Inter-Agency Guidelines for Case Management and Child Protection - 2nd Edition

The first Inter-Agency Guidelines for Case Management and Child Protection were published in 2014 by the Child Protection Working Group, building on the 2012 Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS). The aim was to provide a collective understanding and step-by-step guidance on how to do child protection case management in humanitarian action. 

Case management work has become more prevalent as an approach within child protection, while there have also been advances in the child protection sector. Since the 2014 guidelines were published, many child protection case management resources and tools have been developed, as well as the second edition of the CPMS was published. The global context in which we work has also continued to change, with the increasing number of conflicts and clear impact of climate change, forced displacement at record levels and humanitarian crises in contexts that have historically been less prone to crises, including high-income countries. Within this context there is greater recognition of the importance of working with pre-existing formal and informal government and community-level systems. 

Based on these developments, the 2014 version of the guidelines has been updated to meet the current needs of those designing, strengthening, supervising, and directly providing child protection case management services to children and their families. This has been achieved through a thorough process of review and consultation, which included:

• Desk review: A review of over 60 inter-agency resources published since 2014 was conducted.
• Key informant interviews: Interviews were held with over 20 technical experts specialising in various fields
  related to child protection.
• Survey: A survey targeting child protection caseworkers received over 475 responses from 41 different countries.

The guidelines were also extensively reviewed by members of the Case Management Taskforce (CMTF) Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance).

Watch the Global Launch of the updated Case Management and Child Protection Guidelines and Global Forms here!