Assessment and Placement Monitoring

An assessment is the dynamic process of gathering and analysing information in order to undertake informed interventions. This can include an individual assessment of a child and family, or a situational analysis if there are large numbers of vulnerable children, e.g. in an emergency. 

 

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Patricia Lim Ah Ken,

A regional assessment of responses to children outside parental care in the Caribbean. Extensive research on successful examples of alternative care. Includes recommendations and lessons learned.

Rita Harris, Sally Hodges - Creating New Families: Therapeutic Approaches to Fostering, Adoption and Kinship Care,

This chapter briefly outlines the range of assessments that are undertaken by psychologists in regards to placements for children in care, and underlines the importance of drawing together information about the child from different sources and perspectives.

Leslie M. Snider, UNICEF,

This document discusses the work contributing to the area of psychosocial measurement with regard to HIV/AIDS and provides samples of surveys that can be used in measurement.

Timor Leste - Division of Social Services,

Practical and professional paperwork for residential care including registration and assessment forms, application for renewal of licences, referral forms, and emergency admission forms. Can be modified for different country contexts.

Committee on the Rights of the Child,

The Committee on the Rights of the Child held a day of general discussion on 16 September on “Children without parental care”.  

Adapted from BabyCenter LLC,

A set of questions for parents/caregivers to complete on the child’s health, development, and behavior. Can be used as part of an assessment or to prepare caregivers.

John Williamson and Malia Robinson,

An evaluation of a programme in Sri Lanka that aimed to resettle and reintegrate children affected by armed conflict, prevent and respond to child abuse, and develop community based alternatives to institutional care.

Rebecca T. Davis,

Examines the transition from residential care to family-based, community care models in five European / Eurasian countries.

David Tolfree,

Save the Children's "First Resort" series focuses on the needs and rights of children who, for a wide variety of reasons, are lacking adequate parental care. This third paper in the First Resort series presents practical examples of the range of options available to policy-makers, practitioners and others with responsibilities for the care and protection of children without adequate parental care.

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One-page flow-chart diagram outlining the purpose of and relationship between assessment, monitoring, and evaluation processes.