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Step by Step: Preparing for work with children and young people who inject drugs

Intended for harm reduction service providers with limited experience of working with children and young people who inject drugs, this resource sets out a process to prepare for work with children and young people who are under 18. It is designed to help organizations and staff to feel safe in commencing this work and supporting them in thinking through challenging situations.

Author(s): 
Kate Iorpenda, International HIV/AIDS Alliance; Vanessa Veronese, Save the Children
Year of Publication: 
2015

Findings from the SASA! Study to assess the impact of an intervention to prevent violence against women/ reduce HIV risk

Intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV are important and interconnected public health concerns. While it is recognized that they share common social drivers, there is limited evidence surrounding the potential of community interventions to reduce violence and HIV risk at the community level. The SASA! study assessed the community-level impact of SASA!, a community mobilization intervention to prevent violence and reduce HIV-risk behaviors.

Author(s): 
Tanya Abramsky, Karen Devries, Ligia Kiss, Janet Nakuti, Nambusi Kyegombe, Elizabeth Starmann, Bonnie Cundill, Leilani Francisco, Dan Kaye, Tina Musuya, Lori Michau and Charlotte Watts
Year of Publication: 
2014

Leveraging Existing Community Structures to Reach HIV-affected Children in Early Childhood with Care and Support Services

This presentation reviews Bantwana Iniatitive's early childhood education program challenges and outcomes in Swaziland. The program is an integrated intervention that has helped to improve access to health and nutrition and improved parent and educator participation. Presented during the symposium “Children and HIV: Start Early, Start Now! – Integrated Interventions for Young Children Born into HIV-affected Families” in Melbourne, Australia, in July 2014.

Author(s): 
Thulani Earnshaw
Year of Publication: 
2014

Developing & Testing Evidence-based Child Abuse Prevention Programs for AIDS-affected Families in LMIC

This presentation reviews pathways to HIV-risk, resulting child abuse and offers advice and support for stemming the problem. Presented during the symposium “Children and HIV: Start Early, Start Now! – Integrated Interventions for Young Children Born into HIV-affected Families” in Melbourne, Australia, in July 2014.

Author(s): 
Lucie Cluver, Cathy Ward, Frances Gardner, Judy Hutchings, Chris Mikton, Jamie Lachman, Franziska Meinck, Jenny Doubt, Tshiamo Peterson, Mark Boyes
Year of Publication: 
2014

The Family Engagement Inventory: A Brief Cross-Disciplinary Synthesis

Taking a cross-disciplinary approach to strengthening families, the Family Engagement Inventory is designed to familiarize professionals in child welfare, juvenile justice, behavioral health, early childhood education, and education with family engagement as defined and implemented across these fields of practice.

Author(s): 
Child Welfare Information Gateway, Children's Bureau
Year of Publication: 
2014

The Impact of Public Investment in Social Care Services on Employment, Gender Equality and Poverty: The Turkish case

The social care service sector remains an underdeveloped sector in Turkey. This study evaluates a demand-side economic rationale for public investment in the social care sector by estimating its potential for employment creation, pro-women allocation of jobs, and poverty alleviation.

Author(s): 
İpek İlkkaracan, Kijong Kim, Tolga Kaya
Year of Publication: 
2015

Enhancing Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Capacity in Low Resource Settings: A trainer’s manual

Individual to Collective Healing: A trainer’s manual is part of a War Trauma Foundation series featuring resources spanning the complementary supports that meet the mental health and psychosocial needs of different groups. The series takes a collective approach looking at how families and communities as well as individuals are impacted in times of distress. The focus of this work is mainly on capacity building of local mental health and community-based psychosocial professionals, without taking over ownership and service delivery from already active local resources.

Author(s): 
War Trauma Foundation; Ahfad University for Women, Sudan
Year of Publication: 
2015

Managing Stress in Humanitarian Workers: Guidelines for good practice

Good staff care and psychosocial care have proven to be an important asset in stress management and the prevention and treatment of traumatic and post-traumatic stress. The Guidelines were conceptualized as a comprehensive, systematic presentation of the ‘state of the art’ in managing stress in humanitarian workers. 

Author(s): 
Antares Foundation
Year of Publication: 
2012

Trousse d'Evaluation Rapide en Matiere de Protection de l'Enfant

La Trousse d’évaluation rapide en matière de protection de l’enfant (ERPE)contient toutes les informations nécessaires pour réaliser une ERPE sur une période de cinq semaines. Suite à une situation d’urgence d’ampleur significative, l’ERPE sera généralement réalisée dans le cadre d’évaluations coordonnées entreprises au sein du système cluster/sectoriel humanitaire.

Author(s): 
Child Protection Cluster
Year of Publication: 
2012

Le Renforcement des Systemes de Protection de l'Enfance en Afrique SubSaharienne: Un Appel a l'Action

L’objectif de cette déclaration est (i) de présenter notre vision commune des systèmes de protection de l’enfance en Afrique subsaharienne et d’expliquer pourquoi ils sont importants et méritent des investissements et lancer un appel à l’action auprès des gouvernements, à l’Union africaine.

Year of Publication: 
2013

Investing in Children and Families to Avoid Unnecessary Separation (Français and Español)

S’Engager pour les Enfants et les Familles Afin d’é Viter la Séparation - Aujourd’hui, il est évident que les acteurs de la prise en charge des enfants et  des familles devraient s’engager d’avantage pour les enfants et les familles pour permettre leur développement harmonieux et leur participation au sein de la communauté. En Afrique, la société civile est de plus en plus active dans le mouvement encourageant l’investissement en matière de l’enfance et des familles afin de prévenir toute séparation inutile des membres de la famille.

Author(s): 
Missions permanentes du Kenya, Portugal, Uruguay et Vietnam; African Child Policy Forum, ATD 4th World, Better Care Network, CELCIS, Family for Every Child, For Our Children Foundation, Hope and Homes for Children
Year of Publication: 
2015

Care Groups: A Training Manual for Program Design and Implementation (Français and Español)

Care Groups: Un Manuel de Formation pour l’Élaboration et la Mise en œuvre de Programme
Ce manuel a été élaboré comme une ressource de formation pour l’élaboration, la formation, la mise en œuvre et le suivi des programmes de Care Groups.

Manual de Entrenamiento para Diseño e Emplementación de Programas Fue Desarrollado
Este manual fue desarrollado como un recurso de capacitación para el diseño, formación, implementación y monitoreo de programas de Grupos de Cuidado.

Author(s): 
FSN Network, TOPS, Food for the Hungry, World Relief, CORE Group, USAID
Year of Publication: 
2014

Realising the Rights of Every Child Everywhere: Moving forward with the EU

This compendium demonstrates the commitment of different actors to strengthening EU action on children’s rights. It also aims to inspire action and an even more ambitious vision for the EU to play a leading role in realising the rights of every child everywhere. The document emphasizes that policy-makers at all levels, social workers, health professionals, lawyers and judges, teachers, aca­demics, researchers, and civil society must work hand in hand to provide a protective and en­abling environment for children and to ensure children’s views are respected.

Author(s): 
UNICEF, Eurochild
Year of Publication: 
2015

Make Me a Change Agent: A Multisectoral SBC Resource for Community Workers and Field Staff

Available in English, Francais and Espanol, these lessons seek to build the skills of community-level workers, including lessons for workers on the ground to use communication, storytelling, and other techniques to promote behavior change in international development.

Ces leçons ont visent à renforcer les compétences des travailleurs communautaires, par example la communication et les contes, qui peuvent aider un agent de développement dans n’importe quel secteur à devenir un agent de changement de comportement beaucoup plus efficace.

Author(s): 
TOPS, CORE Group
Year of Publication: 
2015

Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to teach basic knowledge, skills, and values about working with children who are in the child welfare system and who have experienced traumatic events. The toolkit teaches strategies for using trauma-informed child welfare practice to enhance the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families who are involved in the child welfare system.

Author(s): 
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Year of Publication: 
2013

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