and practitioners will discuss how practice has adapted to the heightened sense of uncertainty engendered by the pandemic in everyday child protection social work. The unique perspectives of social work practitioners and managers from Australian…
Date: 14 - 17 March 2022
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 (Date and time zone is UK)
COVID-19 has dominated global discourse for the last 18 months as the pandemic impacts everyone, everywhere. There is growing evidence that people with disabilities and their families are particularly at risk during the pandemic, in terms of:
- increased risk of death and hospitalisation;
- exclusion from the COVID-19 response actions (e.g. information and vaccination);
- adverse…
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST
The global response to COVID-19 has focused on prevention, detection, and response. In addition to significant concerns related to morbidity and mortality, the pandemic has had profound secondary impacts. A grave concern is the loss of caregivers, with current estimates that more than 5 million children worldwide have experienced the death of a primary caregiver. This means that over the past six months, one child has been affected every six seconds. Children who have lost primary caregivers often face even more…
In 2020 the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on health disparities, poverty, and societal inequities. Meanwhile global protests awakened our collective and universal consciousness of systemic and institutional racism. In response, The Kempe Center launched A Call to Action to Change Child Welfare Conference to raise the collective consciousness of the impact of poverty, racism, oppression, othering, and inequality on the lives of children and families in child welfare systems.
ISS-USA is honored to be part of the 2021 A Call to Action Conference, taking place virtually from…
The next issue of the Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond journal will be published in September. The new issue will address the underlying psychological conditions of caregivers amid pandemic outbreak, their strategies to deal with it and their recommendations that policy makers can take cognisance of.
Join a webinar to discuss these and other issues raised in the latest issue on September 17 from 5.00 - 6.30 pm.
Join Children and Families Across Borders and the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance on Wednesday 15th September from 1-4pm UTC for their upcoming conference, The social service workforce in and beyond the pandemic: A global conversation on adaptation, innovation and the fight for social justice.
This event takes place virtually and presents a unique opportunity for social service practitioners, experts and policy makers from around the world to come together to discuss the biggest issues facing the social service workforce today, including the impact of the pandemic…