Child Protection Unit – Refugees Association

Child Welfare Unit

The Child Welfare Unit primarily operates in three areas: child neglect, child abuse, and social and economic support.

The Child Protection Unit operates under the 5395 Child Protection Law, based on a protocol signed in 2016 between the Refugee Association and the Sultanbeyli Provincial Directorate of Family, Labor, and Social Services – Sultanbeyli Social Service Center. Staff members of the Child Protection Unit are authorized to act within this legal framework.

Within the Child Protection Unit, both direct and indirect interventions are carried out regarding child neglect and abuse. Within the boundaries of Sultanbeyli, the unit provides counseling, education, health, care, and socio-economic support services. Outside Sultanbeyli, the unit offers direct interventions such as counseling, reporting, guidance, and information services, as well as protective, preventive, supportive, guidance, and rehabilitation activities for all client groups.

Principles of the Chiled Protection Unit:

Principles and Values:

Refugees Association recognizes the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Constitution of the Republic of Turkey, the Turkish Civil Code, the Social Services and Child Protection Agency Law No. 2828 and the Child Protection Law No. 5395, and other legislative documents on children’s rights and adopts the values specified in these documents in its work.

The Refugee Association bases its work on the following principles:

Preventing the child from being harmed

We are against any activity that may harm children bio-psycho-socially and against the use or possession of any material that may cause such harm; do not tolerate any person or phenomenon that may pose a risk to children.

To carry out activities aimed at improving the living conditions of children and to support all kinds of activities, phenomena, and thoughts in favor of children

The Refugees Association operates directly for the protection of children and the improvement of living conditions, but supports all kinds of activities in this area and for this purpose, and strives for the better.

Taking the child's opinion and observing the child's participation in interventions and activities organized for the child

It aims to ensure the participation of the child in decisions and processes that will directly affect the child, taking into account the principle of the high benefit of the child.

Acting as a spokesperson or representative of the child if necessary

The Refugees Association advocates for the child to reach his/her basic rights and needs in decisions and processes that directly or indirectly affect the child.

Identify the factors that lead to the occurrence of neglect or abuse and take the necessary measures

By analyzing the data obtained from the studies carried out, training, seminars, workshops for the problems that are most likely to occur; we communicate with the necessary institutions and organizations and informs them about landscaping or taking different measures.