Summer Camps Protection, Leraning and Fun!

Child Protection Unit (CPU): 
A structure within the Social Services Department in the Municipalities where at least one worker, specifically trained on child protection, operates. The 
Child Protection Worker (CPW) is responsible for the coordination and management of all referrals and cases of children at high risk or victims of abuse. The CPU offers both preventive and 
responsive services including direct interventions such as counselling and family support to children in need who are referred to, or come into contact with the unit. It is the role of this unit 
to assess the situation and coordinate interventions in the best interest of the child to ensure the child is protected and thus enabled to develop to his/her full potential. The work of the CPU 
is conducted in close collabouration with other members of the child protection system, such as teachers, school psychologists, doctors, police officers and law authorities. Children, parents, 
professionals and members of the public may refer child protection concerns to this unit, whenever they arise.
Commune: 
A commune in Albania represents an administrative-territorial and community residential area, a municipality with a rural character. The subdivisions within the commune are 
called villages or cities. The determination of the territory of subdivisions is done by the communal council.
Community Counselling Group (CCG):
“Community Counselling Groups” are volunteer groups formed mainly by community members and parent volunteers which focus on providing 
counselling to vulnerable families, giving information on well-established child protection models and referring cases of children in need of protection to the municipal CPU, the school or 
other relevant local structures.
Directorate of Services and Social Care:
a local structure of Municipality/Commune guided by principles of decentralization in charge of policies and implementations in the field of 
social protection