Alternative Family Care: Manual for staff working with reception families and unaccompanied children living in reception families

Nidos, Danish Red Cross, Jugendhilfe Süd-Niedersachsen, Minor-Ndako, Organization for Aid to Refugees

This manual has been developed for professionals working with reception families and the unaccompanied children living with them. It may be useful to different kinds of practitioners, depending on the country they work in and the childcare system in operation there. The manual could therefore be used by guardians (professional, semi-professional or voluntary), social workers, mentors, staff at reception facilities, behavioural scientists, psychologists or any other professional responsible for the reception of unaccompanied children in families.

The manual is part of the Alternative Family Care (ALFACA) training, which also consists of e-learning. A PDF version of this manual and the e-learning, as well as literature, tools and other useful information, are available through the website of the European Network of Guardianship Institutions, ENGI.

The ALFACA manual contains all the basic information regarding working with reception families who take care of unaccompanied children. The most important tools are available in its appendix, whereas other useful tools can be found on the website. E-learning gives the user the opportunity to practise with the information provided in the manual. Those who want to deepen their knowledge should look at the extra literature provided on the website.

The manual is also available in the following languages: