Project Two: Children at Risk (Children in Need of Special Protection)
Project Objectives:
- Ensure that 50% of institutionalised children are re-integrated into a family environment, and that 25% of children in conflict with the law are treated in accordance with international human rights standards.
- Ensure that by 2007, 20% of children and women in the three governorates have access to proper standard case management (SCM practices), to deal with abuse and violence.
- Ensure that by 2007, 75% of children in one community in each of the three governorates have access to proper community based diagnostic, counselling and rehabilitation services for disabilities, in accordance with SCM practices.
- Ensure that 50% of institutionalised children are re-integrated into a family environment, and that 25% of children in conflict with the law are treated in accordance with international human rights standards.
Major Strategies:
- UNICEF strategies in this project will focus on children deprived of parental care, which is an area of child protection not receiving required attention. This strategic positioning is made since child abuse at the direct implementation level is covered by the National Child Safety Project supported by the British Council and since child labour will be addressed by the Ministry of Labour supported by ILO.
- Capacity analysis of the various partners to identify gaps in service delivery.
- Linkages with other UNICEF-assisted projects to ensure the convergence of services in the areas supported by the community development project.
- Policy dialogue for the development of administrative, technical guidelines, and codes of conduct for children’s institutions
- Advocacy for legislative changes through partnerships with the media and prominent decision- makers.
- Mainstreaming juvenile justice issues in the curricula of the Institute of Judiciary.
Major Activities:
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Capacity building of the Ministry of Social Development staff, law enforcement staff, judiciary and NGO professionals.
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Development of special regulations related to foster care.
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Training of trainers at the Judiciary Institutions.
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Communication campaigns on issues related to children deprived of parental care.
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Training of MOSD staff, behaviour monitors, investigation officers, juvenile judges, Ministry of Labour staff, Ministry of Health staff, mental health and health professionals, NGO professionals.
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Development of guidelines on the care of children deprived of parental care.
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Provision of legal aid services to children in conflict with the law.
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Selected service delivery (computers, books and skills development material) to institutions working with children at risk.
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Training of doctors and other health professional on the detection and counselling of child abuse cases.
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Capacity building in areas related to violence against women and children.
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Development of protocols for dealing with abuse cases.
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Selected supplies related to forensic medicine to be provided to the Family Protection Directorate/ Department of Public Security.
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Capacity building of community workers on community-based rehabilitation.
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Support to counselling of caregivers of disabled children.
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Selected service delivery in support of community based-rehabilitation.
Major Partners:
- Ministries of Social Development, Health, Education, Awqaf and Religious Affairs
- Legislative Bureau
- National Centre for Human Rights
- Family Protection Department of the Directorate of Public Security
- Media
- Jordan River Foundation
- Mizan Law Group
- Jordanian Women’s Union
- British Council
- International Labour Organisation (ILO)
- National Council for Family Affairs
Indicators for verification of achievement:
- Number of institutions with established information systems.
- Number of indicators developed.
- Existence of data on various protection fields.
- Percentage of public awareness of six specific protection issues.
- New legislation adopted.
- Existence of guidelines.
