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01/04/2019 00:00:00
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Care Planning Programme for approximately 45 girl children.
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The Care Planning programme was devised by Adie Kean, an experienced social worker from the UK, specifically for Baale Mane as an organisation. It ensures that we consistently reach high standards of care and focus on each girl child as an individual as well as part of the Baale Mane family. It is taught using workbooks which the girl children complete daily, and which provide space for recording thoughts and emotions allowing us to monitor their progress and development.
The care planning programme is integral to providing the Baale Mane girl children with a high standard of well-rounded care. The topics covered are: health and wellbeing, talents and learning, relationships, my dreams and hopes for the future. Adding a rating system we offer them a way to simply express their feelings about their current situation, answering questions such as: "Do I take care of my body and soul?" "Do I feel confident/self-assured about myself?", and "What is troubling me?". We then compare these responses to previous reports to see how the girls are progressing.
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The objectives of this programme are to ensure all of the girl children have a happy and healthy childhood at Baale Mane, to encourage personal development and self-reflection and to promote well-rounded and constructive relationships within the Baale.
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• A particular successful part of the care planning programme has been the introduction of teams at Baale Mane. Teams are made up of girls of all different ages, and the eldest takes the role of the ‘team leader’. The leaders are responsible for taking care of the younger girl children, ensuring that they are healthy, happy and are keeping track of their possessions and keeping their bed space neat. They also report weekly to the staff on any issues that their team members raise, encouraging a supportive environment amongst the girl children and equipping the team leaders with both responsibility and leadership skills.
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The programme forms a key way for us to work towards our goal of nurturing and resourcing each girl child to lead a self-sustaining and independent adult life. We aim to equip the girl children at Baale Mane with the necessary life skills to achieve this through our care planning programmes.
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01/04/2016 00:00:00
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Transition Programme for girl children between 10th standard and 2nd PUC
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The transition programme began out of a need to begin preparing the girl children at Baale Mane for life beyond the Baale – whether they’re working or studying whilst living in the city. It also acknowledges that they have entered a more mature phase of their life, so the questions become more challenging accordingly. It also uses workbooks as the tool for recording the girl children’s emotions, thoughts and progress.
The programme is delivered by the External Relations Manager, who takes 11 sessions of 1 hour each which cover health and wellbeing, careers guidance, relationships and communication, decision-making, human rights, sexual health and budgeting, staying safe and time management.
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The programme aims to prepare the girl children in 1st and 2nd PUC for life as an adult living, working and moving around independently in the city. It also, similarly to the care planning programme, encourages self-reflection and self-development but on a more challenging level.
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A particular achievement of the transition programme has been the practical assignments which the girl children undertake. One example is an assignment focussing on budgeting in which the girls travel to the nearest village to Baale Mane by bus, purchase some groceries, and travel back. Simple tasks like these require a lot of courage and independence for girl children who have lived at Baale for the majority of their childhood.
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The transition programme follows on from the care planning programmes, and forms an important part of our goal to nurture and resource each girl child to lead a self-sustaining and independent adult life.
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01/04/2019 00:00:00
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Independence Programme for girl children living independently outside of Baale Mane
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The Independence Programme works on supporting the girl children who are living in the city remotely and through specific sessions on dealing with life outside Baale Mane. This includes practicalities such as bus schedules and travel, hygiene and health, nutrition, and emotional wellbeing and relationships.
The programme is implemented through daily calls with a Baale Mane caretaker, weekly calls with the Independence keyworker and sessions conducted at Baale Mane on all of the topics. The topics are: confidence, health, planning, college/institution/job and finally, evaluation of own growth.
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The Independence Programme aims to provide consistent support to the Baale Mane girl children living independently, and this support reduces as and when the girl child feels comfortable and confident in their independently led lives.
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Baale Mane has successfully enabled 35 girl children to become independent, living in the city. They all have varying levels of support but we have girl children studying BComm, Arts and Animation degrees, working in Café Coffee Day and studying beauty and tailoring vocational courses. The wide variety and successes across the board suggest that this programme, when following on from both the care planning programme and transition programme, is an extremely effective method for achieving our goals at Baale Mane.
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We have an intensive job readiness programme that entails the following:
Internships and placements – During holidays from college the girls are encouraged to apply for internships and placements in their chosen career path. They are provided assistance to do so through application support and many placements are found for the girls by the Baale staff through contacts and research.
Meeting with organisations – Workshops and meetings are held by Baale’s partner organisations (including EY and Moody’s amongst others) which gives the girls an introduction to the working environment and often include specific job readiness workshops.
Leadership – Leadership workshops are held continously (along with other soft skills) and a trip to Mumbai for a leadership programme is being planned.
Advice on job applications – The girls are assisted in applying for jobs and their application letters and CVs reviewed by staff if requested.
Provide job contacts – Many of the permanent jobs found for the Baale girls are through contacts the staff or trustees have built with organisations in the city. The girls have the opportunities to meet these contacts and increase their chances of being employed.
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This is the final step in Baale Mane’s goal of nurturing and resourcing girl children to lead independent and self-sustaining adult lives. It marks the end of Baale Mane’s financial support (once the girl child is self-sustaining and settled) and the level of emotional support reduces alongside the individual girl child’s needs. This is always done on a case by case basis.
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