The aim of this stage is to build the capacity of staff to participate in the transition process, according to the role and responsibilities they each hold, and to prepare staff (all or some) to take on new roles or deliver different types of services in the post transition phase.
The degree of capacity building that will take place during this stage depends on a range of factors including:
- staff’s existing experience, capacity and training
- how much or little external support is being brought in to support the transition and for what aspects of transition,
- the type of service the organization is considering transitioning into and whether some staff are being upskilled to move into other employment outside of the organisation.
- the assessment findings relating to motivations and risk of interference or sabotage.
This stage is concerned with training and orienting staff to any new procedures, policies and processes that they will be expected to interact with or implement during the transition.
Activities that may occur during this stage could include training on:
- Child protection and safeguarding, including on codes of conduct and reporting procedures. This may culminate in staff signing child protection/safeguarding policies that have been redeveloped/revised in light of transition.
- The process and steps involved in transition
- Child and youth participation and their role in fostering child/youth participation in the transition process.
- Positive discipline, which may be necessary based on the findings of the assessments.
- Implementing Standard Operating Procedures, including those developed by government that relate to aspects of transition (i.e., case management or reintegration)
- Social work and case management training, including training on conducting assessments, analyzing risks and protective factors, strengths-based social work.
- Implementing care plans
- Upskilling for alternate employment (could be via referral to vocational training organizations)
- Community consultation and project design and management
- Implementing life skills training
- Evaluating capacity building and training efforts and capturing learning
- Training and mentoring in new alternative care services, where those services will continue to be delivered by the organisation and staff
- Staff are clear on the transition process, their roles and responsibilities and able to outwork new functions related to transition.
- Staff prepared and confident for role changes enacted as a part of the transition
- Staff are prepared to support children positively throughout the transition and with reintegration
- Staff are upskilled in preparation for exploring post transition programs/services or initiatives.
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