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Barnardos Glór na nÓg Monitoring and Evaluation Report: Key Findings
Get PDFEvaluation reportThe report provides details of the monitoring and evaluation of the Barnardos Glór na nÓg project. This pilot study was intended to inform the basis of an internal policy document on child advocacy within Barnardos as well as allowing the organisation to begin a process of embedding children and young people’s voices in this work
Better Finglas Interagency Evaluation Report
Get PDFEvaluation reportFinglas was chosen as one of thirteen sites in Ireland for the Area Based Childhood (ABC) Programme, a three-year initiative funded by the Irish Government and Atlantic Philanthropies, and managed by the Centre for Effective Services and Pobal. The Better Finglas Programme emerged from a collaboration of local agencies, including Barnardos (the lead agency), the Health Service Executive, Dublin City Council, schools, and community groups. Its vision is to create a community where services work together with families to improve the developmental, health, and educational outcomes of young children. Key objectives include increasing access to evidence-based programmes for children from pre-birth to eight years, enhancing parenting skills, improving children’s developmental and literacy outcomes, and strengthening service provider capacity. Better Finglas operates through five main strands: Pregnancy and New Parents, Parenting, Early Years, Literacy, and Interagency collaboration, aiming to deliver coordinated, high-quality support for children and families in the area
Children First, Child Protection Training
No full textFlyerChildren First 2017 states clearly that child protection is everyone’s responsibility. This training is suitable for anyone working directly with children and young people. This aim of this training is to equip participants with the skills and knowledge that are necessary to deal with child protection issues in line with Children First 2017 guidelines, Children First Act 2015 and the Child Care Act 1991
Early Years eNews: Issue 5
No full textNewsletterIn this final issue of Early Year eNews this year we bring you the welcomed news of the launch of First 5, A Whole-of-Government Strategy for Babies, Young Children and their Families. This first ever cross-Departmental strategy is a 10-year plan to support babies, young children and their families. It recognises the importance of a child’s development in their early years and how crucial the role of play, supporting parents and providing timely healthcare and quality early learning care environments are
Barnardos Updated Infographic on Waiting Lists
No full textInfographicUpdated statistics relevant to waiting lists for Speech and Language, Mental Health Services, and Disability Assessment with regional breakdowns
Parenting Survey March 2018
Get PDFReportBarnardos conducted a short online survey about the joys and challenges of parenting in modern Ireland. There were over 1,500 responses to this survey. Below is a summary of the main findings
ChildLinks Issue 2: Diverse Families
No full textBarnardos journal ChildLinksThe introduction of the Child and Family Relationships Act in 2015 represented a transformation in the legal recognition of families in Ireland. The Act modernised family law in a way that is inclusive of and sensitive to the reality of contemporary family life in Ireland and meets the needs of children living in diverse family types. It put children at the heart of family law, extending parental rights and responsibilities to non-traditional families, thereby providing legal clarity around various family types and addressing discrimination faced by children in non-marital families. This issue of ChildLinks looks at this diversity in family types in modern Ireland. In the first article, Jane Gray, Department of Sociology and Social Sciences Institute, Maynooth University looks at the long-term patterns of change in Irish families, including decreasing fertility rates, a rise in cohabiting couples, the ‘de-institutionalisation’ of marriage and an increase in the interest in extended family relationships and practices beyond the household. Karen Kiernan then gives an overview of the organisation One Family who work with women and men who are parenting completely alone, those who are working to share parenting of their children, those who are going through the long and complex journey of separation, family members of all those including grandparents, new partners and step-parents as well as with children from birth to adulthood. In the third article, Caitríona Nic Mhuiris shares her experience as a kinship carer and considers the benefits and challenges of this important role of caring for children who cannot be looked after by their birth parents because of death, parental separation, substance abuse, domestic violence, imprisonment, illness, and abandonment. She includes information on the plans for Kinship Care Ireland, a development involving those with an interest in parenting and family support to raise awareness of kinship care within the health, education and social care systems, and to develop comprehensive supports for kinship care into the future. Following this is an overview of The Irish Foster Care Association (IFCA), the child-centred and rights-based representative body for foster care in Ireland. IFCA promotes excellence in foster care for all those involved and works to influence policy, legislation and opinion through advocacy work. Finally, Paula Fagan of LGBT Ireland sets out the current situation in relation to legal rights and protections for same sex parents, and those planning parenthood, and highlights the main difficulties facing LGBT-headed families as a result
Translating Evidence to Practice: Parental Separation
No full textFactsheetParental separation is a difficult time for families, and can result in more than just a relationship breakdown, it can also mean separation from siblings, grandparents and supports for the child. A wealth of research shows that this can be a challenging life experience for children, and can put them at risk of a range of short and long-term negative developmental and psychosocial outcomes if they are not supported
Child Protection Training for Designated Liaison Persons
Get PDFFlyerChildren First 2017 promotes that organisations and clubs have a Designated Liaison Person in place who is responsible for overseeing child protection and welfare concerns. This training will equip you with the knowledge and skills required to effectively perform the role of Designated Liaison Person. Guidance will be provided to help you work through the elements of the Designated Liaison Person role, including supporting staff, managing anxieties and ensuring child protection and welfare referrals are made to the relevant statutory services
Children's Budget 2019
Get PDFPaperWhen a child is lost, the world takes notice. Search parties are formed. Front-page stories are printed. Airports are closed. We are captivated by the terror. And we will all work hard to find that child because we know it’s important. However, 1 in 7 children in Ireland are already lost.1 We lose children every day to homelessness, to poverty, to neglect, to poor policy making, to waiting lists, to our unjust society which disregards children’s needs. These children are lost through no fault of their own and it is entirely preventable. No child’s access to food, warmth, health care or education should be determined by how much money their parents have or where they live. We all have a responsibility to tackle these injustices; but it is Government’s responsibility to remove any barrier preventing children reaching their potential. Yet too often children are forgotten about in policy decisions. It has been ten years since the global financial crash which engulfed Ireland, plunging the country into the worst financial crisis in the history of the State. Ten years on and we are told the ‘green shoots’ of recovery have developed into a stronger than predicted economic growth.2 By adopting austerity policies the State may have ensured Ireland’s economy would be resurrected within the decade but it also guaranteed those hit hardest by the recession are those who are most vulnerable. Child poverty has risen exponentially during this time from 6.3 per cent of children in 2008 to 11.1 per cent of children in 2016. 3 In real terms the number of children who are living in consistent poverty has more than doubled during the last decade, with 73,679 more children in poverty in 2016 than in 2008.4 For a decade these children have been forgotten about, collateral damage of a financial crisis created before they were even born. For many of the children growing up in the last decade it is too late to make up the years they have lost to poverty, neglect and injustice. Budget 2019 can prevent more children being lost