Protection Committees
Programs 2018
Protection Staff, Southern Har Hebron
In collaboration with: The Regional Council of southern Har Hebron
Background and Goal: Small, well-knit communities at times cope with suspected maltreatment within the family or in the public domain. The suspect as well as the victim are members of the community, and in fact the abusive act is very similar to abuse inside the family. The community members are committed to abiding to the law, and it is their duty and their right to request legal aid (the Juvenile Law, treatment and observation, and mandatory reporting). The aim of the program is to help the community promote the protection of children from maltreatment.
Target Population: Members of the Protection Committees of the Council
Number of Sessions: 6
Number of Participants: 25
Location: Meitarim – the Regional Council, southern Har Hebron
Study Program for Protection Committees, Yoav Regional Council
In collaboration with: The Rehabilitation Department, Yoav Regional Council
Goal: To help the community promote the protection of their children from maltreatment.
Target Population: Members of the protection committees of the kibbutzim in the Council
Number of Sessions: 6
Number of Participants: 30
Location: The Treatment Center for Drug Addiction and Alcoholism, Ashdod
Study Program for Protection Committees, Beit Hilkiya
In collaboration with: The Regional Council of Nahal Sorek
Goal: To provide tools for identification and detection of maltreated children, to instill knowledge on managing a crisis, define work procedures and the borders of the sector, and create joint team work.
Target Population: Members of the Protection Committee and the community social worker.
Number of Sessions: 5
Number of Participants: 6
Location: Beit Hilkiya Club House
Study Program for Protection Committees, Mateh Yehuda Regional Council
In collaboration with: Mateh Yehuda Regional Council
Goal: To help the community promote their children’s protection from maltreatment.
Target Population: Members of the protection committees of the kibbutzim in the Council
Number of Sessions: 7
Number of Participants: 40
Location: Mateh Yehuda Regional Council
Study Program for the Protection Committee of the Yesodot Settlement
In collaboration with: The Regional Council of Nahal Sorek
Goal: To help the community promote their children’s protection from maltreatment
Target Population: Members of the Protection Committee and the community social worker in the settlement of Yesodot
Number of Sessions: 2
Number of Participants: 7
Location: The Regional Council of Nahal Sorek
Programs 2017
Protection Committees – South Mt. Hebron, Sussiya and Sansana
In partnership with: The South Mt. Hevron Social Services Department
Goal: To help the communities promote the protection of children in their community from abuse.
Target Population: Committee members, elected by their settlements, mostly from professions related to the committee’s mandate (rabbis, social workers, psychologists, lawyers, etc.).
Number of Sessions: 2 settlements, 5 meetings per team led by a professional specializing in abuse and community escorting.
Participants: 12 (about 6 in each committee)
Location: The settlements in South Mt.Hevron in which protection committees operate.
Evening Seminar for Committee Members in South Mt. Hevron
Goal: To teach all the committees together on topics related to their committees’ work and discuss crucial issues related to their work.
Target Population: Members of the Protection Committees
Number of Sessions: 1
Participants: 28
Location: South Mt. Hevron Regional Council, Meitarim
Protection Committee, Jordan Valley
In partnership with: Jordan Valley Regional Council, Maale Ephraim Local Council
Goal: To help the community promote the protection of children in their congregation from abuse.
Target Population: Members of the Protection Committees of the above councils, and the social workers from these sectors.
Number of Sessions: 5
Participants: 45
Location: Jordan Valley Regional Council
Protection Committee, Nahal Sorek
In partnership with: Nahal Sorek Regional Council
Goal: Providing relevant knowledge, creating work procedures and working on actual cases in the field. Moreover, a one-day seminar was held to strengthen public awareness of the issue of maltreated children.
Target Population: Members of the Protection Committees in the settlements in which they volunteer, educators, welfare workers and residents.
Number of Sessions: 5 sessions throughout the year per settlement (a total of 25 sessions) and 1 one-day seminar.
Participants: 5 in each committee, a total of 25; the one-day seminar – 350 participants.
Location: Nahal Sorek Regional Council
Professional Accompanimentof the Tene Omarim Protection Committee
Goal: Enlisting the community for protection of its children, and of other members at risk. This program is part of an extensive program in South Mt.Hevron, in which local residents receive training.
Target Population: Volunteers
Number of Sessions: 5
Participants: 8
Location: Tene Omarim Settlement, South Mt. Hevron
One-Day Seminar – Youth Advancement and Welfare Workers, Central Region
In partnership with: Youth Advancement, Education Ministry, Central Region, Welfare Ministry, Branch for Sexual Assault Victims, The Association of Rape Crisis Centers
Goal: The one-day seminar was titled “Sexuality, Sexual Assault and What Lies Between Them”, addressing issues relating to sexuality and assault.
Target Population: Workers for youth advancement and welfare workers in the central region who treat adolescents.
Number of Sessions: 1
Participants: 130
Location: Petakh Tikva
One-Day Seminar for Workers in Gush Etzion
Goal: Imparting knowledge on the subject of communal responsibility for community coordinators, detecting youth victims of abuse and developing a dialogue with them – for Youth Advancementworkers.
Target Population: Community coordinators, youth coordinators, youth advancement workers, Gush Etzion Regional Council
Number of Sessions: 1 (This day is part of an extensive 3-year program on protection in the settlements of the Gush Etzion Regional Council).
Participants: 40
Location: Gush Etzion Community Center
Evening Seminar for Residents of Gush Etzion
Goal: To raise the subject of protection in the settlements. The closing event of the program is described in the above paragraph.
Target Population: Protection Committee members and residents of the Gush Etzion settlements
Number of Sessions: 1
Participants: 150
Location: Gush Etzion Community Center
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