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Roles and accountabilities at local level: Planning services for prevention of separation of children from families . Denisa Oana Pătraşcu , Secretar y of State Ministr y of Labour , Family and Social Protection Government of Romania. Child care system reform in Romania. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Roles and accountabilities at local level:
Planning services for prevention of separation of children from families
Denisa Oana Pătraşcu, Secretary of StateMinistry of Labour, Family and Social Protection
Government of Romania
1997 – 2004, main objectives: deinstitutionalization through development of alternative services within public
care system reintegration of children with their biological
families2005, Law on the Promotion and Protection of Children’s Rights: shift from protection of children ‘in difficulty’, to
promotion and protection of all rights of all children prohibition of institutionalization of children under
2, with the exception of children with severe disability and dependent on specialized residential care services.
2008 – 2013, National Strategy and Operational Plan for the Promotion and Protection of Children’s Rights
Child care system reform in Romania
Achievements by 2012
Number of children in public and private residential careNumber of children in family type services (maternal assistance, placement with relative of 4 th degree or other families, guardianship
Source: www.copii.ro, www.mmuncii.ro
Decrease of number of children in institutional care: political commitment, adequate funding, scale up
alternative services, capacity building of county decentralized authorities
Slow decline of number of children in public care: low capacity of local authorities to ensure prevention of
separation of children from their families persistent bottlenecks related to social norms (e.g.
traditional practices such as overreliance on state care protection)
Lessons learned
Child protection indicators 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Rate of children in residential care
(per 100,000 population aged 0-17)
1,165.6 671.7 625.4 619.2 615.1 600.4 590.
4Rate of children in care
of foster parents or guardians
(per 100,000 population aged 0-17)
537.4 1,099.7
1,142.4
1,131.6
1,125.0
1,096.2
1,064.2Source: TransMonee database 2010
200020012002200320042005200620072008200920100
1000020000300004000050000
0-3 years 4-17 years 18 and older
Lessons learned
Source: www.copii.ro, www.mmuncii.ro
Children in residential care by age groups
2011, impact of the economic crises: on vulnerable families difficulties to adjust services to unpredictable and increased
needs for the first time after almost 15 years, the number of children in
institutions increased with 137
2012, assessment of the child care system: capacity of Public Services of Social Assistance at local level are
weak, especially in disadvantaged, rural area restraints in HR policies public administration (determined by
budgetary constraints), maintains low level capacity of local authorities
Emerging challenges
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120
100020003000400050006000
Children relinquished in medical units
Current situation
Source: www.copii.ro, www.mmuncii.ro
of separation of children from their families; of new entries into public care system; strengthen the support provided to vulnerable
families through basic social services =– provided within the community, – being close to and within the reach of its members, – promote community participation and engagement, – provide fast, straightforward and low cost solutions
using community resources, – ensure multi-disciplinary intervention and cooperation
• horizontally and vertically.
Prevention services
aiming at increased capacity of local authorities to ensure effective and efficient prevention services
focus on:– Public Services of Social Assistance (SPAS),– most deprived areas, – outreach for identifying most vulnerable children and families,
independent evaluation, showed that 2.7% of children living in vulnerable families, at risk o various forms of violence, are not identified nor registered by SPAS
the risk of non-intervention is associated with new entries in the public care system and/or with beneficiaries of other specialized services
Demonstration project 2011
In partnership with UNICEF, 8 County Councils, General Directions for Social Assistance and Child Protection, Prefectures, 98 Public Local Authorities
Demonstration project 2012 focuses on:
– provision of timely, low cost solutions using community resources,
– ensure multi-disciplinary intervention and cooperation, involving the community (thru Community Consultative Structures),
demonstration of cost-effectiveness of interventions at local level
advocacy for earmarked budget allocations for SPAS ensuring the minimum package of services at community level
synergic and convergent with cash transfers (to be adjusted accordingly)
In partnership with UNICEF, 8 County Councils, General Directions for Social Assistance and Child Protection, Prefectures, 64 Public Local Authorities
20 mobile team were set up in 20 counties to reach out children with disabilities living mainly in rural communities
aiming also at increased capacity of public local authorities to ensure specialized services for children with disabilities living with their families and:– increase number of families benefiting of support services– increase number of children with disabilities benefiting of
recuperation services– decrease of number of children with disabilities separated
by their families because of disability
Other initiatives at local level
In partnership with Government of Iceland, Lichtenstein, and Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism
earmarked budget is necessary but not sufficient; enabling environment for effective and efficient prevention
services includes:– addressing social norms (i.e. tolerant attitude towards various
forms of violence and poverty, low level of awareness of social problems) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUmMccE7B6w
– low community participation on involvement;– weak inter and cross-sectoral collaboration;– adequate human resources policies (training and allocation,
motivation and retrainment, etc.);– use of appropriate monitoring instruments and mechanisms;– showcasing results and measuring impact.
Future steps: long term
evidence-based adjustment of the normative framework (including but not exclusive, Law on the Promotion and Protection of Children’s Rights)
and review of the National Strategy and Operational Plan for the Promotion and Protection of Children’s Rights 2014-2020
including:– increase age for prohibition of institutionalization from 2 to 3– specialization of prevention and protection services with special
focus on children below 3 and for children with disabilities– correlation and adequate balance of state social assistance
measures of basic social services and cash transfers– improved effectiveness and real time response of monitoring
instruments
Future steps: short term
Thank you
More information: www.copii.ro www.mmuncii.ro www.unicef.org/romania