The Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC) organized a Training of Trainers (TOT) on Buklod Paglaom para sa Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL): Holistic Psychological and Economic (HOPE) Interventions for Community-Based and Center-Based focal persons of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Central and Field Office, Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY) representatives, and JJWC National and Regional Secretariat on August 7 – 11, 2023 in Quezon City.
Buklod Paglaom para sa CICL is the program framework of the Intensive Juvenile Intervention and Support Center of Bahay Pag-Asa under Republic Act no. 9344, as amended. It aims to have well-targeted, tailored-fit, and highly concentrated center and community-based programs and services which directly address the specific needs of the CICL who are at risk of reoffending, their family and peers, and the community as secondary clientele. It has three components: individual and family sessions, group work, and intensive aftercare.
The TOT aims to enhance the competencies of the participants on Buklod Paglaom particularly in handling individual and family sessions, mindfulness, and social group work, and cascade their learnings through the conduct of in-depth training to local duty-bearers on the program.
Among the session topics that were discussed were: Buklod Paglaom Orientation and Assessment Tools on the Functionality of the Child and Family, Individual and Family Sessions, Mindfulness for the Service Providers, Social Group Work, and Buklod Paglaom E-Learning Course Orientation.
As part of JJWC’s effort towards digitization, the Buklod Paglaom was converted to an e-learning course in 2021. Soon, it will be one of the courses to be offered through the DSWD Electronic Learning Management System (DSWD-ELMS).
Further, Atty. Tricia Clare A. Oco said “We are part of the changes we would like to happen. I hope that through this training we could work together to have an effective, gender-responsive, disability-inclusive, restorative, and holistic child justice system.”
