Humanitarian Association Of Single Mothers

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Humanitarian Association Of Single Mothers
HANSM

• Services for disabled children, children and
  young people in the Macedonia...

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disabled children and young

• HANSM is committed to
• promoting and protecting the rights of disabled
  children and young people
• ensuring disabled children and young people
  receive the support and opportunities they need
• working in partnership with children and
  families, communities, statutory and other
  voluntary agencies
• providing safe, inclusive and high quality
  services for disabled children and young people
• providing and facilitating assistance and support
  for parents and carers
• involving disabled young people and their
  families in the development and delivery of
  services
• responding innovatively and flexibly to changing
  needs
• ensuring children and young people experiencing
  communication impairment have the means to
  communicate their needs and choices
• continual performance review and development

• In partnership with children and young people,
  their families, local authorities and health
  trusts, we can deliver a wide range of services
• daycare services, after-school clubs and holiday
  plays
• supporting housing for young people
• advocacy services
• resource centers and key worker can offering
  families access to services, promoting
  inter-center co-ordination
• play, learning and leisure facilities
• opportunities to access social and leisure
  activities in the community
• advice and guidance for young people and their
  families to make transition to adulthood and
  independence
• home-based care, outreach and family support
  services, including support with personal care,
  sitting services, play sessions and palliative
  care

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Education - from early years through to adult
learning
Early years services give very young children the
chance to develop their physical, social and
intellectual skills in a safe, supportive
environment.

• Running special school providing educational
  services and opportunities
• children and young people with emotional,
  behavioral and social difficulties
• children and young people with learning
  difficulties and physical disabilities.

Project teach practical skills cooking, first
aid, and vocational skills ICT.

• HANSM education services belief that
• all children and young people have the right to
  education, play, leisure, sport and physical
  recreation, and that they know these rights
• education services for children and young people
  should be provided locally in their community and
  children should be included in the life of the
  community
• the views of children and young people should be
  actively sought in determining their educational
  needs and how best to respond to them
• services should promote the full development of
  individuals within relationships that express
  understanding, tolerance, friendship and respect
• staff should encourage children and young people
  to feel good about themselves and recognize their
  talents by acknowledging and praising their
  diverse achievements
• services need to take account of individual
  needs, including health, special educational
  needs, cultural and ethnic background, faith,
  language, sexuality, ability and any disability
• services should follow best practice in child
  protection issues and accord them the highest
  priority

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Children's rights
mediation services that help parents who are
separating to resolve contact and financial
issues, and to focus on their children's welfare
at this difficult time
children's rights and advocacy services, to
protect vulnerable children, such as those in care

• mentoring and independent visitor activities
  that link children who are in care or having
  difficulties at school

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Family placement
place children and young people services with
families who can provide long-term or short-term
care.

• Place children in care and those in trouble with
  the law, and shared care services providing
  respite to families and children with a range of
  needs.
• high quality carers recruited from a wide variety
  of backgrounds
• comprehensive support packages for carers,
  including regular periods of respite, 24-hour
  support from highly trained project staff,
  regular support groups and 'budding' schemes
• careful matching of children and young people to
  carers to reduce the risk of disruption
• robust planning and review structures to support
  statutory care planning, in order to promote
  positive outcomes for children and young people
• written feedback from children, young people,
  carers, parents and local authorities, which is
  used to inform and improve our services

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Youth services
youth justice projects that enable young people
in trouble to face up to their responsibilities
and support them with their education and
employment, so that they can build a crime-free
future
youth homelessness projects that provide or
help find housing for other vulnerable young
people, and help them learn to manage on their
own
leaving care projects that support young people
who have been in care as they learn to live
independently