Safe Recognition and Referrals of Child Protection Concerns: Rapid Guide for All Humanitarian Workers

This rapid guide, developed by the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility and Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action in collaboration with several sectors, supports all humanitarian workers to confidently recognise and safely refer child protection concerns.

All humanitarian workers play a crucial role in ensuring children experiencing or at risk of harm have access to available, appropriate support.

In our work, a humanitarian worker may become aware of children experiencing or at risk of harm and, thus, need to act immediately as a part of your role and commitment to the centrality of protection.

This guide seeks to help frontline workers across all clusters or sectors meet our responsibility to help children by providing clear, easy-to-follow steps on how to respond when becoming aware of a child protection concern. Recognising and responding to child protection concerns as quickly as possible is essential to limit further harm.  

Translations in Arabic, French, and Spanish coming soon.