The PROMISE-Barnahus network is committed to ensuring that more and more children who have been victims of online sexual violence have a safe path to recovery.
Drawing on our collective experience in promoting and implementing excellence in practice in Barnahus, the PROMISE Elpis Project promotes multidisciplinary and interagency models for child victims and witnesses of sexual violence, with a specific focus on specialised interventions and excellence in practice in cases where there is a presumed online element of the sexual violence.
Objectives
The overall objective is to ensure early identification, adequate assistance, protection and access to child-friendly justice, with specific emphasis on cases where online technology is an integral element to the abuse, by:
The project will also include a strong element of child and youth participation.
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
PROMISE Elpis Project Lead - Prof. Dr. med. Sibylle M. Winter
Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin (Post)
A key focus of the project is to develop and evaluate protocols and procedures, to contribute to a committed and competent workforce, and to promote holistic interventions that benefit from effective interagency case management to ensure that victims in the context of online child sexual violence receive appropriate and holistic support.
The main activities of the project are:
a) the implementation and evaluation of the effectiveness of protocols and procedures adapted to the specific requirements and needs that may arise in the context of online sexual violence against children, and
b) the implementation of training in relation to:
A key focus of the project is to develop and evaluate protocols and procedures, to contribute to a committed and competent workforce, and to promote holistic interventions that benefit from effective interagency case management to ensure that victims in the context of online child sexual violence receive appropriate and holistic support.
The main activities of the project are:
a) the implementation and evaluation of the effectiveness of protocols and procedures adapted to the specific requirements and needs that may arise in the context of online sexual violence against children, and
b) the implementation of training in relation to:
These measures aim to ensure early identification, appropriate support and protection and access to child-friendly justice for children. Primarily by ensuring the coordination of child protection and criminal justice proceedings in a child-centered, multidisciplinary manner. Against this background, the care strategies in the Childhood Homes (CHH) are examined and standardized in various multidisciplinary teams.
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
PROMISE Elpis Project Lead - Prof. Dr. med. Sibylle M. Winter
Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin (Post)
Carolina Canettieri - PROMISE Elpis Project Coordinator
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