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The Health Information and Standards Directorate in Ireland's HIQA has launched a public consultation on Draft National Standards for Children’s Residential Centres. This consultation aims to gather the views of children living in residential care, their families and people involved in caring for children in residential care on the draft national standards. This feedback will be considered and will inform the development of the final National Standards.
The public consultation will run until 5pm on Thursday 02 November 2017.
Purpose and scope of the…
The purpose of this document is to provide a framework for implementation of the National Case Management System (NCMS) for the care, protection and welfare of children in Zimbabwe. It includes core concepts and principles, standard operating procedures, and forms applicable in similar contexts. The document outlines the national case management conceptual framework, standard operating procedures in the case management system, guidance on facilitating the case management process, and roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders (including government and civil society). It also includes…
The Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support were issued by the California Network of Family Strengthening Networks (CNFSN) in 2012, and adopted by the National Family Support Network in 2013. They are the first and only standards in the country to integrate and operationalize the Principles of Family Support Practice with the Strengthening Families Frameworks and its research-based evidence-informed 5 Protective Factors. The vision is that their implementation will help ensure that families are supported and strengthened through quality …
This guide by the UK's regulatory body, Ofsted, explains in detail what one must do in order to open a residential family centre. The document defines the meaning of a residential family centre. It provides registration details, instructions and deadlines. It provides inspection information, and describes how to handle complaints and compliance issues.
These DRAFT Regulations on the Care and Protection of Children of the Children’s Act of Zanzibar offer a definition of a child in need of protection and outline the general duties of the Department of Social Welfare in regards to providing that protection. The Regulations include procedures for: receiving a child protection referral, acting following a risk assessment, holding a child protection conference with the child and relatives, responding to the needs of children without parental care, applying for a care or supervision order, and more. They also outline…
“Le présent document propose la procédure d’identification, de sélection, de formation, de suivi et d’appui aux familles d’accueil temporaire dans la prise en charge des enfants non accompagnés, séparés, enfants associés aux groupes armés, orphelins et autres enfants vulnérables en Centrafrique, aussi bien sur les sites des déplacés que dans les communautés.”
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 guide, published by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, provides a summary of promising practices currently used in recruitment and retention of foster/adoptive families. It was developed to help local districts and voluntary agencies meet the challenge of providing qualified, well-prepared foster/adoptive families that can meet the needs of children and youth coming into care. The guide was written and compiled as part of the Innovations in Family Recruitment program, funded by a grant to the New York State Office of Children and Family Services from the U.S.…
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 document contains the Procedures and Practice Guidelines for Foster Care and Adoption in Lesotho. It is complementary to the country’s Foster Care and Adoption Policy, a framework meant to facilitate the smooth and effective implementation of Part VIII of the 2011 Children’s Protection and Welfare Act bearing the title ”Fosterage and Adoption”. These Procedures and Practice Guidelines are intended to create a common platform and also to ensure the highest ethical standards are practised in delivering these two forms of alternative care.