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Care leavers are young people who have grown up in the care system, either in foster care or in residential care homes in transition from care to adulthood. They are a vulnerable group, with a high risk of negative outcomes such as poor mental health. The development of agency and the promotion of well-being are two of the most important aspects of the psychological and educational intervention with care leavers.
The purpose of this quantitative study is to investigate the relationship between agency and well-being in a group of care leavers (N = 48) recruited from the…
Introduction:
The Orphans and Vulnerable Children's (OVC) crisis has raised the need for alternative solutions to OVC's problems. These new alternatives gave prominence to the growth of community-based organizations (CBOs) and their interventions. Community-based interventions are a crucial component of the response to make sure components of the response to ensure that the demands of OVCs are mitigated as they offer initial support and act as well-being nets.
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A qualitative exploratory-descriptive design was used to explore possible approaches to…
The article deals with a very up-to-date issue, the ‘voice of the child’, i.e. the implementation of the child's right to be heard in parental responsibility matters and cases. The author's aim is to find an answer to the question of how the Hungarian codification, judiciary and academic legal literature have changed over the last decade and how they have adapted to the modern child-focused standards.
The significance of the topic emerges from the fact that both the exercise and the rendering of parental responsibilities is somehow problematic in many families and this difficulty is…
Los días 16 y 17 de septiembre de 2021, el Comité de los Derechos del Niño de las Naciones Unidas celebrará en Ginebra un Día de Debate General (DDG) sobre los Derechos del Niño y el Cuidado Alternativo. El DDG es una reunión pública destinada a fomentar una comprensión más profunda del contenido y las implicaciones de la CDN de la ONU en lo que se refiere a temas específicos. Un grupo de Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil (OSC) encargó este informe en un esfuerzo por obtener una perspectiva amplia de lo que piensan las mismas niñas, niños, adolescentes y jóvenes sobre sus experiencias en el…
Les 16 et 17 septembre 2021, le Comité des droits de l’enfant des Nations unies organisera à Genève une Journée de débat général (JDG) ayant pour thème les droits de l’enfant et la protection de remplacement. La JGD est une réunion publique cherchant à favoriser une meilleure compréhension de la teneur des interventions et de la nature des implications de la CIDE concernant des sujets spécifiques. Ce rapport a été mandaté par un groupement d’organisations de la société civile dans le but de mieux comprendre ce que les enfants et les jeunes eux-mêmes pensent de leur expérience en prise en…
These illustrations from Changing the Way We Care and the Government of Kenya showcase live community engagement sessions on how to develop Kafaalah messages and promote Kafaalah for family-based care. These two packets were developed for care reform leaders in Kisumu and Kilifi Counties, Kenya.
This handbook is a summarized, user-friendly version of the operating procedures for alternative family- and community-based care options. It provides an overview of each type of care, key considerations, and the process followed for placement. The handbook aims to provide an easy and quick reference to critical information and “how to” about alternative family- and community-based care placements.
The handbook should not be considered a replacement for the detailed Alternative Family- and Community-based Care Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); rather, it is recommended that the full…
For the purpose of these guidelines, the term ‘transition’ refers to the process of a residential care facility fully phasing out and permanently terminating the provision of residential care services. It does not refer to the movement of children and young people out of care in situations where the residential care facility is continuing to provide residential care as an ongoing service. In these guidelines, the term ‘transition’ can also be used interchangeably with the process of safe and planned closure of residential care facilities. For more details on the specific transition and…
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The purpose of the article is to describe and problematise the practice initiated idea of developing a digital tool for children in child welfare investigations and whether and how this welfare technology is useful for social workers. The results include interview data and descriptions of the research process. The social workers are of the opinion that the digital application increases the possibilities for children’s participation in child investigations, even though their main focus is to create an alliance with the parents. During the research process the digital tool…
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Background
Approximately one in ten children globally live with kinship caregivers—relatives and family friends who step in to care for a child when parents are unable to do so. When families take on the role of informal kinship care—care of a child outside of the child welfare system—they often do so without financial assistance and advice in navigating the systems of support available to them. This is the unique role of kinship navigator programs in the U.S: to provide kinship caregivers a single point of entry for connecting to needed resources such as financial, health,…