Care leavers, young people living residential communities or to foster care operated by the Municipality of Florence and the Health Society of the Prato Area, are the main actors of CarINg action-research. The participatory process, in which they have been involved between October and December 2021, was articulated in 4...
In November, SOS Villaggi dei Bambini carried out the first phase of the training for foster care professionals "Preparing for Autonomy" in the two cities of Florence and Prato, whose municipalities are partners in the CarING project. The training was attended by a total of 34 operators, including social workers...
The opening conference of the project CarINg took place on 23 November at the Palagio di Parte Guelfa in Florence. The meeting, coordinated by Caterina Arciprete (ARCO - PIN), was attended by more than 40 people including operators, educators and social workers. The meeting was an opportunity to let the...
Throughout all the phases, CarINg project promotes capacity building adopting a participatory approach, engaging key beneficiaries (including children) and supporting the exchange of good practices and methodologies. The Good Practices Resource Guide is a training tool designed to help alterantive care practitioners, policy makers and service managers to improve the...
In the municiaplities of Florence and Prato, social workers are challenged with increasingly complex situations when it come to alternative care programs. They are more and more in need to address prevention of institutionalization, setting-up of alternative care programs and supporting early care leavers. The need for innovative tools to...
First internal workshop of the Caring project. The partners met in Florence on 27 July 2021 to discuss, bring forward empirical evidence and testimonies on their work with care leavers and professionals of alternative care systems. The aim of the meeting was twofold: on the one hand, to present the...
