Description
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A Clear Child Centered Ethos
The ISPCC believes in every child's right to a safe passage through childhood. The idea of child centeredness is at the core of all ISPCC policy and practice. Child centeredness sees the child as the primary client of child care and protection services. It seeks to understand the real needs of children and respond to them in the most appropriate way to ensure children's health, physical, psychological and emotional well being and development. The ISPCC believes that good childcare, which values childhood and acknowledges children's rights as individuals and full citizens, is synonymous with good child protection.
Participation of Children
The ISPCC sees itself as serving and belonging to the children and young people of Ireland. Several developments have occurred during 1995/96 to encourage children's participation in the ISPCC itself and in the wider child care debate. All ISPCC services have implemented viewpoint questionnaires which will allow children using ISPCC services to register their own evaluation of those services. Children's Advisory Committees operate in each region and children and young people attend and make representations to the ISPCC National Executive Committee on a regular basis.
Aims ans Objectives: All ISPCC Policy and Practice
has Five Key Objectives:
- To facilitate better child/parent relationships.
- To facilitate better understanding of children's needs and better nurturing of children.
- To eliminate all violence and abuse in the family or towards children in general.
- To improve attitudes towards children.
- Promoting the rights & citizenship of children in line with the UN Convention on the rights of the child.
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Services
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All volunteer counsellors
should have a firm belief in and commitment to children's rights.
All selected volunteers are invited to participate in 17 session
training course which normally runs over an eight and a half
week period. Formal professional or educational qualifications
are not necessary as full training will be provided.
Volunteers normally work at least one four hour shift per week.
In services which operate on a 24 hour basis, ie. Childline and
Leanbh, a commitment to participate in overnight shifts on a
bi-monthly basis is required, and give a commitment to stay with
the agency for two years.
All Volunteers are required to commit to the principle of fundraising.
Volunteers also have an opportunity to get involved in the Society's
campaigns and events, such as The Family March, National Children's
Forum, Childline Birthday Party, etc. ISPCC commits to providing
ongoing supervision and training for all volunteers and to provide
specialist input at annual events such as the volunteer conference.
All Volunteer Counsellors should be over 18 years of age. |
Contact
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ISPCC Head Office, |
| 20 Molesworth Street, |
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Dublin 2. |
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01 - 679 4944 |
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01 - 679 1746 |
| Email: |
ispcc@ispcc.ie |
| Web: |
www.ispcc.ie |
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Nation-wide Branches
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| Drogheda |
70 Trinity Street, |
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Co. Louth |
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| Cork |
12 Mary Street |
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| Limerick |
115 O'Connell Street |
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| Galway |
Unit 21, |
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Town Park Centre, |
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Tuam Road |
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| Wexford |
40 Abbey Street |
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