Faith Based Child Intervention

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Recommended: Overview of child protection

Within the current child and family welfare system, the role of DSW has transformed from response and rescue to prevention and early intervention. This shift in perspective means that social practitioners, within this area of practice, will take on new roles. Social workers whose relationship with families in the old child protection system used to be adversarial will now work closely with families and communities to assist them find solutions to child welfare problems and improve the wellbeing of children. Social work within the new system takes on a developmental approach, where practitioners work with families and communities to enhance their capacity to care for children and prevent the occurrence of violence, abuse and exploitation.

Social work practitioners will provide early intervention mechanisms through existing and newly created social protection programs. They will carry out …show more content…

Through these groups, social workers will share information and resources to parents on best practices to build their capacities. They will train traditional authorities on violence against children so that they are empowered to address such issues within their communities. Additionally, faith based organisation and child protection teams will be involved actively in children protection through interventions that include awareness creation and capacity building.

Using UNICEF's communication for development (C4D) strategies, social workers will create platforms where adults and children within different communities can engage in discussions to identify community values, norms and beliefs that create child protection problems and find solutions to them. Behavioural change on cultural practices and other activities that harm children will be promoted through drama, poetry and other forms of theatre that will be incorporated and showcased in drama series on television and radio

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