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Globally, there are multiple efforts to reform child welfare systems to promote better care for children, with attention to preventing unnecessary separation of children from their families and ensuring the provision of alternative care for children deprived of parental care. In Ghana, the need for a strong monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system has been identified as necessary to provide timely, reliable, and accurate information to assess whether approaches and interventions are effective, to improve accountability and learning, and to inform planning and…
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…
The Child Protection System Guidelines were developed to address the fragmented response to child protection in Kenya and guide actors at the county level to deliver more coordinated and professional services for children and their families.
The Guidelines are split into five sections:
- The Roles and Responsibilities of Actors in Child Protection
- Child Protection Services
- Standards of Operation in Provision of Child Protection Services
- Coordination of Child Protection Actors and Actions
- Implementation Checklist for the…
This document provides the national framework for the child protection system in Kenya, developed with the intention of improving linkages between different sectors for more a more coordinated approach to protecting children. In addition to identifying and describing the objectives and guiding principles and values for the framework (provided below), this document includes background information and justification for the development of a framework, as well as the framework's structure and roles and functions of stakeholders working in child protection.
Objectives (…
“This evaluation schedule set out the areas that inspectors will make judgements on when they inspect children’s homes. It should be read alongside the framework for the inspection of children’s homes.”
Introduction:
This guidance sets out the judgements that inspectors will make and report on when inspecting children’s homes under section 148 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006. It should be used to inspect children’s homes registered by Ofsted under the Care Standards Act 2000, including: refuges under section 51 of the Children Act 1989, short breaks services, and…
These Regulations and Tools are designed to create the basis for reforming welfare institutions, thereby protecting children and providing opportunities for those living in alternative care. They were adopted in 2010 and provide the basis through which the Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) will regulate all child welfare institutions, including orphanages and alternative care arrangements such as foster care and kinship.
The Government of Uganda (GoU) through the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) approved a National Orphans and other Vulnerable Children Policy (NOP) and a National Strategic Programme Plan of Interventions for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children (NSPPI) in 2004. These two instruments reflect a commitment to and a context for the fulfillment of the rights of Ugandan children who are orphaned and/or vulnerable.
Service providers, programme implementers and communities supporting orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) have requested guidance in order to operate…
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security recognizes it has an obligation to set out a framework for childcare in policy and law and to ensure that childcare provision meets minimum standards in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Progress is being made in developing legislation to protect children which will eventually set out the legal framework for Minimum Standards.
These Standards represent the development of a practice quality framework for looking after children who need placement in a Children’s Home. These standards will contribute to the…
A project to define and create best practice guidelines for institutional and community-based care in Ethiopia was initiated in 1998. This project involved an assessment of available services in the country as well as a critical analysis of the findings in workshops and appraisal group meetings including governmental and non- governmental organizations. The resulting guideline is based on the ethical principles given in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and The Ethiopian Laws. Its purpose is to upgrade the existing services of childcare institutions; set…