Transformation of Social Services in Ukraine: the Deinstitutionalization and Reform of the Institutional Care System for Children

Liudmyla Kryvachuk - Labor et Educatio

This article focuses on the study of current transformation processes occurring in Ukraine in the provision of social services to various groups of children, in particular orphan children and children deprived of parental care.

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Nutritional Status of Under-five Children living in Orphanages compared with their Counterparts living with their Families in Host Communities in Lagos State

Izuka MO, Olatona FA, Adeniyi OF, Onajole AT - Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care

This study was conducted to determine and compare the nutritional status of children living in orphanages and children living in the host communities in Nigeria.

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Restorative Parenting: Delivering Trauma-Informed Residential Care for Children in Care

S. L. Parry, T. Williams & C. Burbidge - Child & Youth Care Forum

Using a novel multisystemic trauma-informed model of care with an embedded developmental monitoring index, the Restorative Parenting Recovery Programme, pilot data was collected from young people and care staff from four residential homes over a two-year period.

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Foster Care, Permanency, and Risk of Prison Entry

Sarah Font, Lawrence M. Berger, Jessie Slepicka, Maria Cancan - Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

The purpose of this study was to examine associations of foster care exit type (e.g., reunification with birth family, adoption, guardianship/permanent relative placement, or emancipation from care) with risk of entry into state prison in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and to examine racial disparities in those associations.

Empowering Culturally Diverse Populations Affected by Violence: Realizing the Promise of Family Strengthening Interventions

Jordan Farrar and Theresa S. Betancourt - Handbook of Political Violence and Children: Psychosocial Effects, Intervention, and Prevention Policy

This chapter reports on one such intervention, the Family Strengthening Intervention (FSI), initially developed and tested in Rwanda to improve communication and parenting in HIV/AIDS-affected families with school-age children.

Psychological Capital Development in Street Children through Education at Child Protection & Welfare Bureau, Lahore

Nauman A. Abdullah, Amtul Javaid, Sonia Omar - Journal of Elementary Education

The present research study was aimed at exploring the Psychological Capital Development in Street Children through Education at Child Protection and Welfare Bureau, Lahore.

Manufacturing Moral Panic: Weaponizing Children to Undermine Gender Justice and Human Rights

Elevate Children Funders Group and Global Philanthropy Project with the research team Sentiido

This report explores how gender-restrictive groups are using child protection rhetoric to manufacture moral panic and mobilize against human rights, and how this strengthens the illiberal politics currently undermining democracies.

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Research using population-based administration data integrated with longitudinal data in child protection settings: A systematic review

Fadzai Chikwava, Reinie Cordier, Anna Ferrante, Melissa O’Donnell, Renée Speyer, Lauren Parsons - PLOS One

Over the past decade there has been a marked growth in the use of linked population administrative data for child protection research. This is the first systematic review of studies to report on research design and statistical methods used where population-based administrative data is integrated with longitudinal data in child protection settings.

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Intensive intervention with families experiencing multiple and complex challenges: An alternative to child removal in a bi‐ and multi‐cultural context?

Nicola Atwool - Child & Family Social Work

For this article, a review of what is currently known about intensive intervention with families where there is risk of a child removal was undertaken to explore the challenges that might arise in New Zealand's bi‐ and multi‐cultural environment.

Children of Prisoners: Fixing a broken system

Sarah Kincaid, Manon Roberts and Professor Eddie Kane - Crest and the Centre for Health and Justice at the Institute of Mental Health University of Nottingham

According to this report, children of prisoners in the UK are an "'invisible’ group – currently, children are not systematically identified or assessed when a parent goes to prison." The report aims to improve understanding of: who this ‘invisible’ group of children is; the extent, nature and root causes of their poorer outcomes; and how a whole family approach can be used to improve outcomes for children and parents and what needs to change.

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A Case Study of a High-Risk Transition: Lighthouse Children's Village

Better Care Network and Kinnected

Lighthouse Children’s Village was established in 2004 as a privately-run and privately-funded residential care institution. In 2014, its long-time principal donor made the decision to phase out of financially supporting institutional care. This case study highlights some of the early warning signs and subsequent discovery of unethical and criminal behavior that can sometimes be observed in a transition process.

A Case Study of the Process of Change: Transitioning Firefly Orphanage

Better Care Network and Kinnected

This case study highlights some of the key dynamics that arose throughout one organization's process of transitioning their services from residential care to non-institutional programming and examines how those dynamics both influenced the transition and determined the type of support provided, as well as the most appropriate transition strategy. The case study is organized around the various stages of transition and explores some of the key themes outlined in the Transitioning Models of Care Assessment Tool.

A Case Study of the Conditions Leading to Safe Transition: Bridges Safehouse

Better Care Network and Kinnected

This case study highlights some of the prerequisites for the starting point of a successful transition from residential care to a non-residential model, many of which are often overlooked or underestimated. The case study is organized around the various stages of transition and explores some of the key themes outlined in the Transitioning Models of Care Assessment Tool.

НАЦІОНАЛЬНА СТРАТЕГІЯ реформування системи інституційного догляду та виховання дітей на 2017-2026 роки (Ukraine National Strategy on Reform of the Institutional Care System 2017-2026)

Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

Цю Стратегію розроблено з метою зміни існуючої системи інституційного догляду та виховання дітей, яка не відповідає реальним потребам дітей та сімей з дітьми, і створення умов для повноцінного виховання та розвитку дитини в сім’ї.

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Alternative report on Ukraine's compliance with the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child for the period from 2011 to 2020

Ukrainian non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

The Alternative Report (AR) on the implementation by Ukraine of the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the result of the joint work of public sector experts in the field of the protection of the rights of the child.

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Exploring feedback around membership of the Virtual School Head Teacher and Care Experienced Team Network: Discussion findings from a facilitated workshop [Paper Two]

Sarah Deeley and Linda O’Neill - CELCIS

In October 2020 CELCIS convened and facilitated a virtual workshop with the Virtual School Head Teacher (VSHT) and Care Experienced Team (CET) network. Network members were asked two questions for consideration prior to the meeting. This document contains the key themes arising from question two: Did the VSHT/CET network have an impact on supporting you in your role during lockdown? What, if any, impact did being part of the network have for the children and young people that you have responsibility for?

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Exploring the unique role of the Virtual School Head Teacher or Care Experienced Team in relation to supporting children and families during COVID-19: Discussion findings from a facilitated workshop [Paper One]

Sarah Deeley and Linda O’Neill - CELCIS

In October 2020 CELCIS convened and facilitated a virtual workshop with the Virtual School Head Teacher (VSHT) and Care Experienced Team (CET) network. Network members were asked two questions for consideration prior to the meeting. This document contains the key themes arising from question one: Why did having your specific role within your local authority make a difference to care experienced children and young people during lockdown?

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Meeting the challenge of COVID-19: Examples of frontline practice in caring for children and young people

CELCIS

Through a diverse range of examples of how people are meeting the challenge of responding to the effects of this public health emergency, CELCIS hopes to record, reflect on, inform, and inspire others about the impact that these are having in the lives of care experienced children and young people, and all those who work and volunteer across public and voluntary services to support them.

Child Maltreatment 2019

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children’s Bureau

The U.S. National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) is a federally sponsored effort that collects and analyzes annual data on child abuse and neglect. The data that are collected are submitted voluntarily by the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and published in an annual report. This document provides a summary of key information from the 2019 report.

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