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Children First National Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children

The revised edition of ‘Children First National Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children’ is available to download from

http://www.omc.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=1220

Welcome

The Child Protection Programme (formerly known as the Child Protection Unit) was established in late 2004 as part of the implementation of the National Youth Work Development Plan

 
The Child Protection Programme works primarily with youth work organisations and with others in assessing and addressing the child protection needs of the youth work sector.
 
 
Coming Soon
  • The revised edition of the Code of Good Practice, Child Protection for the Youth Work Sector,The Department of Education and Science, 2003. The purpose of this document is to give direction and guidance to the youth work organisations in addressing child protection and safeguarding children and young people.
     
  • Designated Person training for the youth work sector.
  • The purpose of this training to equip Designated Persons within youth organisation’s to carry out their roles and responsibilities.this will be available before the end of 2009.

Child Protection Awareness Programme

Child Protection Resource Pack Launch Photo

In 2008, NYCI launched a new child protection awareness programme, which will assist youth work leaders who work with young people. The programme is available in four languages.

Presentation slides from the programme:
 

English

Irish

Polish

French

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