In September, Maestral’s Thematic Hub Lead for Care Reform, Anna Jolly, attended The European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents’ (EuSARF) biannual conference, hosted at the University of Zagreb. The conference theme was ‘Transformation, Transition, and Innovation in Child Welfare’ and included presentations from ~200 researchers, policymakers, and practitioners on the below key topics:
- Processes and policies in alternative care for children
- Research evidence use (REU) and transfer of knowledge into practice
- Quality of alternative care for children
- Prevention of institutionalization, and services for families at risk
- Therapeutic care for children with complex needs
- Mental health and wellbeing of children in alternative care
- Cultural Sensitivity and Diversity in Alternative Care
- Trauma-Informed Practices in Alternative Care
- Social inclusion of children living in alternative care
- Alternative care for children in emergency and crisis
- Children in conflict with law
- Social identities of children in alternative care
- Subjective wellbeing of children in care
- Child participation in alternative care
- Process of leaving care
See the full conference programme here.
In October, Anna will be representing Maestral at the Biennial International Conference on Alternative Care for Children in Asia (BICON) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Please reach out to Anna if you’ll also be in attendance and would like to connect!