Standards of Care

Standards of care are approved criteria for measuring and monitoring the management, provision and quality of child care services and their outcomes. Such standards are required for all child care provision, including day care, kinship, foster and institutional care.

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Kingdom of Cambodia,

This document presents the full policy on the alternative care of children in Cambodia.

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”.  

NGO Working Group on Children without Parental Care,

Presentation on the UN Guidelines on Alternative Care of Children.

UNHCR,

Guidelines for when and how to make a decision regarding the best interests of the child in the case of emergencies. Includes useful information for addressing unaccompanied and separated children including, temporary and alternative care arrangements, tracing and reunification, and child participation.

Keeping Children Safe Coalition,

A set of basic standards for organizations to implement in order to fulfill their responsibilities in safeguarding children from abuse and exploitation

International Social Service and International Reference Center for the Rights of Children Deprived of their Family (ISS/IRC),

A brief 2-page document that highlights the importance of child participation, post care planning, guarding against abuse, and connecting residential institutions with the surrounding community.

Rebecca T. Davis,

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

Keeping Children Safe Coalition ,

Guidance and activities for organizations in implementing internal child protection standards

Save the Children Fund; Diane M Swales with Rena Geibel and Neil McMillan,

This guide is based on the standards set out in Raising the Standards (Save the Children, 2005). It presents lessons from the experiences of five agencies in implementing the childcare standards and assessing their effectiveness.

International Labor Organization,

Standards for shelters and care providers responding to children who have been trafficked. It gives guidance and practice examples of intake procedures, interim and longer term care, support services, integration and reunification