SOPs child protection judiciary and no judiciary measures
Ecole Libanaise de Formation Sociale
Highlights
With the support and funding of the UNICEF and in collaboration with the Higher Council for Childhood - Ministry of Social Affairs, the Lebanese School for Social Work at Saint Joseph University (Université Saint-Joseph) conducted in 2011 a study entitled "Strengthening Child Protection System in Lebanon: Challenges and Opportunities” which led to several findings and recommendations that formed an entry for a new project aimed at a complete enhancement of the protection system in Lebanon on the basis of Law 422/2002 on the Protection of Juveniles.
Based on the foregoing, UNICEF and the Ministry of Social Affairs completed their partnership and support for the second project intended to issue SOPs in the field of protection of juveniles in Lebanon.
These standard procedures are established for all interveners in the field of protection in order to strengthen their work at both the administrative and clinical levels. These procedures also seek to change social centers (public and private) into centers ready to assess the needs of juveniles at risk (high or low) and their families and provide them with appropriate protection / support services.
Standard operating procedures (SOPs) constitute a set of instructions that describe the steps to be followed by all interveners in the protection of juveniles in Lebanon, as well as activities to be carried out. The implementation of these SOPs is an integral part of the system of the protection of juveniles in compliance with Law 422/2002. The methodology of work that is in line with legal, administrative, technical and ethical requirements of the Lebanese system should be detailed. These procedures also help Ministries involved in the protection of juveniles to maintain their monitoring of compliance with rules, accuracy in the analysis, guidance, decision-making and quality steps / services.
