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The All Ireland Programme for Immigrant Parents (All IPIP)
The island of Ireland has experienced considerable change in its population profile over the last decade, with migrants becoming an increasingly visible client group, with particular needs and requiring tailored responses. There is a growing wealth of experience in working with this client group, in a range of settings and with regard to a variety of issues.
However, there has been little opportunity to date to collate and disseminate this learning, or the materials which have largely been locally developed. Hence the process of identifying need, working through cultural differences, considering appropriate methodologies, and developing materials, (sometimes including translation) is being duplicated across the country. Areas and organisations for whom this is a new issue are struggling to identify appropriate responses.
The All Ireland Programme for Immigrant Parents is a 24 month project aimed at the full remit of immigrant parents to address these areas.
The Aims of the Programme are:
- To develop an information pack regarding family support for non-Irish national parents, and resource tools for those working with them, which is applicable and available throughout the island of Ireland;
- To address an identified gap in resource and practice tools aimed at promoting positive parenting and
- To provide supports to those working with immigrant families.
The objectives are:
- To build on existing practice and provide tools for professionals which are culturally competent and well informed, and which focus on building the capacity of parents to achieve best parenting practice;
- To create awareness amongst the target group of legislative and practice developments which inform approaches to parenting in Ireland;
- To develop a shared understanding regarding what all children growing up in Ireland need to be healthy and happy;
- To ensure that the target group understands what supports are available to them and how to access them;
- To share the learning from the desk research and consultation process and
- To link this initiative with the development of intercultural strategies presently being developed by the HSE and other statutory agencies.
The Consultation process aims to talk to parents, practitioners and young people about their experiences. The ISPCC have held over 30 focus groups around the country. They are now holding a web consultation process with questionnaires to be completed by parents and practitioners.
All opinions are of value, so please feel free to write as much as you like.
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Please note that questionnaires should be printed out and returned to:
Fiona Dwyer
ISPCC
30 Lower Baggot Street
Dublin 2
NB: The
closing date is the 15th December 2007
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