Transcript MOBILE TEAMS AND CENTERS FOR SOCIAL WORK together in community mobilization for the enhanced child protection SEE Consultation “Reform of the Child Care System:

MOBILE TEAMS AND CENTERS
FOR SOCIAL WORK together in
community mobilization for the
enhanced child protection
SEE Consultation “Reform of the Child Care System: Taking Stock
and Accelerating Action”
Working Group 1
“Organisation of Statutory Services at the Sub-national level”
Presenter: Dusica Vujacic-Richer, UNICEF Belgrade
MOBILE TEAMS & CSW FOR
COMPREHENSIVE CHILD PROTECTION
 PILOTED IN JULY 2001 IN 4 MUNICIPALITIES IN SERBIA
 PARTNERSHIP btw GO (Centers for social work) and the NGO (Mobile
teams) FOR ENHANCED CHILD PROTECTION
 FOCUS: ALL“ INVISIBLE” CHILDREN
children victims of abuse/neglect
children deprived of parental care
children w/ disabilities
children in conflict with the law
children disadvantaged on ethnic grounds/minority children
street children….
Za svako dete: zdravlje, obrazovanje,
jednakost, zaštita
IMPLEMENTATION
ARRANGEMENT 2001- 2003
 International NGO JEN direct UNICEF partner
acting as umbrella organisation for 3 local
NGOs: Amity, Horizons, and Sunce and their
respective Mobile Teams
Centers for Social work staff
Local governments - 4/12 municipalities
Za svako dete: zdravlje, obrazovanje,
jednakost, zaštita
START UP
CAPACITY BUILDING OF GO&NGO STAFF
PROVISION OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT IN CSW
AND THE RELATED TRAININGS
DEVELOPMENT OF METHODOLOGY AND
ASSESMENT & PROGRESS MONITORING TOOLS
Za svako dete: zdravlje, obrazovanje,
jednakost, zaštita
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
 Identification of children at risk & determination of a risk level
 Provision of psychosocial support on spot
 Organisation of case management conferences by CSW
 Development of the individual protection plans in the best interest
of the child w/ clear division of roles and responsibilities
 Implementation of IPPs and the follow up:
 Provision of counselling services to the
child/parents/family/referrals to other services providers
 Mobilising local community resources if required in particular case
 Evidencing- disaggregated data base in CSW- and progress
monitoring
Awareness raising on child rights in local communities
Za svako dete: zdravlje, obrazovanje,
jednakost, zaštita
RESULTS 2001-2003
 3170 children assessed & supported
 67% were newly identified children
 Risk level: 35% high, 45%medium, 20% low
 Gender: 54% male, 46% girls
 52% urban/48% rural
 Age: 7% babies less than 12 months, 1-5y=
19%, 6-10y =33%, 11-15 =31% 16-19 =10%
 8,467 home visits conducted
Za svako dete: zdravlje, obrazovanje,
jednakost, zaštita
EVALUATION- external
 Quantitative: Statistically significant difference of the
starting and closure risk level at 0,01
Qualitative: perception of families and children on MTs
work (random sample of families/children pulled out from
the CSW data base) indicated the following:
Average number of repeated home visits= 4,8
Satisfaction of MTs work- average grade 4,23 on the
1-5 scale
75% of the respondents prioritised the counselling
services provided by MTs as the most valuable
Za svako dete: zdravlje, obrazovanje,
jednakost, zaštita
EVALUATION- internal
Outreach capacity of social protection services
strengthened
Model of provision of individualized and
comprehensive care and protection is set up
Service delivery and organization of social protection
upgraded
Multidisciplinary approach in child protection
The experience of cooperation between GO and NGO
sectors -advantages of the coordinated joint action of
complementary sectors for enhanced child protection
Za svako dete: zdravlje, obrazovanje,
jednakost, zaštita
CHALLENGES
 Sustainability
 Mainstreaming of good practices
Data collection at national and sub-national
levels
 Accreditation and licensing to enable
pluralism of service providers
 No law on NGOs
Za svako dete: zdravlje, obrazovanje,
jednakost, zaštita