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from:
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Gundabathina
murali krishna <gmkrishna.nlr@gmail.com>
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to:
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bsubbaraodc@gmail.com
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date:
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Mon,
Sept26, 2015 at 4:24 PM
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Dear sir give information regarding DCPU duties as per JJAct
2015
G.Murali
Krishna
Member
CWC
Nellore
Dist
Thanks for quarry, please find details as bellow:
District
Child Protection Unit is a team of Child-friendly staff of women and Child
Welfare Dept. DCPU consists of
(i)
District
Child Protection Officer (may be Govt employee or outsourced as in AP)
(ii)
Protection
Officer for institutional Care / Non-institutional care.
(iii)
Social
Worker and
(iv)
Outreach
Worker
In AP,
the WCD has a sister Dept. called Juvenile Welfare Dept. which has a
District-wise set up of
(i)
District
Probation Officer (Govt. employee)
(ii)
Superintendents
of Homes,
(iii)
Protection
officer (for institutional care)
(iv)
Social
Worker and
(v)
Outreach
worker (all (iii) to (vi) are outsourced)
(vi)
Counselor
The
detailed roles and responsibilities of DCPU are:
1. Works
under the overall supervision of District Magistrate:
The District Child Protection Units (DCPU) shall function under the
overall administrative control and supervision of the District Magistrate of
the concerned district. The District Magistrate shall be responsible for
effective implementation of ICPS and all other child protection policies and
programs at the district level. He/she shall also be the co-chairperson of
District Child Protection Committee (DCPC). The DCPC shall be chaired by the
Chairperson Zilla Parishad.
2. District
Child Protection Officer (DCPO):
The District Child Protection Officer (DCPO) shall function as the head
of the DCPU and shall be responsible for carrying out all day to day functions
of the DCPU at the district level. The DCPO shall be appointed either by
deputation or on contract. In districts where a district level officer of the
ICPS implementing department (Social Welfare/Women and Child Development) is
available he/she shall function as the DCPO. In districts where such officer
does not exist, the post of DCPO shall be filled by deputation/contract.
a.
The DCPO shall coordinate and supervise
implementation of the ICPS and all other child protection activities at
district level including monitoring and supervision of all
institutions/agencies/ projects/programs/NGOs and shall report to SCPS at the
State level. For the purpose of coordinating non-institutional care program at
district level, he/she shall report to SARA (State Adoption Resource Agency) at
the State level. The DCPO shall be responsible for coordinating development of
an Annual District Child Protection Plan, resource directory of child related
services and child tracking system at the district level.
b.
He/she shall also be coordinating and networking
with all the line departments/officers including.
i.
District Magistrate
ii.
District Judge
iii.
Superintendent of Police / Special Juvenile Police
Unit (Addl. SP in AP)
iv.
Child Development Project Officer (CDPO)
v.
Labour Officer, Education officer
vi.
Chief Medical officer (CMO)
vii.
Municipal Authorities
viii.
Members of Zilla Parishad and other local bodies
c.
Besides, he/she shall also coordinate with :
i.
Juvenile Justice Board
ii.
Child Welfare Committee
iii.
Voluntary organisations
iv.
Child line Services
v.
Hospital/Nursing Homes
vi.
Other authorities at district level who have direct
or indirect impact on child protection programs/services
d.
He/she shall head the Home Management Committee of
every institution in the district and recommend suitable institutions for
release of grants from the SCPS. He/she shall conduct a monthly review meeting
with all stakeholders including representatives of community and local bodies
as well as media.
e.
Both the District Probation officer & DCPU have the
following responsibilities:
i.
To
undertake a Social Investigation into the case and submit Social Investigation
Report within 15 days to the Board (Sec 8).
ii.
To
coordinate with SJPU/Child Welfare Police Officer after apprehension of the
CICL for counselling etc.
iii.
To
inform the parents/guardians of such child on being found or apprehended by
Police (Sec 13)
iv.
To
take up follow up action on receipt of final orders of Children’s Court with
regard to CICL to implement individual care plan for the rehabilitation of the
child (Sec 19(2))
v.
To
submit periodic follow up reports annually to the Children’s Court when CICL is
lodged in Place of safety or (Special Home in the absence of place of safety)
to evaluate progress of the child (Sec 19 (4))
vi.
To
submit follow up report to the Children’s Court on completion of 21 yrs of age
duly evaluating whether such child has undergone reformative changes and
whether the child can be contributing member of the society, so as to enable
children’s court to decide whether to release the CICL with certain conditions
or to send him to regular jail for completion of the remainder of the term (Sec
20)
vii.
To
provide a Secretary and other staff for CWC for its effective functioning (Sec
37 (3))
viii.
To
conduct a Social Investigation Report (SIR) and to submit to the Child Welfare
Committee (CWC) (Sec 30 (iii))
ix.
To
follow the recommendation of CWC’s monthly inspections/visits to various Homes
for improvement in quality of services (Sec 30 (viii))
x.
To
coordinate with the Police, labour depts and other agencies involved in care
and protection of Children for follow up action (Sec.30 (xv))
xi.
To
follow the direction of CWC in case of a complaint of abuse of child in any
child care institutions (Sec 30 (xvi))
xii.
To
produce any child in need of care and protection (CNCP) before the committee
(Sec 31)
xiii.
To
report to the Child line services or at Police station or to a CWC on coming to
know of any abandoned or lost child, or an orphan without any family support
(Sec 32 (1))
xiv.
To
upload the information of a lost or orphan child in the AP Police intranet through SJPU/CWPO and in khoyapaya.com (Sec 32 (2))
