Contributors from across the Middle East and Asia Region within this volume highlight the variety of ways in which residential child and youth care is provided there to support children, young people and families during
This summary report is derived from key informant interviews and a desk review. It includes service providers’ awareness of and engagement with potential VAC-HIV synergies and highlights existing practices to prevent and/or respond to cases
In this third annual report, the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance highlights the many ways that the social service workforce positively impacts the lives of children and families affected by violence. The 2017 State of
This resource book aims to introduce the PDAK Child and Family Support Center as a childcare paradigm shift from institutionalization toward family-based and alternative care. It focuses on the strengthen of professional social workers in
Developed and tested through workshops by Save the Children, this tool is for social workers who work with children and families through family support centers. It provides a definition, standards and quality of practice related
Social Protection for Informal Workers in Asia addresses social protection gaps ranging from issues of financing, design, governance, and political economy of social protection for informal workers in Asia. This report is a compilation of
National child protection systems include more formal, governmental mechanisms and also less formal, civil society mechanisms, such as traditional justice systems. Although this approach is widely used and supported by international agencies, there is at
The report shows how regulation, inspection and oversight of alternative provision is underfunded and underprioritized. The report highlights the need and importance of workforce development, including training, conditions, qualifications and numbers, needed in order to
This report includes findings from a desk review of 140 reports that aims to show efforts being made toward childcare reform and deinstitutionalisation in the continent. It includes information on the social service workforce’s capacity
This report describes some key elements of child care reform in Indonesia, including strengthening of the regulatory frameworks and accreditation of social welfare organizations, integrated services for vulnerable children, community-based child protection mechanisms, and the
The first global analysis of children of key populations who are affected by both HIV/AIDS and entrenched exclusion by means of association of their parents are shown to be overlooked in terms of service provision.
The National Standards of Care for Child Welfare Institutions is a crucial policy instrument regulating the provision of alternative care for children. Children’s care provided through Child Welfare Institutions needs to be managed so that
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