Working With Children, Youth, and Families on Disaster Preparedness

Children's Bureau, Child Welfare Information Gateway

This bulletin outlines the importance of disaster planning in child welfare and discusses how caseworkers, with the help of their supervisors, can prepare themselves and the children, youth, and families on their caseloads for emergencies. It also provides direction for child welfare staff on response and recovery strategies they can use should disasters occur in their communities.

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A Training in Psychological First Aid for Foster Carers of Children Who Have Experienced Trauma

Catholic Relief Services

This rapid training was designed to provide information to Moldovan foster families in preparation for fostering unaccompanied and separated children from the Ukraine. The training package includes a PPT and facilitator’s guide. Content provided during the six-hour training program includes basic information on childhood trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences, key elements of PFA including Look, Listen and Link, and understanding how to both identify and support children who have lived through trauma and how it might manifest at different ages and stages of development.

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Оновлення щодо кількості ВПО в Україні 18 березня 2022

Protection Cluster Ukraine, IOM, REACH, UNHCR, OCHA

11 березня 2022 року Кластер захисту оприлюднив першу оцінку внутрішньо переміщених осіб (ВПО) в Україні від початку військового наступу 24 лютого. Оцінки були засновані на попередній методології, розробленій у консультації з OCHA, МОМ, УВКБ ООН та REACH. У зв’язку з відсутністю достовірних джерел даних про ВПО на той момент, і в той час як урядова централізована система реєстрації не застосовувалася, Кластер втрутився, щоб забезпечити доведення до відома міжнародної спільноти попередньо оцінених масштабів внутрішнього переміщення в Україні. 

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Update on Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Figures in Ukraine: 18 March 2022

Protection Cluster Ukraine, IOM, REACH, UNHCR, OCHA

On 11 March 2022, the Protection Cluster released the first estimation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine since the military offensive started on 24th February. Estimates were based on a provisional methodology developed in consultation with OCHA, IOM, UNHCR and REACH.

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A Summary Report: The British Association of Social Workers Annual Survey of Social Workers and Social Work (2021)

British Association of Social Workers

In this summary report, the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) presents the findings of its 2021 annual survey providing an insight into the state
of the profession, the views of social workers and student social workers on key topics and the ongoing impact of working during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. The survey was launched in December 2021 as a place for social workers to reflect on their profession and their experiences in the preceding twelve months.

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UNHCR Update on Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Registration in Ukraine: March 2022

UNHCR

This legislative update by the UN Refugee Agency outlines amendments made by the Ukrainian government to Resolution 509 on Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) registration in light of the Russian offensive that began 24 February 2022. These amendments are aimed at ensuring that IDP registration is available to anyone who was forced to flee their homes due to the large-scale hostilities. 

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CИТУАЦІЯ З ПЕРЕМІЩЕННЯМ В УКРАЇНІ: ОГЛЯД У СФЕРІ ЗАХИСТУ: 6-9 березня 2022

Protection Cluster Ukraine

Кластер захисту координує заходи захисту та виступає за вдосконалення політики та законодавства, що стосуються людей, які постраждали від конфлікту. Він також займається розбудовою потенціалу та надає рекомендації щодо включення захисту у всі заходи гуманітарного реагування. Це знімок захисту для України за період з 6 по 9 березня 2022 року, складений Protection Cluster Ukraine.

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Ukraine Response Protection Snapshot: 6 - 9 March 2022

Protection Cluster Ukraine

The Protection Cluster coordinates the protection response and advocates for the improvement of policies and legislation affecting conflict-affected people. It also engages in capacity building and provides guidance on mainstreaming protection into all humanitarian response activities. This is the Protection snapshot for Ukraine for the period 6 - 9 March 2022, compiled by Protection Cluster Ukraine.

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Вопросы и ответы о бегстве в Венгрию из Украины для детей, молодежи и их семей

Child Rights NGO Coalition Hungary

Это руководство предназначено для молодых людей и их семей, спасающихся бегством от конфликта в Украине в Венгрию. Он содержит основные практические вопросы и ответы, чтобы помочь тем, кто нуждается в немедленной помощи по прибытии в Венгрию. Этот ресурс был составлен Гражданской коалицией за права ребенка, крупнейшей в Венгрии профессиональной сетью гражданского общества по правам ребенка.

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Запитання та відповіді про тимчасовий захист в Угорщині для дітей, молоді та їхніх сімей, які тікають з України

Child Rights NGO Coalition Hungary

Цей посібник розроблено для молодих людей та їхніх сімей, які тікають від конфлікту в Україні до Угорщини. Він містить основні практичні запитання та відповіді, щоб допомогти тим, хто потребує негайної допомоги після прибуття в Угорщину. Цей ресурс був складений Громадянською коаліцією за права дитини, найбільшою професійною мережею громадянського суспільства в Угорщині з прав дитини.

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Kérdések és válaszok az Ukrajnából Magyarországra érkező gyerekeknek és családjaiknak

Child Rights NGO Coalition Hungary

Ez az útmutató azoknak a fiataloknak és családtagjaiknak készült, akik az ukrajnai konfliktus elől Magyarországra menekülnek. Alapvető gyakorlati kérdésekkel és válaszokkal segíti azokat, akiknek Magyarországra érkezéskor azonnali segítségre van szükségük. Ezt a forrásanyagot a Civil Koalíció a Gyermekjogiért Magyarország legnagyobb gyermekjogi szakmai hálózata, a Civil Koalíció a Gyermekjogiért állította össze.

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Webinar Recording: Transforming Children's Care Webinar #8 - Transitioning Residential Care Services

Transforming Children's Care Global Collaborative Platform

This webinar was hosted by the Transitioning Residential Care Working Group of the Transforming Children’s Care Global Collaborative Platform and showcased learning around the transition of residential care services.

Questions and Answers About Fleeing to Hungary from Ukraine for Children and Young People and Their Families

Child Rights NGO Coalition Hungary

This guide is designed for young people and their families fleeing the conflict in Ukraine to Hungary. It provides basic practical questions and answers to help those who need immediate assistance upon arrival in Hungary. This resource was compiled by the Civil Coalition for the Rights of the Child, Hungary's largest civil society professional network on the rights of the child.

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Summary Report: Base Model Child Care Institutions (CCIs) Pilot Project 2nd Year Report

Miracle Foundation India

This is the summary report for a pilot project spearheaded by Miracle Foundation India with its two partner organizations which were two Children's Care Institutions (CCIs) in the Indore District in central India. The goal of the pilot was to ‘create a replicable modal for other CCIs to effectively implement family based and alternative care through systemic change by engaging multiple stakeholders’.

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Children's Health Caught Up in Ukraine Conflict

Saleyha Ahsan - Lancet

In this Lancet article, the author Saleyha Ahsan highlights the growing threat faced by Ukraine's 7·5 million children as the conflict continues. Children are being killed or wounded through direct attacks by Russian military or they have been forced to flee their homes to an uncertain future. In a statement to The Lancet, WHO called for international humanitarian and human rights law to be upheld. “The number of civilians, including children, dying as a result of the military offensive in Ukraine keeps rising. This must stop. The protection of civilians must be priority number one.”

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Caminar a la velocidad de la confianza: El viaje emocional de la transición de un modelo de atención residencial a la atención basada en la familia y la comunidad

Changing the Way We Care

Este informe documenta las primeras etapas de un proceso de aprendizaje entre Cambiando la forma en que Cuidamos y la Congregación de las Hermanas de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Buen Pastor en México a medida que ellas avanzan en su proceso de transición. Este documento está dirigido a los profesionales, las organizaciones y los actores católicos interesados en apoyar o participar en un proceso de transición con las organizaciones católicas y también proporciona información útil para aquellos que participan en la transición con actores no religiosos. Esto incluye un importante aprendizaje relacionado con la forma de acompañar a las religiosas en el proceso de transición, comprendiendo los matices relacionados con el tiempo, el contenido y el enfoque. Y lo más importante es que explora el componente emocional que conlleva el hecho de que las religiosas, adapten el enfoque de su carisma a medida que se transforman, pasando de proporcionar atención residencial a una atención basada en la familia y la comunidad.

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Walking at the Speed of Trust: The Emotional Journey of Transitioning from a Residential Care Model to Family-Based Care

Changing the Way We Care

This brief documents the first stages of a learning process between Changing the Way We CareSM and the Mexican Province of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd as the Sisters moved forward in their transition process. It is written for practitioners and organizations, including Catholic actors interested in supporting or engaging in a transition process with women religious and also provides useful information for those engaging in transition with non-faith actors.

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Key Recommendations to Uphold the Rights of Ukrainian Children Deprived of Family Care

Inter-agency Statement

These recommendations are intended for international, national and local agencies and authorities with a role to play in the emergency response in Ukraine, in particular in aspects pertaining to protection of children. All NGOs called on the international community to protect the 100,000 children from institutions in Ukraine. These organizations warned that without a centralised system to track the whereabouts, safety and well-being of these children, they risk being trafficked, or abandoned.

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Guidance for Protecting Displaced and Refugee Children in and Outside of Ukraine

UNICEF

The war in Ukraine has displaced more than 2 million people as they flee their country to find refuge. Roughly half of those displaced are children. Among them, many are unaccompanied or have been separated from their families. Children on the move in and outside of Ukraine are at heightened risk of violence, exploitation and abuse. This guidance, produced by the UNICEF team, outlines how authorities and aid workers can help keep children displaced by the war in Ukraine safe from trafficking and other forms of exploitation and abuse.

UNHCR Child Protection Issue Brief: Family Tracing and Reunification

UNHCR

This issue brief from the UNHCR highlights key messages from UNHCR in regards to family tracing and reunification. The brief outlines the importance of children growing up in a safe family environment and the positive impact this has on a child's psychological, cognitive and physical development. In the best case, alternative care is only required as an interim measure while family tracing is carried out and until the time when children can be reunited with parents or family members.This brief is part of a series developed by UNHCR which aims to guide field operations on key thematic child protection issues. 

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The Illusion of Protection: An Analytical Report Based on the Findings of a Comprehensive Study of the Child Protection System in Ukraine

Hope and Homes for Children

To obtain complete data on the child protection system and related problems in Ukraine, Hope and Homes for Children conducted a comprehensive study of the child protection system in Ukraine during the 2015 - 2016 time period. To ensure the integrity of the data, the structure of the study included components focused on different levels of the child protection system in Ukraine (national, regional and rayon), and combined both quantitative and qualitative approaches and methods. The system of institutional care was the main focus of the study.

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Особые Меры По Эвакуации Детей-Мигрантов: Контрольный Список-Справочник

International Organization for Migration (IOM), MICIC

Контрольный список входит в состав инструментария, разработанного МОМ в качестве технического руководства по практическому применению Руководящих положений Инициативы МИСИК, включая руководящее положение 13: Переселение и при необходимости эвакуация мигрантов. Это свод не имеющих обязательной силы рекомендуемых действий, направленных на то, чтобы потребности детей-мигрантов в особой защите были учтены в ходе гуманитарной эвакуации. С помощью этого функционального инструмента государства и международные организации смогут соблюсти принципы защиты детей (ЗД) при организации гуманитарной эвакуации, учитывая индивидуальные условия уязвимости детеймигрантов и обеспечивая их потребности до, во время и после эвакуации. Подразумевается, что рекомендуемые действия будут в полной мере внедрены в операции по всеобщей эвакуации; они не предполагают организации отдельного процесса эвакуации детей.

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Special Measures for the Evacuation of Migrant Children: A Reference Checklist

International Organization for Migration (IOM), MICIC

The Checklist is a part of the toolkit developed by the IOM to provide technical guidance for the operationalization of the MICIC Initiative Guidelines. It is a non-binding compilation of recommended actions to ensure that the specific protection needs of migrant children are taken into consideration during humanitarian evacuations.

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Insights Into the World of Privatized Faith-Based Residential Care Facilities in Myanmar

Better Care Network, Kinnected, ACC International Relief

The study was aimed at gaining insights into the operations of privately run, Christian faith-based residential care facilities (RCFs) in Myanmar. The outcomes of this analysis provide important insights to inform ongoing awareness raising, advocacy efforts, approaches to providing technical support and deinstitutionalization, and care reform strategies in Myanmar.

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ФАКТОРИ РИЗИКУ, ЯКІ НЕОБХІДНО ВРАХОВУВАТИ ПРИ ПЕРЕВЕЗЕННІ ДІТЕЙ ПІД ЧАС ГУМАНІТАРНОЇ КРИЗИ

Changing the Way We Care

Цей документ створено для постачальників послуг, які працюють з дітьми, сім'ями та дітьми, що залишились без батьківської турботи, враховуючи поточну гуманітарну ситуацію в Україні та сусідніх країнах.

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The U.S. Must Confront its Failures of Native Children in Foster Care

Donna Butts - The Hill

The United States Supreme Court agreed last week to hear a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act, a law that has protected American Indian and Alaska Native children, their families and their communities for nearly 50 years. In the interests of vulnerable children — and in light of the cruel history that this law was written to redress — it is vital that the Indian Child Welfare Act be protected and strengthened, not taken apart.

Rapid Gender Analysis Ukraine

CARE International

This Rapid Gender Analysis Brief seeks to draw the attention of those engaged with Ukraine in humanitarian operations to the most significant gender issues both existing and emerging and propose measures to address them.

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ФАКТОРЫ РИСКА, КОТОРЫЕ НЕОБХОДИМО УЧИТЫВАТЬ ПРИ ПЕРЕВОЗКЕ ДЕТЕЙ ВО ВРЕМЯ ГУМАНИТАРНОГО КРИЗИСА

Changing the Way We Care

Данное руководство составлено для поставщиков услуг, которые работают с детьми, семьями и разлученными детьми в ответ на текущую гуманитарную ситуацию в Украине и в соседних странах.

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Protection of Persons with Disabilities in Ukraine

Global Protection Cluster

In the current protection crisis unfolding in Ukraine, humanitarian actors must pay particular attention to those who are most at risk of threats to safety and rights violations – including women, children, older people, and people who are blind and/or deaf, persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities, those who have mobility limitations, and persons with high support needs. In this brief, the Global Protection Cluster calls on all parties to the conflict and humanitarian actors to ensure the protection and safety of persons with disabilities in Ukraine.

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Global Protection Cluster Protection Messages: Ukraine

Global Protection Cluster

The following messages reflect priority protection issues and gaps in Ukraine, based on monitoring and analysis conducted by the Ukraine Protection Cluster and its regular Protection Snapshots. Additional contributions were made by the Global Protection Cluster’s Advocacy and Human Rights Engagement Task Teams. This document will be adapted while reflecting rapidly developing protection risks.

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The Role of Small-Scale Residential Care for Children in the Transition From Institutional to Community-Based Care and in the Continuum of Care in the Europe and Central Asia Region

Stela Grigoras - UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO)

This White Paper summarizes evidence on the current use and impact of small-scale residential care (also: ‘SSRC’) and offers guidance on how to enable all children to grow up in a loving and stable family environment. It aims to promote better decisionmaking among policy-makers, local governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), as well as child welfare and other, allied practitioners of the establishment.

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Social Work in Health Emergencies: Global Perspectives

Patricia Fronek, Karen Smith Rotabi-Casares

This is the first comprehensive book that provides accessible, international knowledge for practitioners, students and academics about social work in health emergencies and spans fields of practice across world regions with particular reference to the COVID-19 pandemic. The book is relevant to a wide range of audiences, including practitioners, educators and students in social work, human services, international development and public health, as well as policy makers and researchers.

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Social Work in Health Emergencies

Ending Violence Against Children While Addressing the Global Climate Crisis

Paola Pereznieto, Virginie Le Masson, Rachel George, Rachel Marcus

This working paper focuses on two critical global challenges: violence against children and climate change. The links between the two are not always obvious, but they exist and are significant in terms of both causes and solutions. Combating the causes of climate change can impact positively on certain contexts in which children are at high risk of experiencing violence.

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Ukraine Response Protection Snapshot: 2 - 5 March, 2022

Protection Cluster Ukraine

The Protection Cluster coordinates the protection response and advocates for the improvement of policies and legislation affecting conflict-affected people. It also engages in capacity building and provides guidance on mainstreaming protection into all humanitarian response activities. This is the Protection snapshot for Ukraine for the period 2 - 5 March 2022, compiled by Protection Cluster Ukraine. The Protection Cluster is led by UNHCR and includes Child Protection (led by UNICEF), GBV (led by UNFPA) and Mine Action (led by UNDP) Sub Clusters.

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Parents and Caregivers are Heroes: Protecting Our Children in a Crisis (Tips #1)

WHO, UNICEF, UNHCR, UNODC, Parenting for Lifelong Health

Responding to the crisis in Ukraine, Oxford University parenting experts together with their international colleagues, produced this easy-to-use guidance for families and other organisations on supporting children in the current emergency. The guide is based on evidence-based research.

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РОДИТЕЛИ И ОПЕКУНЫ – ГЕРОИ: ЗАЩИТА НАШИХ ДЕТЕЙ В КРИЗИСНЫХ УСЛОВИЯХ

WHO, UNICEF, UNHCR, UNODC, Parenting for Lifelong Health

Реагируя на кризис в Украине, эксперты по воспитанию детей Оксфордского университета вместе со своими международными коллегами подготовили это простое в использовании руководство для семей и других организаций по поддержке детей в нынешней чрезвычайной ситуации. Руководство основано на доказательных исследованиях.

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Parenting Tips 1

БАТЬКИ І ОПІКУНИ – ГЕРОЇ: ЗАХИЩАЄМО НАШИХ ДІТЕЙ В КРИЗОВІЙ СИТУАЦЇЇ

WHO, UNICEF, UNHCR, UNODC, Parenting for Lifelong Health

Реагуючи на кризу в Україні, експерти Оксфордського університету з питань батьківства разом зі своїми міжнародними колегами підготували цей простий у використанні посібник для сімей та інших організацій щодо підтримки дітей у нинішній надзвичайній ситуації. Посібник заснований на доказових дослідженнях.

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CИТУАЦІЯ З ПЕРЕМІЩЕННЯМ В УКРАЇНІ: ОГЛЯД У СФЕРІ ЗАХИСТУ 25 лютого – 1 березня 2022р.

Protection Cluster Ukraine

Кластер захисту координує заходи захисту та виступає за вдосконалення політики та законодавства, що стосуються людей, які постраждали від конфлікту. Він також займається розбудовою потенціалу та надає рекомендації щодо включення захисту у всі заходи гуманітарного реагування. Це знімок захисту для України за період з 25 лютого по 1 березня 2022 року, складений Protection Cluster Ukraine.

Ukraine Response Protection Snapshot: 25 February - 1 March 2022

Protection Cluster - Ukraine

The Protection Cluster coordinates the protection response and advocates for the improvement of policies and legislation affecting conflict-affected people. It also engages in capacity building and provides guidance on mainstreaming protection into all humanitarian response activities. This is the protection snapshot for Ukraine for the period February 25 - March 1, 2022, compiled by Protection Cluster Ukraine.

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