Training Center:

Launched in 2006, the training center is the first regional training center specialized in the area of Child Safety. Now more than ever, the center provides a wide range of training programs with a vast number of beneficiaries.
The center benefits from the efforts and outcomes of other Jordan River Child Safety components, which include awareness, prevention and intervention efforts, hence provide training packages which are based on international best practices, yet tailored to the national scene.
Partnerships with similar international organizations have also been established. The center signed a memorandum of understanding with NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Against Children) in the UK, to allow for the exchange of knowledge and know – how related to training in the area of child protection and safety.

Services Offered through the Training Center:

1. Training
   The center has a group of qualified trainers on all the available programs. It is QRFCC’s policy to ensure insures that they are up to date with the latest skills in training. The center is qualified to meet training needs for a diverse group of beneficiaries.

2. Training materials development
   the center develops tailored training manuals and packages in the areas of child safety, youth empowerment, family dynamics and welfare that meet the requirements of the target groups addressed and the topic at hand.

3. Consultancies
   organizational consultancies are also provided nationally and regionally to family and child related organizations. Organizational consultancies range from consultations on specific areas of the organization’s work, initiating a new service or program to emulating the models and activities of the Jordan River Child Safety in those organizations.

4. Capacity Building
   the center provides training programs to individuals and organizations in various areas that are not limited to the ones developed in – house. Professionals in social work, psychology, counseling, community work, education, and other fields related to child and family work among the target groups addressed in training center’s programs. In 2009, the Training Center trained 1,315 local professionals (social workers, teachers, trainers, and educational supervisors).

The Training Center provides two categories of training programs:

A. Programs for professionals working with parents, children and youth:

• Concepts of Child Safety

• Case Assessment & Management

• Child Rights

• Interview Skills

• Reproductive Health

• Entering the World of Early Childhood

• Appropriate Parental Practices with New Born Children & Related Concepts of Child Safety

• Towards Better Communication with the Adolescence

• Towards An Empowered Generation

• The Individual & The Interactive Circles Surrounding Him/Her

• Together We Can Build Our Country

• We Are Different, But Yet Alike

• Who Am I?

• Basic Life Skills

• Youth Development & Participation

• Puppets Making “Salhouf Tales Series”

• Reproductive Health & HIV

• Anger Management

• Interactive Learning

• Behavior Modification & Punishment Alternatives

• Say NO to Bullying

• Being Intimate

B. Programs for institutions working in the field of child safety:

• Strategic Planning

• Monitoring & Evaluation

• Concepts of Empowering Organizations Working in the Area of Child Safety

• Building Positive Attitudes & Concepts to Support Domestic Violence Victims

• Report Writing Skills

• Communication Skills

• Training of Trainers “TOT”

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