test calls at child helplines - hungary
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KÉK VONAL CHILD CRISIS KÉK VONAL CHILD CRISIS FOUNDATIONFOUNDATION
HungaryHungary
A CHILD CENTRED APPROACH
HungaryHungary
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Kék Vonal Helpline for Children and Youth
Since 1993
low threshold opportunity
for children and young peoplefor children and young people
with problems
or in crisis
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• Toll-free
• Anonymous
• Non-directive• Non-directive
• Non-judgemental
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• Only volunteers up to 2007
• Strict selection procedure
Consultants
• Strict selection procedure
• 120 hours training
• Bi-weekly group supervision
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1993 - 2000 Problem centred approach
Proportion of test calls:
40 – 65 % of all calls
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Mission
ProblemProblemcentred approach
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Child centred approach
Considerations:
�Children have special needs stemming from being children� Children have the right to � Children have the right to present themselves the way they can� Children should be listened to and receive help according to their needs
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Principles:
• Concentrates on the child, not on the problem
• Considers the age-related • Considers the age-related characteristics of the child
• Considers the possible lack of ability of the child to communicate
• The child is a partner
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Method (Implementation of principles)
• Recruitment and selection
• Training
• Re-evaluation training
• Burn-out training• Burn-out training
• On the job support
• Supervision
• Monitoring and evaluation
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Recruitment and Selection
• Advertisement
• Information meeting –information about test calls information about test calls
• Personal statement
• Interview
• Team decision
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TrainingTheory
• Child development• Applied psychology• Social knowledge• Legal knowledge• Legal knowledge• Telephone consultation skills• Skills for intervention
On the phone trainingLast selection
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On the job support
– Internal monitoring
– Feed-back on strength and weaknesses
– Feed-back on strength and weaknesses
– Regular evaluation
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Supervision (compulsory)
Bi-weekly group supervision
Bi-annual team meeting (all consultants)consultants)
Burn-out training
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Monitoring and evaluation
• Monitoring of all calls
• Monitoring of all activities• Monitoring of all activities
• Evaluation of collected data
• Evaluation of consultants
• Feed-back and changes
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Results/consequences of child centred approach
• For the callers
• For the consultants• For the consultants
• For the organization
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Children and young people
• Accepted as they are• Get a chance to engage and build trust
• Can practice behaviour patterns• Can practice behaviour patterns• Will get help even if they are not good
• Can experience that there is help in any situation
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In numbers• 50-50 % of boys and girls
• More boys than girls report sexual exploitationsexual exploitation
• 20-30 % of test call are „turned around” (engage and/or present problem)
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Consultants• Higher job satisfaction
• Less frustration
• More competence• More competence
• Better understanding of self
• Ownership
• Pride
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Test period August 18- October 30, 2008 • 7284 calls– 3456 test calls
– 3828 „problem” calls
– 913 calls „turned around”– 913 calls „turned around”
- 3601 boys
- 3227 girls
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Organization
Better overall skills in organization„No need to conceal”organization„No need to conceal”OwnershipPride
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Higher costs?
–More time on training
–More people for training, monitoring and evaluation
–Higher telephone costs
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Or not?• The number of test calls does not decrease by sending the children away (telephone costs are the same)
• Higher job satisfaction – less • Higher job satisfaction – less fluctuation
• More positive feedback (from callers and partner institutions)
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Caller (13 year old):
• „It’s comforting that I can call you even when I am very angry. you even when I am very angry. You are the only ones who do not get upset with me when I shout”
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Child participant at the RC workshop on test calls Budapest, 2006
„We do joke sometimes and not all our calls are serious. But we
„We do joke sometimes and not all our calls are serious. But we want to know that we are taken seriously even then.”