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Children's Rights: Promoting and Implementing Rights in Residential Care
Mon, 14/07/2008 - 11:51am — SIRCC Admin
Course Aim:
To enable participants to understand the development, context and application of children's rights
Course Objectives:
Appreciate the historical development of children's rights
Place children's rights into a context of personal values, rights and power
Understand the need for an explicit statement of children's rights
Explore skills needed to promote children's rights in a proactive way
Understand the legislative background to children's rights
SVQ Underpinning Knowledge:
The course will provide evidence for all of the mandatory units of the SVQ
Higher National Certificate:
This course provides an introduction to concepts explored in the unit Social Care Theory for Practice.
Target Group:
This course will be useful for all residential child care staff, from basic grade practitioners to Unit Managers
Course Length:
3 days
Category:
Specific Interventions