Technical Notes

The Alliance has now produced a version 2 of the technical note on the protection of children during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this brief is to support child protection practitioners to better respond to the child protection risks during a COVID-19 pandemic.

Annexes Include:​

• Key Considerations: Family Tracing and Reunification (FTR) for Unaccompanied and Seperated Children (UASC) in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic and other potential infectious disease outbreaks  
• Children, Isolation and Quarantine: Preventing Family Separation and Other Child Protection Considerations during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Social Protection and Child Protection: Working Together to Protect Children from the Impacts of COVID-19 and Beyond
• Guidance for Alternative Care Provision During COVID-19
• Weighing up the Risk: School Closure and Reopening Under COVID-19-When, Why, and What Impacts?
• Technical Note: Adaptation of Child Protection Case Management to the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Technical Note: Child Helplines and the Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Key Messages and Considerations for Programming for Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups
• Working with Communities to Keep Children Safe 
• Technical Note: COVID-19 and Child Labour
• COVID 19: Protecting Children from Violence, Abuse and Neglect in the Home
• Social Service Workforce Safety and Wellness during the COVID-19 Response: Recommended Actions
• Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Children and Alternative Care
• Technical Note: COVID-19 and Children Deprived of their Liberty
• Advocacy Brief: Prioritizing the Safety of Children Online during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Advocacy Messages for Child Protection Actors: Prioritizing Child Protection in COVID-19 Response Plans
• Open Letter: COVID-19 and the Impact of the Pandemic Response Plans Threaten Immediate and Long-Term Risks to Public Health and Child Protection 

Other resources

• The webinar recordings for these technical notes can be found here. For upcoming webinars, please look below.
• The Protected! Podcast: COVID-19 Edition can be found here.
• The evidence synthesis series (a periodic digest of COVID-19 related resources) can be found here.
• You are also welcome to join the Child Protection and COVID-19 Forum for peer support.
• Explore the School Closure Research mini-page here.