Child Protection Officers Research Articles

The Effect of Training Programs on Capacity Building of Posyandu Cadres Through Managerial Competence in the Women's Empowerment, Child Protection Office and the People of Binjai City

The purpose of this study is to find out and analyze the effect of Training on Knowledge mediated by Managerial Competence in Posyandu Cadres of Employees of the Women's Empowerment, Child Protection and Community Service (DP3AM) of Binjai City. This research was carried out at the Women's Empowerment, Child Protection and Community Protection Office (DP3AM) of Binjai City. The type of research is quantitative associative. The sample in this study was 172 Posyandu Cadres of the Women's Empowerment, Child and Community Protection Office (DP3AM) of Binjai City. The sampling technique in this study uses a random sampling technique from the entire population of 1205 people. The results of the study show that Training has a significant influence on Knowledge as shown by the T-Statistic value of 24,882 > 1.96 and the P Value of 0.000 < 0.05. In the effect of Training on Managerial Competence, data on T-Statistical values were obtained from 4,948 > 1.96 and P-Value values of 0.000 < 0.05 or there was an influence of Training on Managerial Competence. Managerial Competence has a significant effect on Knowledge with a T-Statistic value of 3,039 > 1.96 with a P-Value of 0.000 < 0.05. In the indirect influence, the results show that Managerial Competence has a role as an intervening variable in explaining the relationship between Training and Knowledge of Posyandu Cadres. This shows that improvements in training can improve Managerial Competence, which ultimately contributes to increasing the Knowledge of Posyandu Cadres of the Women's Empowerment, Child and Community Protection Office (DP3AM) of Binjai City.

The Influence of Democratic Leadership on Employee Performance With Psychological Empowerment as a Mediation Variable in the Women's Empowerment Office, the Protection of Children and Community (Dp3am) Binjai City

The purpose of this study is to find out and analyze the influence of Democratic Leadership on Employee Performance mediated by Psychological Empowerment in Employees of the Women's Empowerment, Child Protection and Community Service (DP3AM) of Binjai City. This research was carried out at the Women's Empowerment, Child Protection and Community Protection Office (DP3AM) of Binjai City. The type of research is quantitative associative. The sample in this study is 61 employees of the Women's Empowerment, Child Protection and Community Service (DP3AM) of Binjai City. The sampling technique in this study uses a saturated sample so that the entire population will be a sample of 61 people. The results of the study show that Democratic Leadership has a significant influence on Employee Performance as shown by a T-Statistic value of 9,023 > 1.96 and a P Value of 0.001 < 0.05. In the influence of Democratic Leadership on Psychological Empowerment, data obtained T-Statistical values were obtained from 10,966 > 1.96 and P-Value values of 0.000 < 0.05 or no influence of Democratic Leadership on Psychological Empowerment. Psychological Empowerment has a significant effect on Employee Performance with a T-Statistic value of 16,939 > 1.96 with a P-Value of 0.000 < 0.05. In the indirect influence, the results show that Psychological Empowerment also has a role as an intervening variable that will explain the relationship between Democratic Leadership and the Performance of Employees of the Women's Empowerment, Child and Community Protection Office (DP3AM) of Binjai City. This shows that improvements in Democratic Leadership will be able to increase Psychological Empowerment, which in turn can also contribute to improving the Performance of Employees of the Women's Empowerment, Child and Community Protection Office (DP3AM) of Binjai City.

The Complex Role of Child Protection Officers in Arab Society in Israel: Focus on Power, State Connections and Absence of Indigenous Knowledge

Abstract The Arab population in Israel is an ethnic, national, Indigenous minority experiencing discrimination and inequality, especially in education, health and welfare. This population’s constant societal change is coupled with social problems such as violence, crime, unemployment and poverty. These characteristics pose many challenges to social workers, particularly those empowered by the Youth Law (Care and Supervision), 1960, known as child protection officers (CPOs). Besides the usual challenges CPOs face, additional challenges stem from the Arab population’s being a traditional, collective society with a mistaken view of the CPO’s role and also from the state’s discriminatory policy. This exploratory qualitative study, using semi-structured interviews, of thirty Arab CPOs in Israel revealed challenges related to the role and to CPOs’ representation in the Arab population, namely, as having power backed by the law and being closely linked to the national establishment and institutions. Additional challenges include the lack of community-based treatment facilities, the absence of Indigenous knowledge in training and treatment and the lack of a mechanism to protect Arab CPOs from burnout and dropout. The findings are relevant to societies with minority populations.

Penggunaan Video Animasi Sebagai Sarana Edukasi Bagi Anak Di Dinas Keluarga Berencana, Pemberdayaan Perempuan Dan Perlindungan Anak

Education is a conscious and planned effort to develop the potential of students to have spiritual strength, self-control, personality, intelligence, noble character, and necessary skills. Educational technology, especially multimedia such as animated videos, has great potential in improving the effectiveness of learning. However, in Central Aceh, the use of animated videos as a means of education in socialization activities is still limited. This research limits the focus to the use of animated videos as a means of education for children in the Family Planning, Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Office in Central Aceh. The problem formulation includes questions about the feasibility of using animated videos as a learning medium and their effectiveness in socialization activities in villages. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using animated videos as a learning medium and measure their effectiveness in socialization activities in Central Aceh villages. The results of the study are expected to provide new insights on the use of animated videos in the context of education in Central Aceh, as well as provide recommendations for the Family Planning, Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Office to improve the quality of socialization through innovative learning media.

The Role of the Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Office in Handling Violence Against Women in Mamuju Regency

The Role of the Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Office in Handling Violence Against Women in Mamuju Regency

Building police capability in child protection in Kenya

BackgroundExisting literature illustrates a high prevalence of child protection issues throughout Kenya. This is adjoined by additional research detailing issues of corruption, cultural rationalization and the potential lack of capability to deal with the problem in existing law enforcement practices.There is no specific research that investigates the establishment or operational function of a child protection department within law enforcement in Kenya. ObjectiveThis study aims to directly address this research gap by exploring the establishment of an overseas initiative to support the development of a child protection function in the National Police Service of Kenya and to analyse the conditions in developing the project. Participants, setting and methodsThe study, which took place in Kenya, consists of n = 15 face to face interviews, comprising of n = 10 Kenyan Police Child Protection Officers, and n = 5 National Crime Agency (NCA) officers who contributed to the development of the unit. The semi-structured interviews were based upon existing literature from developing overseas support and child protection in Kenya. ConclusionThe results evidenced the need to focus in three key areas when building child protection capability overseas to create a successful function; the requirement to tailor context specific understanding of the culture and operating environment, the need to understand the current and potential capabilities within this context, and the importance of obtaining leadership and governance support from appropriate stakeholders both internally and externally. These themes begin to develop a base for the development of international practice for the establishment of overseas child protection policing functions.

Implementation of the Assistance Programme for Child Victims of Sexual Violence at the Minahasa Regency Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Office

The purpose of this study is to find out how the implementation of the mentoring program from the Office of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection in Minahasa Regency in accompanying Child victims of Sexual Violence. The research method used is qualitative research and data collection techniques in this study are observation and interviews where the number of informants and informants is 8 people. Based on the results of research and findings in the field, it can be concluded that the Child Assistance Program for Victims of Sexual Violence at the Minahasa Regency Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Office has not been fully implemented because the implementing policy is more focused on the mentoring process without touching the prevention process, so parents do not know what is happening. This must be done when there is sexual violence and there is still a lack of socialization from relevant agencies regarding sexual violence against children to the community

Digital Leadership at the Minahasa Regency Woman’s Empowerment and Child Protection Office

The purpose of this examine is to discover and describe how digital leadership is within the ladies's Empowerment and infant protection workplace of Minahasa Regency. This research is a descriptive studies with a qualitative method. records series strategies thru observation, interviews, and documentation. The data evaluation techniques used are information reduction, facts presentation, and verification. The results of the study show that leaders at the Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Service have fairly good knowledge in the field of digital technology, are able to utilize digital technology in carrying out their duties and responsibilities as leaders, but are not optimal. Because there are still various obstacles or problems, including the inadequate availability of computer equipment, network problems, but also the existing human resources/employees are not all fluent in utilizing digital technology.

Evaluasi Program Pemerintah Tentang Layak Anak di Kota Surabaya

This study aims to analyze the implementation of the government's child-friendly program in the city of Surabaya in making Child-Friendly Districts (KLA), supporting factors and inhibiting factors faced by the Surabaya City Government and the impact of the Government's program on child-friendly. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. The location of this research is at the Population Control, Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Office (DP5A) of Surabaya City and Three (3) sub-district areas that are pillars of the project (Genteng Sub-district Office, Wonocolo Sub-district, Benowo Sub-district), with the research subject being the Head of DP5A Surabaya City, Head of the People's Welfare and Economic Section in each sub-district area. The focus of this research is the Implementation of the Government's Child Friendly Program, the supporting and inhibiting factors faced by the Surabaya City Government and the impact of the Government's Child Friendly program. Sources of information were determined using purposive sampling techniques, data collection techniques through observation, interviews and documentation and data analysis techniques with data collection, data condensation, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The results showed that: (1) Implementation of the Government Program on Child Friendly in Surabaya City. (2) The influencing factors are in accordance with the objectives of the activities that have been set. (3) The impact is that the cooperation that is established is quite effective, problem solving is fast, precise and straightforward, the achievement of activity results is enough to help the government in solving cases of child problems.

Restricted Self-Transition: A Journey of Divorcees Through Lasting Marital Dissolution in Eastern European Society.

Although most empirical research has focused on divorcing individuals' experiences before or after marriage dissolution, how people understand and evaluate themselves during their lasting divorce processes has been largely understudied. We aimed to close this gap by learning how individuals regard their longer-lasting divorce process and how those experiences could relate to changes of self. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews and then analyzed by applying a grounded theory approach. Twenty-one research participants residing in Lithuania who were 6 months or more into their divorce processes (not living together or in a litigation process) participated in the study. By allowing participants to reflect on their ongoing divorce, data indicated three main categories illuminating the changes in self: temporal self-disruption, restricted self-transition, and transition-supporting strategies. These interconnected categories point toward complex paths of the divorcees from experienced losses toward a more stable and clear yet not finalized self-redefinition. Individuals' increased vulnerability, especially during the first years of the divorce, requires particular attention from child protection officers, lawyers, mediators, and other involved professionals. Unfortunately, support is often unavailable or refuted due to the perceived low effectiveness and lack of professionalism.

Implementation of Policies To Eliminate Violence in Households in The Women's Empowerment Office and Child Protection of Hammer City

The Indonesian government has passed the Law on the Elimination of Domestic Violence (PKDRT Law) to provide comprehensive protection, including guarantees of legal protection and victim recovery. Domestic violence is stated in article 1 point 1 of Law Number. 23 of 2004 concerning the elimination of domestic violence. means any action against a person, especially women, which results in physical, sexual, psychological, and or domestic neglect, including threats to commit acts, coercion, or unlawful deprivation of independence within the scope of the household. Domestic violence can occur to husbands, wives, and children as well as those within the scope of the household. There are two main underlying causes of domestic violence. Firstly, economic factors. The economic factor in question is the lack of established economic conditions in the household so that the many demands that arise in the household are unable to be fulfilled. This condition is what then triggers conflict and even acts of domestic violence. Secondly, a patriarchal culture which embraces the meaning of a social system that places men as the main power holders and dominates in the role of political leadership, moral authority, social rights, and control of property. A patriarchal culture that sees paternal lineage indirectly gives birth to the idea that women have a lower position than men (subordinate). Which ultimately involves many women becoming victims of domestic violence. The objectives of this research are: To find out the implementation of the Domestic Violence Policy at the Palu City Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Office. The research design uses descriptive qualitative. This research is designed within one year

Longing for a Forever Home: Ontological insecurity is collectively produced in fixed-term supportive housing for families

ABSTRACT Increasingly unaffordable housing means that family homelessness represents an urgent issue for social policy and practice. Targeting families at risk of homelessness, Supportive Housing for Families (SHF) subsidizes leases and offers support aimed at sustaining tenancies and family unity. We explore how short-term funding cycles in an advanced welfare system impacts experiences with service delivery. Building on housing scholarship employing an ontological security lens, we interrogate the temporal dimensions of SHF, and how these are intertwined with understandings of home in spatial terms. The analyses are based on research conducted to examine a 12-month SHF pilot in Southeast Queensland, Australia. We analyse qualitative interviews conducted with families (n=17), statutory child protection officers (n=7), and SHF support workers (n=10) involved in this pilot. Findings indicate that fixed-term funding impacts every aspect of service delivery, resulting in the collective production of ontological insecurity, as families continue to long for a forever home.

THE ROLE OF WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND CHILD PROTECTION (DP3A) SUKABUMI REGENCY IN OVERCOMING CHILD MARRIAGE CASES IN SUKABUMI DISTRICT

The role of the Sukabumi Regency Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Service (DP3A) in dealing with cases of child marriage in Sukabumi Regency. The purpose of this research is to find out and describe the role of the Sukabumi Regency Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Service (DP3A) in overcoming cases of child marriage in Sukabumi Regency and the inhibiting factors in its implementation. This is motivated by the large number of requests for dispensation letters of introduction to marriage to the P2TP2A Office of Sukabumi Regency in 2021 and the increasing number of child marriages in Sukabumi Regency in the 2020-2021 range. This study used qualitative research methods. Informants in this study were the Office of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (DP3A) of Sukabumi Regency, P2TP2A of Sukabumi Regency, as well as the community/children who practice child marriage. Data validation in this study used source triangulation and technical triangulation methods. The results of this study are that there are still obstacles for the Sukabumi Regency Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Office in handling child marriage cases, namelythere is a wrong opinion/view of some people that it is a shame if they don't quickly marry off their daughters and there are betel marriages (underhanded) and without being reported.

ANALISIS KINERJA KEUANGAN PADA DINAS PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT DESA PEMBERDAYAAN PEREMPUAN DAN PERLINDUNGAN ANAK KABUPATEN MUSI RAWAS UTARA

The purpose of this study was to determine the financial performance of the Department of Village Community Empowerment, Women's Empowerment and Child Protection, North Musi Rawas Regency. The data collection method that the author uses in this study is a method of collecting documentation data while the technical data analysis that will be used by the author is descriptive analysis, data analysis by explaining theories related to Financial Performance Analysis at the Village Community Empowerment Service, Women's Empowerment and Child Protection in North Musi Rawas Regency Fiscal Year 2016-. Based on the results of the research, the financial performance of the Village Community Empowerment, Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Office of North Musi Rawas Regency seen from the analysis of spending variance in 2016-2019 in general can be said to be good. This is indicated by the average realization target of 81.06%, and indicated by the absence of expenditure realization that exceeds the budget in each fiscal year and has made efficiency or budget savings

JOB SATISFACTION AND ITS DETERMINANTS AMONG CHILD PROTECTION OFFICERS, PUNJAB PAKISTAN: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY

Objective: To assess the job satisfaction among officers, working in Child Protection and Welfare Bureau ofPunjab (CPWB).
 Study Design: Cross sectional study.
 Place and Duration of Study: Study conducted in 7 working Child Protection and Welfare Bureaus of Punjab,from Nov 2018 to May 2019.
 Methodology: There are 7 Child Protection and Welfare Bureaus in Punjab and 75 child protection officers all are selected for census data collection. The study has been done on child protection officers of Punjab.
 Results: Fifty three percent were male respondents and female were 47% while married respondents were40 (60%). Education status was postgraduate and M. Phil 18 (25%). Permanent employees were 40 (57%) andmostly (40%) had experience of work more than 10 years. Fifty seven percent (n=40) child protection officers were unsatisfied for nature of work. Sixty two (88.6%) were unsatisfied with their interpersonal relationships with co-workers. Thirty seven (52.9%) were unsatisfied due to their pay & allowances. Thirty eight (54.3%) wereunsatisfied from working environment. Thirty eight (54.3%) were unsatisfied from training.
 Conclusion: In conclusion, this study identified multiple factors that contribute to worker satisfaction. Whenadequate support is provided, there is a reduction in stress, which leads to higher levels of job satisfaction, andultimately retention of staff.

Willing but Unable: How Resources Help Low-Income Mothers Care for their Children and Minimise Child Protection Interventions

AbstractLow-income mothers face disproportionately high risks of engaging with statutory child protection systems. Whilst this is often perceived as a result of poor or irresponsible parenting practices, an increasing body of scholarship foregrounds the role of structural issues—such as poverty and homelessness—that constrain mothers’ agency and impact their ability to care for their children. In this article, we examine Australia’s first permanent Supportive Housing for Families (SHF) programme, which offers low-income mothers practical resources to minimise the risk of statutory child protection intervention. Our research aims to understand low-income mothers’ willingness and ability to care for their children, and how mothers engaged with and made meaning of their experiences residing in SHF. Using a qualitative research design, we analyse interview data with programme mothers (n = 17), programme support workers (n = 10) and statutory child protection officers (n = 7). We find that the resources provided through the programme enabled mothers to care for their children in ways that aligned with their parenting beliefs and aspirations. We conclude that SHF programmes may be an effective means through which low-income mothers can overcome the structural barriers that keep them engaged with statutory child protection systems.

SMOKE FREE AREA (SFA) DISTRICT REGULATION SUPPORT FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHILD FRIENDLY SCHOOL (CFS) IN KULON PROGO DISTRICT

ABSTRACTFollowing the Child-Friendly School (CFS) Guidelines made by the Deputy for Child Development, Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection (2015), one of the components that must be fulfilled is a commitment to make schools a Smoke-Free Area (SFA). Kulon Progo has District Regulation No. 5 of 2014 concerning SFA, thus it can be used as a commitment by a school guide, making it an SFA. The results of interviews with the District Social Service for Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Office stated that CFS currently remains at the initiation stage. Efforts should be made to create comfortable learning conditions for children with the support of the SFA District Regulation in the formation of CFS in Kulon Progo Regency. Analysis of the implementation monitoring checklist/compliance with District Regulation No. 5/2014 concerning SFA in 2020 which is carried out by the SFA supervision task force. Descriptive analysis method by looking at trends based on the proportion of the 10 variables used. The results of the data study show that 89.5% have been exposed to the socialization of District Regulations, 52.6% have a supervisory task force, 86.8% have installed SFA signs at the Entrance, 100% have a smoking ban warning installed, 23.7% has a place specifically for smoking, 10.5% found an ashtray in the building, 7.9% found cigarette butts, 2.6% found cigarette advertisements, 5.3% found cigarette sellers, 7.9% smoked people. From the data analysis, it is known that 81.58% have complied with SFA. However, this compliance is not optimal. This is indicated by the high percentage of availability of designated smoking areas in schools and ashtrays, cigarette butts, cigarette advertisements, cigarette sellers, and smoking people found. Schools should have a zero percentage in these variables; thus, they are not fully committed as a condition for the formation of CFS. It is necessary to optimize the application of District Regulations to create a smoke-free school environment as evidenced by not providing smoking places in schools, not allowing cigarette advertisements, smoking outside, and imposing sanctions for non-smoking violators in the school environment. Keywords: Support, Smoke-Free Area (SFA), Child Friendly Schools, Kulon Progo

Digital literacy and online child abuse among primary school children in Langata Sub-county, Nairobi City County in Kenya

Kenya introduced Digischool to public primary schools to prepare children for today’s digital world attracting a cyber-threat landscape. Utilising a descriptive cross-sectional design within a concurrent mixed approach, the study examined the relationship between digital literacy intervention and online child abuse among primary school children in Langata sub-county. Targeted, were children between 9 and 17 years from private and public primary schools, teachers, parents and policy makers and child protection officers. Godden’s formula informed purposive and random sampling of 384 respondents, plus a 10% (423) respondents for Key Informant interviews and focused discussions. Quantitative and qualitative data was analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics and content analysis with the help of SPSS version 22 and Nvivo version 12 respectively. The study revealed stakeholders intervened in online child abuse at various levels using a number of strategies. The study revealed a significant relationship between the type of school and exposure to online. Since the p-value (0.000) was less than alpha (0.05) and we conclude there was a significant relationship between the type of school and exposure to online child abuse. There is need for a systems thinking and concerted multi-sectorial approach to improvement of digital literacy hence protecting children online.

Mapping Cases of Violence Against Women and Children in Pekanbaru City

Protection of women and children is a mandate contained in the laws of the Republic of Indonesia to the government to protect women and children from acts of violence or discrimination. The mandate is carried out by the government through several efforts to handle and prevent it through government programs that are made every year. However, until now the municipal government of Pekanbaru through the women's empowerment and child protection office does not yet have data on mapping the protection of women and children disaggregated by sex, age, type of case, and location of cases so that many child protection programs are not properly targeted according to the level of violence and types of violence in areas exposed to cases of violence. The application of the mapping application is a solution to this problem because, with computerized data on the protection of women and children, the government will make it easier to design management and prevention programs. This application displays complete indicators including data on violence mapped in the geographic form of the city of Pekanbaru which is divided into the scope of the sub-district and given a color as an indicator of high or low cases of violence in the area, violence data is displayed disaggregated according to gender, age, types of cases and locations of incidents and in addition, this application applies a case-control design to provide recommendations to the government regarding handling and prevention programs in areas exposed to cases of violence against women and children. This application will make it easier for the government to design programs to protect women and children and to reduce the number of violence against women and children which always increases every year.

Higlighting the Gender Perspective of Family Planning in Malang City

The Gender perspective of family planning participants in Malang, especially in the KB village, Bareng, because according to the Women's Empowerment, Child Protection, Population and Family Planning (DP3AP2KB) Office, is located at Jl. Ki Ageng Gribig No.5 Malang Postal Code 65173. Having a vision that is "The realization of community empowerment, population control and the realization of gender equality and protection of women and children". BKBPM also mediates the strategy and policy direction planned by the Malang city government, namely increasing the empowerment of the poor, increasing the empowerment and protection of women and children. As well as improving the quality of family planning and family welfare (DP3AP2KB, 2016).
 The results of the discussion stated that the number of family planning participants in RW 08 was 329 or 54.92 percent of the number of PUS (couples of childbearing age) of 599. The most enjoyed contraceptive method is an IUD of 98 or 29.78 percent. Whereas for MKJP KB (long-term method of family planning contraception) participants (Long Term Contraception Method) by 13 or 40.42 percent, and the most usage was NON MKJP which was 59.74 percent.
 Based on the Gender Perspective, only 66 of the 329 KB participants or only 20% of the male participants are involved. This is based on the results of interviews in the family many mothers who do not approve of her husband using the Vasectomy Contraception method, also due to suspicion if the husband uses it will be misused misused on other women (anonymous), other than that the causes of Unmet need factors: Side effects on health, prohibitions from spouse or husband, discomfort, costs to be incurred, do not want to bother, subjective experience does not use contraception does not occur in pregnancy.