Course: Caring for Children Moving Alone: Protecting Unaccompanied and Separated Children

Last week we heard Aden’s father telling him to continue his journey even though Aden felt settled and happy in his alternative care placement. Now that you have watched this …

In this video we see examples of two small group homes in Mexico, Casa Alianza and Casa Colibrí. Those who live in these two homes arrived in Mexico as unaccompanied …

Family-like care, as described in the handbook Moving Forward: Implementing the ‘Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children’, is care in a residential setting that should ‘resemble a family-like environment …

Over the last few course steps we learnt about foster care in refugee camps in Ethiopia. In this video we have the opportunity to look at foster care in another …

In course step 4.13 we thought about some of the factors we should consider when carefully developing foster care for unaccompanied and separated children and other children on the move, …

In this video you will see an example of a foster care programme that has been developed in the context of refugee camps in the district of Shire in Northern …

Foster care is described in the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children as a form of family-based care. It is an alternative care placement: ‘where children are placed …

The ‘suitability’ principle also requires a number of different conditions to be met by the organisations providing alternative care. These include: Organisations that organise and provide alternative care should have …

All children have a right to the best possible alternative care placement we can provide. While acknowledging this can be a challenge in many circumstances, the requirements we are about …

It is recognised that, in many circumstances, unaccompanied and separated children are being accommodated in large unsuitable residential settings. During the development of this course, practitioners told us of the …

In this video we hear from Rosalinda Castaldo who is a founding member of a non-governmental organisation called MetaCometa Onlus. MetaCometa is an Association that runs a foster care programme …

What are some of the concerns regarding children in institutions that has meant an international call on governments to phase out their use? In this video, Nigel is interviewed by …

In this video we hear from Nigel Cantwell. Nigel has been working for the human rights of children for over 30 years. His experience comprises both the development of international …

What makes a care setting unsuitable? An unsuitable alternative care setting is one that does not promote a child’s best interest or full and harmonious development. It is a setting …

The UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children tell us that alternative care arrangements are either formal or informal, and provide the following definitions: Informal care is described as: …