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International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 2(6), pp. 256 - 263
DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2014.020609
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Locating Spaces for Standards and Competencies in Care: Evaluating Child Care and Protection Services
Anita Rego 1,*, Neela Dabir 2, Kamini Kapadia 3
1 Pearls for Development
2 Tata Institute of Social Sciences
3 Consultant on Child Rights
ABSTRACT
In most evaluations of projects, including programs for child care and protection, the focus is most likely to be on assessing the organisation's outputs as proposed by the donor rather than on what it means to the child. This undermines the very purpose of making a significant difference to the children, the recipients of the program, due to misplaced priorities. A standards and competencies in care framework were used to assess the impact the program had on children in nine child care and protection homes in three cities. The evaluation used a qualitative inquiry that appreciated the strengths and the shortcomings from the prism of the child. Participatory processes that had a strong grounding on elucidating the strengths and competencies through the eyes of the service provider and the children were used. The evaluation findings explored spaces, and provided suggestions, for improvising child care and protection across the chain of homes in existence and those planned to be set in the future. Having carried out the evaluation within the early years of the establishment of the services, the findings provided the impetus for the organisation to revisit their strategies.
KEYWORDS
Child Protection, Standards, Evaluation
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Anita Rego , Neela Dabir , Kamini Kapadia , "Locating Spaces for Standards and Competencies in Care: Evaluating Child Care and Protection Services," International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 256 - 263, 2014. DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2014.020609.
(b). APA Format:
Anita Rego , Neela Dabir , Kamini Kapadia (2014). Locating Spaces for Standards and Competencies in Care: Evaluating Child Care and Protection Services. International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION), 2(6), 256 - 263. DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2014.020609.