One step away from independence, eager to test themselves and at the same time looking for points of reference, a group of care leavers involved in the CarINg project took part in a video production workshop. Each participants made a short film with a subject of their choice. The practical...
Although the family is the best place to ensure the positive development of children, it is recognised that there may be some cases in which the care of minors must be entrusted to out-of-family care settings. Care leavers are therefore all those young people coming out of heterofamily care, regardless...
When a child lives in a highly neglectful family, the state has a duty to remove him/her from the family, place him/her in an alternative care system that ensures the maintenance, emotional relationships and care that he/she needs, and in the meantime support the family of origin in order to...
On 18 and 19 July 2022, respectively in Prato and Florence, the two consultation sessions of the professionals of the care systems of the Società della Salute area of Prato and of the Municipality of Florence were held. The meetings, the Peer to Peer sessions, saw the participation of 2...
On Friday 11th February 2022, the third partners meeting of the CarINg project was held in Milan, at the University of Bicocca. During the meeting participants talked about the progress of the project activities and started to plan the next activities that will involve both young careleavers and professionals of...
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...
