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Judita Reichenberg, Regional Advisor Child Protection, UNICEF CEE/CIS. Family Substitute Services. Introduction to Working Group 2. Key resource persons. Technical Resource: Ms. Vesna Bosnjak, Rapporteur: Ms. Tanja Radocaj. Purpose of the working group. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Introduction to Working Group 2
Judita Reichenberg, Regional Advisor Child Protection, UNICEF CEE/CIS
Family Substitute Services
UNICEF
Reform of the Child Care System: Taking stock and accelerating action
Key resource persons
Technical Resource:
Ms. Vesna Bosnjak,
Rapporteur:
Ms. Tanja Radocaj
UNICEF
Reform of the Child Care System: Taking stock and accelerating action
Purpose of the working group
• Examine role of family substitute services within the continuum of services;
• Clarify concepts, appropriateness and shortcomings related to each type of family substitute service;
• Use lessons learned from promotion/use of substitute-family based options;
• Examine links with de-institutionalisation• Agree upon: key lessons, questions for
further examination, key conclusions and key recommendations..
UNICEF
Reform of the Child Care System: Taking stock and accelerating action
Family Substitute Services
Target groups
• children without parental care;• children separated from parents and living
in inadequate or irregular circumstances;• children who temporarily cannot be (re)-
integrated in their families.
UNICEF
Reform of the Child Care System: Taking stock and accelerating action
Family Substitute Services
Types of arrangements
• Kinship care; • Foster care;• Short term protected shelter;• Institutional care;
UNICEF
Reform of the Child Care System: Taking stock and accelerating action
Agenda
Topic I: Parentless and other children without parental care
• 3 presentations + commentary• discussionTopic II: Kinship and foster care • 4 presentations + documentary• discussionTopic III: “Out of home” placements in collective
settings • 2 presentations + commentary• DiscussionSumming –up and recommendations
UNICEF
Reform of the Child Care System: Taking stock and accelerating action
Expected outcomes
• Clarifications on scope characteristics of family substitute services;
• Lessons on streamlining assessment and decision making procedures for ‘last resort’-based placement;
• Suggestion on improving the links between guardianship authorities and the care system; between formal (and informal) kinship care and the statutory ( and support) services
• Suggestion for steps/measures to diversify foster care to serve different groups of children in need of such care
UNICEF
Reform of the Child Care System: Taking stock and accelerating action
Expected outcomes
• Challenges and ways forward – on differential treatment of sub. family services when needed for
longer period, limited/short period and/or on emergency basis;
a child with a disability or chronic medical condition ;
• Clarification on role/functions of: temporary shelters, small institutions, institutions in transformation and/or in process of downsizing or closure
UNICEF
Reform of the Child Care System: Taking stock and accelerating action
Expected outcomes
Agree upon: • key lessons, • questions for further examination, • key conclusions • key recommendations
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