Creating a Safe World for Children
CPTCSA Summer Institute now open
The Annual Summer Institute for Social Workers’ Continuing Professional Units is now open for inquiries and enlistment. Kindly download the following brochures and course catalog.
Group Counselling Workshop for WCPU Social Workers was successfully held
Group counselling mentoring was facilitated by Ms. Zenaida Rosales of CPTCSA for Plan International in Tacloban last December 2011.
Protect and Save the Children Malaysia is now hiring
You must have a heart for child protection work! P.S. The Children is an organization that focuses on the prevention, intervention and treatment of child sexual abuse and exploitation. 2012 is a great year of change and we’re looking for a 2 dynamic persons to fill these areas: ??
1) Experienced Executive Director with great :- communication skills- writing skills- ability to be detailed oriented- organizational skills- connecting skills- management skills- advocacy skills – fundraising skill. Download Job Description at http://cptcsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/job-description2.pdf
2) An Assistant Director with great : management skills- project management skills – training & designing a preventive curriculum skills – advocacy. Download Job Description at http://cptcsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/job-description-asstdir.pdf
We are looking to embrace and work with you to bring about maximum impact in the work of child protection. However that doesn’t mean this is going to be a walk in the park! And if you don’t have a strong core on the inside and are not willing to strengthen it even further, please know that this will not be the right fit for you . . .
Our new team creates at the speed of light! We’re looking for A LEADER who is non-chaotic and is able to manage their emotions, is organized, is able to get out of their own way, live, breathe and sleep the P.S. The Children Vision, and willing to create everyday till the intention gets fulfilled!
Reliability – Are you dependable, resourceful and an experienced self-starter? Accountable – Do you follow through, meet deadlines and take ownership of your work? Positive energy – Do you have lots of positive energy and the willingness to go the extra 10 miles? And most importantly, we are looking for someone who has a prosperous mindset, who is self inspired and can communicate really well. You will need to be able to communicate P.S. The Children’s Vision to different companies, groups, successful people, average people, and anyone in between. . . And most-most-most importantly, this MUST be your PURPOSE, not your job.
If you’re still interested . . . Send an email mail@psthechildren.org.my You must send a cover letter detailing why you are a GREAT candidate. Please include your resume as well. *Please only send in your resume if you’re super serious, qualified, and are willing to move to Malaysia (for the assistant director position) and work at our office starting January 2012 or sooner. All resumes must be received by Dec 15th, 2011. That’s it – pretty simple. We look forward to connecting with you . . . . Be an Inspiration In Action.
Welcome to the launch of CPTCSA Learning Institute
It has been a good and fruitful 16 years since CPTCSA came into being. We have seen its growing pains; the organization of the officers and board members; looking for funds for its activities, projects and operations; advocacy, training of the staff and other workers in the field of child sexual abuse; publication of a newsletter and information, education and communication materials; liaising with similarly-minded groups; the holding of a yearly summer institute; painstaking work with government agencies e.g. DSWD, DepEd, CWC among others; and now the launching of our Learning Institute.
There is the need for continued multidisciplinary, collective, collaborative and interdependent work where everyone does their job in a level playing field without much of regard to professional hierarchy. CPTCSA has been trying its best to hone the skills needed to improve the services related to child sexual abuse since we opened our first Summer Institute in 1996. We have conducted researches and studies and have presented them to local and international conferences. We have likewise made materials to increase the knowledge and skills in the field.
We have sponsored and helped start similar projects in China, Malaysia, Vietnam and India. We believe in the empowerment of social workers and professionals involved in child proteciton by enhancing their knowledge and skills. But most importantly, there the need for equality of the professions dealing with child care and safety. We still have a lot to do. On behalf of the officers and staff of CPTCSA, I would like to welcome you all to this momentous activity. Mabuhay tayong lahat.
The 2nd Stakeholders Meeting for Personal Safety Lessons
The 2nd stakeholders meeting for personal safety lessons was held in Pasig on February 17. 41 Participants included representatives from DepEd (including USEC), DepEd SPED, Zonta, MROFI, UNICEF, Tan Yankee Foundation, Consuelo Foundation, World Vision, ASMAE, Centro Escolar University, Plan International, Bantay Bata, and the media.
The objectives of the meeting was to (1) identify the progress of the Stakeholders’ commitments during the National Stakeholders’ Meeting for PSL implementation held last February 2010 and (2) introduce the Personal Safety Program to new possible partners to seek their support in the implementation of PSL nationwide. The goal was commitment of support from the old and new partners in the implementation of Personal Safety Lessons.
Despite strengths that built the present program, challenges remain; these are
- DepEd mandated the implementation of Personal Safety Lessons but with no clear mention of funds, which remain provided by NGOs.
- Where to squeeze in the PSL, considering that the teaching time was overloaded with academic subjects and other school activities.
- There is no person who is in charge of PSL in DepEd to whom the teachers can raise their concerns in the implementation of PSL. This person could also provide much needed monitoring of schools at the DepEd level.
- There is a need for a mechanism (DepEd Central Office) to push for the strict implementation of PSL in the Division level down to the school level. This way, Division superintendents, supervisors will be involved and they themselves will encourage their teachers to be train and teach PSL. For example, there are school heads that are hesitant to implement as they see PSL similar to Sex Education.
- Delays of implementation by schools due to time constraints.
- Some teachers felt they were not fully prepared to teach PSL. Also, it is not uncommon to see the movement of trained teachers and school head to other schools or to see trained teachers that are not handling subject areas where PSL are integrated.
Commitment Building
DepEd Undersecretary Quijano commits to (1) Expansion of PSL to different Divisions – eight regions with high incidence of CSA and with their plans, each division will have at least 4 schools (2 elem & 2 HS) implementing PSL and they will be the model schools of that division. GAD budget will be utilized for the teachers training and CPTCSA will provide for the PSL manuals. (2) DepEd will take a look at the curriculum, partly implement K12 (curriculum mapping) and PSL will be considered in different learning areas. (3) Together with UNICEF they will consolidate all important contents of laws/ orders in education (Summarize talks in school for child protection) and will write down, indicate the grade level. This Project will be done this year.
UNICEF will help CPTCSA in the production of the PSL materials and continue to work with government, particularly DepEd, on educating teachers about laws and child rights.
ZONTA-SAGIP will continue working with DepEd and focus on the setting up of structures to handle disclosures in each of the schools in which they work.
Consuelo Zobel Alger Foundation continues its commitment in PSL in 44 CAPIN areas.
ASMAE will continue to give technical support in Silay City especially psychosocial and legal support to cases from PSL schools.
PLAN and World Vision both will continue to support and expand PSL with their stakeholders.
Tan Yan Kee (a partner of DepEd in Adopt-A-School program) and Centro Escolar University both will relate to their stakeholders about the event and PSL and see where they can help
DepEd Region 5 and Camarinas Norte are already very supportive, they will closely monitor the implementation of PSL in all divisions to assure reaching out more children and are planning to train guidance counselors on how to deal with the situation.
