Supporting Orphans and other Vulnerable Children through Communication and Basic Counselling: A Reference Guide for Service Providers
This guide has been written as a reference resource for non-professional counselors and staff working with orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) who need to know how to provide some basic counselling as part of psychosocial support for the children in their care or through their projects.
This guide aims to provide information and guidance which can be used with other resources.
The guide aims to: strengthen the capacity of service providers to address the individual and collective psychosocial needs of children and young people; provide an easy to use two-in-one guide and reference material for child counselors; promote the personal and professional development of counselors and other staff working with children and young people; and help service providers to assess and deal with challenges in working with orphans and other vulnerable children.
The Alliance, as part of the CORE Initiative Project in Uganda developed this publication as part of a series of tools and guides to support the development of the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGSLD) Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children Programme.
Source: International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Date of Publication: March 25, 2019
SIMILIAR RESOURCES
Tools
Examples
- Toolkit for Transition of Care and Other Services for Adolescents Living with HIV
- Interpersonal Communication for Immunization (IPC-I)
- Infant and Young Child Feeding Recommendations When COVID-19 is Suspected or Confirmed
- Guidance for Providing Informed-Choice Counseling on Sexual Health for Women Interested in PrEP: Kenya and South Africa
- Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection in Infants and Children: Recommendations for a Public Health Approach
- Family Planning Discussion Topics for Voluntary Counseling and Testing
- Healthy Timing and Spacing Of Pregnancy: A Trainer’s Reference Guide
- Long-Term Care Facility Toolkit: Preparing for COVID-19 Vaccination at Your Facility
- IPC for Immunization Toolkit
- Joint WHO/ILO Guidelines on Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) to Prevent HIV Infection