Re-branding of DCS
To enhance effective and efficient Departmental operations, service delivery and accountability, six(6 ) sections were establishes as follows:
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- Alternative Family Care & Counter Trafficking In Persons
- Community Child Support Services
- Child Protection
- Strategic Interventions in Child Protection
- Children’s Institutions
- Planning & Development
- AFC& COUNTER TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
CORE MANDATES
- Spearhead policy formulation and awareness on i) AFC and ii) TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS
- Provide secretariat to
- i) Adoption Committee and
- ii) Counter trafficking in Persons committee
- Develop Structures and Mechanisms for AFC
- Supervision and regulation of adoption agencies
- Maintain the National Foster care register
- Provide secretariat for the Implementation of the National Plan of action on Counter trafficking in Persons
- Offer Secretariat to the National Trust Fund to victims of trafficking-identification, compensation of victims and prosecution of perpetrators
- Develop a profile register for perpetrators of trafficking
- Develop programmes for victims of trafficking
- COMMUNITY CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES
CORE MANDATES
- Presidential Bursary Fund
- Liaison to Inua Jami programme
- Kenya Children Assembly activities
- Coordinate Volunteer Children Officers programme
- Promote Community based economic empowerment income Generating activities
- Diversion programme
- Liaison to agencies offering support to OVC e.g. wings to fly
- CHILD PROTECTION SECTION
CORE MANDATES
- Provide leadership on child protection issues
- Creation of awareness on child protection
- Child abuse and violence against children, child marriage , FGM
- Child online protection
- Establish and guide operations of AACs
- Liase with County Government on child protection
- Monitor child protection Technical Working Group activities
- Ensure compliance on all child protection guidelines
- STRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS IN CHILD PROTECTION
CORE MANDATES
- Emergency preparedness and response for children
- Child helpline 116
- Establishment of child protection centers
- Monitor the operations of child protection centers
- Establishment of Child protection units
- Monitor operations of child protection units
- Provide legal aid to children
- CHILDRENS INSTITUTIONS
CORE MANDATES
- Coordination of Institution Services
- Classification of Institutions according to risk levels
- Design, coordinate and monitor the implementation of rehabilitation and care programmes in the SCI
- Review and monitor the implementation of the National Standards in SCI
- Assessment of children committed in SCI according to the risk levels
- Capacity building of officers in the juvenile justice system
- Child justice matters
- Support SCI in acquisition of land registration
- Awareness creation of through care and after care services
- Periodic review of placements in statutory institutions
- Spearhead establishment of Halfway houses for children
- PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
CORE MANDATES
- Coordinate the overall management of CPIMS
- Liaise with stakeholders on research on child matters
- Compile, collate and maintain child protection data
- Departmental newsletter
- Performance contracting and monitoring of programmes and projects
- Communications and public relations
- Evaluation of programmes and projects
- Coordinate research, and dissemination of finding
- Staff management and welfare-Liase with HR in the Ministry
- Maintenance of Departmental Inventories on assets – Liase with Ministry on maintenance
- Overall field coordination