1. Strengthening Child Protection Systems in Viet Nam
Le Hong Loan, Chief of Child Protection, UNICEF Viet Nam

2. Child Protection Challenges
No comprehensive child protection legal framework
No clear definitions on child neglect, abuse, and exploitation
Lack of clarity on role government agencies and civil society
Lack of procedures and standards on prevention and interventions
Low priority in public expenditure
Limited structure and capacity
Lack of linkages between Justice and Social Welfare in legal framework and programming
Lack of data and monitoring system, including national data on violence against children, child trafficking…

3. Behavior Change Communications
PROGRAMME STRATEGY
Child Protection Framework
(Legislation, policies, research)
Child Protection Structure
(designated/specialized teams of social workers,
police, judges, juvenile court..)
Child Protection Services
Child
Protection
Services
Out-of-
Home Care
Child Friendly
Justice Services
Behavior Change Communications

4. Progress Achieved
Legislation, strategies and policies on Social Welfare and Justice
Strengthened Social Welfare System
Good progress toward professionalization of social work profession
Improved capacity of social welfare staff
Community-based child protection structures – move away from issue/category-based response
Improved family support and shared care
Integration of child protection issues into social assistance/cash transfer and other social protection policies
Development of respite care
Improved alternative care
Reforming adoption system
Development of foster care
Reforming of institutional care
Improved rehabilitation services for children victims of trafficking, CSEC, abuse, street children, and children affected by HIV/AIDS
Improving protection services for children with disabilities and Mental Health

5. Community based child protection system (CBCPS)
Provide prevention (primary and secondary) and child protection services (tertiary) for children in community
Mobilize resources from the government, informal sector and the community
Coordinate the effort of local authorities, relevant agencies, mass organizations, social organizations, NGOs, community and families in child protection

6. Objectives of CBCPS
Support families and communities to undertake the care and protection of children
Stop risks of harm occur to children
Rehabilitate children victims of harm
Support and rehabilitate families and communities where harm towards children has occurred.

7. Child Protection Service Structure at District Level
District Child Protection Committee
DOLISA
Court
Procuracy
Alternative care
Emergency center
Hospital
Inter-agency
working group
NGOs
Police
Justice
Social Work Service Centre
Child Protection Officer
CASE MANAGEMENT MODEL
Local level (Tambon):
Case managers within family support services (under development New Family Development Centres)
Monitoring/surveillance system
Primary and secondary prevention
Provision of basic services to children and families and case management for abuse cases
Linking to the provincial response system
Provincial level
Integrated response services organized in a SYSTEM (not disconnected networks) with relative functioning mechanisms
Increased capacity of CP Committees to develop policies and monitor the functioning of the system
CASE MANAGER WITH FINAL RESPONSIBILITY TO FOLLOW THE CASE FROM IDENTIFICATION TO DISENGAGMENT
Volunteers
Teacher
Health care worker

8. Social work service centre
Cac nội dung hoạt động của trung tâm
xử lý và giải quyêt trợ cấp cho nhưng gia đình nghèo
giải quyết các vân đề liên quan đến lao động
qiải quyết trợ cấp thât nghiệp, dậy nghề và việc làm cho người thất nghiệp
giải quyết các vấn đề về bảo hiểm xã hội
giám định và tư vấn cho người khuyết tật
Ngoài ra trung tâm còn là:
trung tâm hỗ trợ xã hội của địa phương
trung tâm điều phối của mạng lưới các tổ chức NGOs
trung tâm nguồn lực cộng đồng
la nơi sinh hoạt của người cao tuổi và trẻ em
trung tâm đào tạo thực hành của trường đại học về CTXH
các trung tâm đào tạo về tìm kiếm việc làm, trung tam đào tạo và xúc tiến việc làm cho thanh niên, trung tâm tư vấn pháp luật, trung tâm hỗ trợ xã hội, trung tâm hỗ trợ tâm lý do các NGOs quản lý

9. Achievement of CBCPS in Viet Nam
Community-based child protection system has been implemented in 40/63 provinces
20 social work service centres are in operation. 16 of them are delivering child protection services

10. Recommendations
An operational guideline on child protection service delivery for social work service centres in the country
Enhancement of child protection capacity for workers in social work service centres
Increase of inter-sectoral cooperation for referral of child protection cases
A national data base on child protection in the country

11. Thank you for your attention!