The importance of prevention
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) calls on States to play their role in ensuring the protection and well-being of all children. The UN Guidelines for …
Course: Getting Care Right for All Children: Implementing the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children
Gatekeeping and children’s right to participate
Children’s right to participate in decisions that affect them is central to making effective and appropriate decisions about their care. Effective gatekeeping therefore, is not only important for realising children’s …
What is gatekeeping in children’s care?
In the video above, Florence Martin, Director of the Better Care Network, and Delia Pop, previous Director of Programmes and Global Advocacy for Hope and Homes for Children, discuss the …
Watch Asha and Lan’s Story: ‘Introducing the Family’
Here we are introduced to the fictional scenario running throughout ‘Getting Care Right for All Children: Implementing the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children’. Throughout the next six …
Developing the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children
In this video, international expert Nigel Cantwell is being interviewed by Charles McFarlane. Nigel Cantwell has been working for the human rights of children for over 30 years. His experience comprises …
Why were the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children developed?
Jean Zermatten, a former Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, has written about the situation of children deprived of parental care being of constant and …
The UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children
The UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children is a non-binding international instrument. It is intended to inform the approach to alternative care for children. As it does not …
Introduction to terminology
The UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children In this step we will begin to learn about the terminology and definitions used in the UN Guidelines for the Alternative …
Introducing the “necessity” and “suitability” principles
In this video, we hear again from international expert, Nigel Cantwell. Nigel explains the “necessity” and “suitability” principles. To understand what the “necessity” and “suitability” principles are and why they …
How it works
This may be the first course that you have undertaken on FutureLearn, or perhaps it is the first course you have taken online. Don’t worry: the course is designed to …
Acknowledgements
This course has been made possible thanks to the support of all the international agencies that are members of the Geneva based Working Group on Children Without Parental Care. In …
Welcome
Welcome to ‘Getting Care Right for All Children: Implementing the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children’. This is an international course and we are pleased it is accessible …
Live Stream Event: Review of the content so far
On this course, learners have the opportunity to ask the Lead Educator particular questions through Live Stream Events. These events also allow the Lead Educator to recap over the previous …
Live Stream Event: Review of the course content and ‘Asha and Lan’s Story’
On this course, learners have the opportunity to ask the educators particular questions through Live Stream Events. These events also allow the Lead Educator to recap over the previous week. …
Live Stream Event: Review of the content so far
On this course, learners have the opportunity to ask the Lead Educator particular questions through Live Stream Events. These events also allow the Lead Educator to recap over the previous …
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Getting Care Right for All Children: Implementing the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children
