This document is a compilation of eight best practices for the Western Regional Consultation on Strengthening Restoration and Rehabilitation of Children under the Juvenile Justice System that is being held in Uttan, Maharashtra on 12-13 March 2016.
These were the contributions received around the theme of restoration and rehabilitation. The aim is to carry on this exercise, to generate a larger body of knowledge about efforts in this critical area.
The best practices are of initiatives and interventions staged by governmental agencies, non-government organisations and academic institutions (through Field Action Projects) within Homes and also outside them. A number of these initiatives, as you will read in the following pages, were the outcome of partnerships between different systems, be it Kolkata
Sanved’s work with Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in using dance movement therapy as a tool to help victims of gender-based violence heal from the trauma, TISS’ Resource Cell for Juvenile Justice working with the Maharashtra State Legal Services Authorities to set up a Help desk for Children in Conflict with the Law or Pratham Council for Vulnerable Children working with the police and industry leaders to provide skill training and jobs to young adults.
This document doesn’t claim to represent each intervention in detail. It aims to provide readers with a snapshot of the innovations and interventions already taking place, with the hope of creating an idea-sharing and learning platform for all those working with children in the juvenile justice system.
The best practices contained in this document are organised under three themes. Under the theme Rehabilitation of Children in Need of Care and Protection in Homes, are brief summaries of the work being done by Gujarat State Child Protection Society, Kolkata Sanved, the International Justice Mission, and Project Chunauti. Under the theme Role of After care is the brief write-up on the work being done by Prayas. And finally, under the theme Rehabilitation of Children found to be in Conflict with the Law, is information pertaining to the RCJJ of TISS, Shelter Don Bosco and Pratham Council for Vulnerable children.
The resource material circulated for the conference also includes a more detailed report on Project Chunauti (a Field Action Project of TISS that works in the area of rehabilitating mentally challenged sexually abused orphans) as well as Aftercare: Intervention in a Neglected Post-Institutional Domain, which spells out the work being done by NGO Prerana and four other organisations.
This document has been compiled and edited by UNICEF, Maharashtra.