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> Making social work work
This paper makes the case that approaches to social work commonly used in western settings should not be automatically transported to other contexts, and puts forward other approaches for consideration.
> EveryChild’s approach to children without parental care
'Every child deserves a family’ outlines EveryChild’s unique approach to children living without their parents. We define what we mean by children living without parental care and identify the different categories of children living in these challenging situations. We examine the complex reasons for a loss of parental care, and the impact of living without parents on children’s rights.
> Alternative care choices
Making positive choices about the care of children without parental care means families, children and social workers being able to make decisions between a range of high quality care options.
> HIV and children’s care
Our report, Positively Caring, examines the impact of HIV on the number of children living without parental care and the alternative care options open to children affected by HIV. Our findings suggest that, while children affected by HIV should have the same care options open to them as other children, often this is not the case.
> Child protection and the MDGs
Over a decade since the inception of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the poorest and most vulnerable are still unable to gain their basic rights to survival and education. Without a change in approach, many MDG targets will not be met by 2015.
> Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children
In November 2009, the UN General Assembly formally welcomed the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children. These important Guidelines aim to support work to strengthen families, and to ensure appropriate care for children outside of parental care. EveryChild promotes the guidelines in all of our work.
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