Although the family is the best place to ensure the positive development of children, it is recognised that there may be some cases in which the care of minors must be entrusted to out-of-family care settings. Care leavers are therefore all those young people coming out of heterofamily care, regardless...
When a child lives in a highly neglectful family, the state has a duty to remove him/her from the family, place him/her in an alternative care system that ensures the maintenance, emotional relationships and care that he/she needs, and in the meantime support the family of origin in order to...
In November, SOS Villaggi dei Bambini carried out the first phase of the training for foster care professionals "Preparing for Autonomy" in the two cities of Florence and Prato, whose municipalities are partners in the CarING project. The training was attended by a total of 34 operators, including social workers...
The opening conference of the project CarINg took place on 23 November at the Palagio di Parte Guelfa in Florence. The meeting, coordinated by Caterina Arciprete (ARCO - PIN), was attended by more than 40 people including operators, educators and social workers. The meeting was an opportunity to let the...
Throughout all the phases, CarINg project promotes capacity building adopting a participatory approach, engaging key beneficiaries (including children) and supporting the exchange of good practices and methodologies. The Good Practices Resource Guide is a training tool designed to help alterantive care practitioners, policy makers and service managers to improve the...
In the municiaplities of Florence and Prato, social workers are challenged with increasingly complex situations when it come to alternative care programs. They are more and more in need to address prevention of institutionalization, setting-up of alternative care programs and supporting early care leavers. The need for innovative tools to...
