State Child Protection Society, West Bengal

Three days residential training for Social Worker of DCPU, SAAs & PO NICs given by CARA on 07.08.2019 to 09.08.2019 at ATI, Salt Lake

Five days residential training Phase-II of newly recruited Social Worker Member, JJB on 19.08.2019 to 23.08.2019 at ICMARD Building

Capacity Building handholding support to Counsellors under ICPS on 28.08.2019 at Bikash Bhavan

Annual General Meeting of SCPS on 17.07.2019

The Ninth Annual General Meeting of SCPS was held in the 10 th floor conference hall of Bikash Bhavan. Hon’ble Minister (Independent Charge) chaired the meeting and it was convened by Director, CRT. Senior officers from the Department and the Directorate, SCPS personnel, Officers from other line Departments, Representatives from different NGOs were present in the meeting. Discussions on annual activities of SCPS and financial audit were carried out. Annual report of SCPS (2018-2019), IEC materials on Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and Guidelines for Support Persons under Section 39 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 were launched by Honorable MOS in the meeting.

Video Conference on ICPS Accounts related issues on 25.07.2019

A video conference on accounts related issues of DCPUs, SAAs, GO & NGO run CCIs was held with DSWO, DCPU and Accounts personnel of DCPUs, SAAs and CCIs.

5 day’s training of newly recruited CWC Chairperson & Members – Phase II (Districts – Bankura, Birbhum, Howrah, Hooghly, Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur, North 24 Parganas & South 24 Parganas) on 22.07.2019 to 26.07.2019

Five day’s training of newly recruited CWC Chairperson and Members were organised by SCPS at Seva Kendra, Kolkata. The training was conducted in a participatory manner incorporating different legislatures, child psychology and policies on child protection plan, linkage with allied legislations e.g. PCMA, 2006, CLPRA (Amendment), 2016, ITPA, 1986, Roll of the CWC training, record keeping, record keeping & MIS, maintenance of registers, CTS, submission of the reports to appropriate authorities, visit to CCI and SAA, challenges faced in the implementation of the J.J.Act, 2015, assessing own mental health, self care, mental health of children, skill practice etc.
Number of participants: 40

5 day’s training of newly recruited CWC Chairperson & Members – Phase II (Districts – Coochbehar, Dakshin & Uttar Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, Malda, Murshidabad, Purba & Paschim Bardhaman) on 29.07.2019 to 02.08.2019

Five day’s training of newly recruited CWC Chairperson and Members were organised by SCPS at Seva Kendra, Kolkata. The training was conducted in a participatory manner incorporating different legislatures, child psychology and policies on child protection plan, linkage with allied legislations e.g. PCMA, 2006, CLPRA (Amendment), 2016, ITPA, 1986, Roll of the CWC training, record keeping, record keeping & MIS, maintenance of registers, CTS, submission of the reports to appropriate authorities, visit to CCI and SAA, challenges faced in the implementation of the J.J.Act, 2015, assessing own mental health, self care, mental health of children, skill practice etc.
Number of participants: 40

Capacity building on RRRI for stakeholders on 10.06.2019

A training was conducted through VC at Bikash Bhavan Conference Hall for the DCPOs, PO-IC and the CCI Superintendents on restoration, repatriation, recent SOPs and guidance on trafficking and on CPC repairing and maintaining template.

Half Yearly Performance Review Meeting With SAAs & DCPU of South Zone on 18.06.2019 – 19.06.2019

Two days orientation cum review meeting on adoption, sponsorship and SAA CCI Linkage from 18th to 19th June, 2019 for SAAs and DCPUs of ten districts of South Bengal Zone was held at Saikatabas, Old Digha, Purba Medinipur.
Number of participants: 45

Half Yearly Performance Review Meeting With SAAs & DCPU of North Zone on 27.06.2019 – 28.06.2019

Two days orientation cum review meeting on adoption, sponsorship and SAA CCI Linkage from 27th to 28th June, 2019 for SAAs and DCPUs of thirteen districts of North Bengal Zone was held at Binoy Bhavan Auditorium, B.R. Ambedkar Institute of Panchayet & Rural Development, Kalyani, Nadia.
Number of participants: 38

Training of counsellor’s training under ICPS on 02.05.2019-07.05.2019

Six days training of Counsellors of DCPU, CCI namely phase-II of batch-III from Bankura, Birbhum, Purba Bardhaman, Purulia, Purba Medinipur and South 24 Parganas was organised by DCPU-Birbhum,SCPS and DCRT in collaboration with UNICEF in Bolpur, Birbhum. Sammikhani being the technical agency, the training was made participatory.
Total no. of participants: 28

Video Conference on ICPS related issues on 10.05.2019

A video conference on registration status of CCIs was held with the district authority and with NGO secretary to submit the necessary documents for completion to expedite the registration process.

Video Conference on ICPS related issues on 15.05.2019

A video conference on registration status of CCIs was held with the district authority and with NGO secretary to submit the necessary documents for completion to expedite the registration process.

Nurse training on professional child care methods on 23.05.2019-24.05.2019

Two day training on professional child care methods for the nurses of the specialised Adoption Agencies was carried out at ICMARD building. Doctors from the Dept. of health and Family Welfare were invited to facilitate the technical sessions.

Training of counsellor’s training under ICPS on 27.05.2019-02.05.2019

Six days training of Counsellors of DCPU, CCI namely phase-III of batch-2 from Alipurduar, Coochbehar, Dakhin Dinajpur, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Malda, North 24 Parganas, Uttar Dinajpur was organised by SCPS and DCRT in collaboration with UNICEF in Kolkata. Sammikhani being the technical agency, the training was conducted in a participatory way.
Total no. of participants: 30

Video Conference on Staff rationalization of GO run CCIs on 09.04.2019

A Video Conference on Staff rationalization of Go run CCIs was held from the Conference hall of Bikash Bhavan with the DSWOs and Superintendents of CCI.

Handholding Support to Counsellors under ICPS on 12.04.2019

A one day handholding support to counsellors under ICPS on specific psychological problems of children that they are dealing with in Child Care Institutions was organised through Video Conference for Kolkata and nearby districts.

Handholding support to Counsellors under ICPS on 17.04.2019

A one day handholding support to counsellors under ICPS on specific psychological problems of children that they are dealing with in Child Care Institutions was organised through Video Conference for North Bengal districts.

Meeting of West Bengal Task Force on 18.04.2019

The meeting was held in the conference hall of Bikash Bhavan where the meeting was chaired by Secretary, Dept. of WCD & SW, GoWB. Director-CRT convened the meeting where senior officials from other line departments were present in the meeting. The main objective of the meeting was to expedite the repatriation of Bangladeshi Children.

Meeting with Nepal Consulate on 22.04.2019

The meeting was held with an objective to expedite the repatriation process of the Nepalese children residing in the CCIs and to formulate the repatriation path of these children.

5 day's training of newly recruited CWC Chairperson & members on 22.04.2019-26.04.2019

Five day's training of newly recruited CWC Chairperson and members were organised by SCPS at Seva Kendra, Kolkata. The training was conducted in a participatory manner incorporating different legislatures and policies on child protection.

Orientation on TrackCHILD on 30.04.2019

One day orientation on track child 2.0 was conducted for staff of CCI, CWC, JJB and DCPU from Darjeeling, Hooghly, Howrah, Nadia, Paschim Bardhaman, Purba Bardhaman and South 24 Parganas in the conference hall of Bikash Bhavan. Total number of participants: 32

Training of counsellors under ICPS on primary counselling skills on25.02.2019 - 02.03.2019

Training of counsellors under ICPS on primary counselling skills Six days training of Counsellors of DCPU, CCI namely phase-III of batch- 1 from Kolkata, Murshidabad, Howrah, Hooghly, and Nadia, Paschim Medinipur was organised by SCPS and DCRT in collaboration with UNICEF in Kolkata. Sammikhani being the technical agency, the training was conducted in a participatory way.
Total no. of participants: 30

Handholding support to counsellor under ICPS on 06.03.2019

A one day handholding support to counsellors under ICPS on specific psychological problems of children that they are dealing with in Child Care Institutions was organised through Video Conference.

Training of counsellors under ICPS on primary counselling skills on 12.03.2019 - 17.03.2019

Six days training of Counsellors of DCPU, CCI namely phase-II of batch-2 from Alipurduar, Coochbehar, Dakshin Dinajpur, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Malda, North 24 Parganas, Uttar Dinajpur was organised by SCPS and DCRT in collaboration with UNICEF in Kolkata. Sammikhani being the technical agency, the training was conducted in a participatory way.
Total no. of participants: 30

State Level Orientation on Adoption on 14.03.2019

A State level Orientation programme for DSWOs, DCPOs, PO-NICs, and SAA Coordinators of South Bengal districts was organised in collaboration with CARA at Stadel. The programme was on Adoption, SAA-CCI linkage and
CARINGS. Total no. of participants: 82

Handholding support to counsellor under ICPS on 18.03.2019

A one day handholding support to counsellors under ICPS on specific psychological problems of children that they are dealing with in Child Care Institutions was organised through Video Conference.

Training of SAA functionaries on primary counselling skills on 25.03.2019-26.03.2019

Two day training of SAA functionaries of North Bengal districts on primary counselling skills was organised by SARA. The technical agency was Samikshani.
Total no.of participants: 22

Meeting of Executive Committee of SCPS, WB on 27.03.2019

A meeting of the Executive Committee of SCPS was held at the conference hall of Bikash Bhavan. The meeting was chaired by Ms. Sanghamitra Ghosh, Secretary, Dept. of WCD&SW, Government of West Bengal and convened by Ms. Richa Misra, Director, CRT, Government of West Bengal. Senior Officers of the Department of WCD & SW and Directorate of Child Rights and Trafficking, officials from SCPS, UNICEF were present in the meeting. The meeting was held based on the following agendas:
- Review of Activities of ICPS.
- Review of proposals (2019-2020)approved by PSC

Training of SAA functionaries on primary counselling skills on 27.03.2019-28.03.2019

Two day training of SAA functionaries of South Bengal districts on primary counselling skills was organised by SARA. The technical agency was Samikshani.
Total no.of participants: 22