Publications for care professionals

“Applying Safe Behaviours” Practice Guidance

This Practice Guidance was developed as a resource for participants taking part in the “Applying Safe Behaviours” trainings.

The aim of the Practice Guidance is to inform and equip a range of professionals who care for and work with children and young people to support those who may be at risk of or have been affected by peer on peer violence.

Available in: English, Dutch, French (Belgium), French (France), Italian, Romanian, Spanish,

“A Culturally Sensitive Approach” – Annex to the “Safe Places, Thriving Children” Practice Guidance

This resource was developed by SOS Children's Villages Belgium as an annex to the “Safe Places, Thriving Children” Practice Guidance.

This tool provides guidance for social workers working with unaccompanied refugee and migrant children on how to use trauma-informed practices in a culturally sensitive way.

Dutch, French

“Safe Places, Thriving Children” Organisational Development Guidance Document

The Guidance Document was developed to support organisations taking part in the Organisational Development workshops for the “Safe Places, Thriving Children” project.

It aims to help organisations that care for and support children and young adults in alternative care become more trauma-informed in order to recognise, respond to, and support those who have experienced trauma.

Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, French, Greek, Hungarian, Serbian

“Safe Places, Thriving Children” Practice Guidance

The Practice Guidance was developed by CELCIS and SOS Children’s Villages as a resource for participants taking part in the “Safe Places, Thriving Children” training. The purpose of this guidance is to improve understanding and practice in relation to working with children and young adults who live in alternative care settings and who may have experienced trauma.  

Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, French, Greek, Hungarian, Serbian. 

Toolkit for Children and Young People’s Participation in Advocacy

The Toolkit is intended as a practical resource for those working with children and young people to support their participation in advocacy activities. The toolkit builds on globally recognized standards of quality and safeguarding in child and youth participation and addresses the specific implications of involving children and young people with care experience. Available also in French, Spanish and Vietnamese.

Prepare for Leaving Care Practice Guidance

The Practice Guidance was developed as a resource material for participants taking part in the Prepare for Leaving Care training. It seeks to promote improvement in practice, stimulate reflection and provide material on how to best plan the transition to independence with and for young people and support them both during and after the leaving care process.

Bulgarian English Estonian German Hungarian Italian Lithuanian Romanian Spanish

Realising Children's Rights: A training manual for care profesionals working with children in alternative care

This handbook for care professionals draws on best practice from a range of European countries, and was tested in international trainings with hundreds of care professionals. Download other languages. Read also the Tips and Tricks.

Securing Children’s Rights: A Guide for Professionals Working in Alternative Care

This guide, developed jointly by SOS Children's Villages International and the Council of Europe, promotes a child rights-based approach to alternative child care practice and aims to help professionals in the field of alternative care understand and support the rights of the children and young people with whom they work. Available in other languages.