Description
Guidance and coaching provided throughout all stages of the transition process:
- Awareness Raising
- General awareness raising for transition
- Targeted awareness raising with key stakeholders
- Linking key stakeholders to relevant resources
- Connecting key stakeholders with peers that can share their own stories of transition
- Communications strategies for key stakeholders and wider donor base
- Planning for Transition
- Conducting comprehensive organisational assessments and audits of both donor entities and implementing organisations
- Addressing any gaps in registrations, decision-making structures, board governance, policy frameworks, staff employment contracts, codes of conduct
- Conducting project and child risk assessments
- Developing risk mitigation strategies and sabotage response plans
- Leading discussions regarding post-transition services and developing program frameworks
- Securing and formalising buy-in from key stakeholders including leadership, board members, principal donors
- Developing a bespoke strategic plan for transition
- Reintegration
- Ensuring key stakeholders understand and work within their assigned roles and responsibilities
- Implementing the strategic plan for transition
- Addressing any challenges that may arise once the social work process is underway
- - Responding to any disclosures or allegations of abuse/exploitation of children/staff
- Determining the most appropriate pathway to full transition/safe closure
- Exploring and guiding the divestment process where appropriate
Key Area(s) of Work
Advocacy
Care Reform
Child Protection
Deinstitutionalization
Funding/Donor
Research
Supporting Organizations to Transition to Family-Based Care
Implementation
Directly
Location
Global