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Objectives
- Ensure that children leaving care have access to adequate trauma-informed aftercare support.
- Increase the capacity of professionals in child protection systems to support traumatised children.
- Develop a sustainable mechanism for providing integrated psycho-social support services based on trauma-informed interventions.
Activities
- Identification of transferable working methods in integrated trauma-informed child protection systems.
- Development of a training programme for professionals working with traumatised children.
- Pilot testing of the programme, delivery of train the trainer and training seminars.
- Establishment of the CarePath integrated service provision mechanism for cases of traumatised children leaving care.
Expected results
- Better trauma – informed support of children in preparing to leave care.
- Improved child protection systems in partners’ countries, providing one-stop trauma-informed interventions.
- Better skilled professionals, developing individualised plans guided by trauma healing.
Type and number of persons benefiting from the project
- 200 staff members of public authorities responsible for the protection of child’s rights.
- 400 Professionals (psychotherapists, arts therapists, social workers, psychologists, healthcare, teachers).
- 80 Children in alternative care & care leavers.
- 140 staff members of training providers in psychotherapy, psychology, social work, education, healthcare.
Type and number of deliverables to be produced
- Transferable good practices and policy recommendations.
- 8 Field visits to involve adolescents in care and care leavers.
- Massive Open Online Course for professionals.
- CarePath toolkit and an integrated service provision mechanism.
- 4 training pilots, 4 train the trainer seminars and 60h online delivery of training with at least 600 participants in total.
- Roadmap for public authorities to integrate project results in child protection systems.
- 5 infodays, 4 roundtables and 1 EU conference with at least 740 participants in total.