Planned Area of Action
Area of Action 17
Promote and increase child advocacy services
Responsibility
Lead |
Other |
|---|---|
| MSD | FVFG (sub-group to be established) |
Action details
Action details Continue to promote and increase child advocacy services across the sector.
Link to goals and objectives
Goal 2. Objective 2(vii).
Rationale
Children face a number of barriers to adequately accessing the support they need to address issues of violence within their families/whanau, including the dependence they have on others (primarily their mothers) to access the assistance they require, and to remain free and safe from violence. Advocacy services could help with ensuring that the needs and interests of children affected by violence in families/whanau are not overlooked and are appropriately addressed.
Preliminary targets
To have increased child advocacy services across the sector by June 2006.
Preliminary measures
- Stocktake of existing child advocacy services undertaken and completed.
- Framework for consultation with key relevant stakeholders developed and agreed to.
- Consultation with key relevant stakeholders undertaken and completed according to the framework's criteria.
- At the end of the five-year timeframe the number of child advocacy services across the sector has increased27.
27. Numbers will be determined during the project scoping phase.
