Competent Child Protection Worker: Enhancing Child’s Right for the Participation in Child Protection Assessment (COMPENCA)

About this project

<p>This project will promote future and current child protection workers’ access to knowledge, and the continued effort to professionalise the workforce and their duty to enforce the rights of the child. Studies indicate that assessment practices in Estonia and Norway are done for the child rather than with the child, which is in breach of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Art. 12.2, which stipulates that children are legally entitled to be heard during child protection casework. In order to increase competence and support the professional growth, an e-book will be published and short-term courses held for the educators to address best practices and methods to effectively engage children in the participation process. Therefore, the main objective of the book is to explain and discuss children’s right to express themselves during decision-making and assessment process in child protection services. The aim of the book is to be instructive to the workforce, ensuring a deeper impact on the field of practice, and consequently how children and their families are treated by the services.</p>

Bilateral cooperation results

In terms of collaboration of project partners, the collaboration has evolved further to several joint activities.

Project partners

• Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research – Oslo Metropolitan University Donor project partner· Norway