1. Operational Guidelines
Introduction to the
Operational Guidelines
Operational Guidelines on Community based mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: Three-tiered support for children and families
An orientation to the field test version

2. Objectives for this Module
To Understand:
Why new guidelines have been developed
What these guidelines are (and what they aren’t)
What the process for development looked like
Who is the intended audience
How the guidelines structured
How to access the guidelines and associated material
What is included in the rest of the orientation package
Objectives for this Module

3. A Few Initial Questions to Consider…

4. Based on your experience, what are the key challenges facing children in humanitarian settings around the world?
…and how have those challenges changed and shifted over the past few decades?

5. What lessons have you learned in your own work about the best ways to promote wellbeing and resilience among children in crisis settings?

6. Wellbeing…describes the positive state of being when a person thrives
Wellbeing…describes the positive state of being when a person thrives. In mental health and psychosocial work, wellbeing is commonly understood in terms of three domains:
Personal wellbeing – positive thoughts and emotions such as hopefulness, calm, self-esteem and self-confidence
Interpersonal wellbeing – nurturing relationships, a sense of belonging, the ability to be close to others
Skills and knowledge – capacities to learn, make positive decisions, effectively respond to life challenges and express oneself
UNICEF, Inter-Agency Guide to the Evaluation of Psychosocial Programming in Emergencies, United Nations Children’s Fund, New York, 2011.

7. Resilience…is the ability to overcome adversity and positively adapt after challenging or difficult experiences.
Children’s resilience relates not only to their innate strengths and coping capacities, but also to the pattern of risk and protective factors in their social and cultural environments
Dr. Michael Ungar, in Hague Symposium Report, 2015

8. Why develop new guidelines?

9. 3 Reasons
the unique challenges that today’s crises pose for children’s safety, well-being  and optimal development 1
emerging evidence on the determinants of children’s resilience 2
lessons learned from the evaluation of existing approaches 3

10. unprecedented levels of displacement
The unique challenges that today’s crises pose for children’s safety, well-being and optimal development
poverty
terrorism
climate change
unprecedented levels of displacement
natural disasters
and more…

11. emerging evidence on the determinants of children’s resilience
Personal Factors
personality, genetic makeup, presence or absence of disabilities
Social Factors
relationships with families, teachers, friends
Environmental Factors
access to essential services
safety
sense of belonging

12. lessons learned from the evaluation of existing approaches
Need to improve engagement with families and communities
Need to improve on the scale and quality of MHPSS interventions
Need to improve transitions from early emergency response to recovery and regular programming

13. The Guidelines

14. An Introduction to the Guidelines by Zeinab Hijazi UNICEF Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Specialist Access the video here

15. Process for Development
Proposed by UNICEF in IASC MHPSS RG meeting 2015
Development of first draft
Presentation to UNICEF NY HQ stakeholders
Conference calls for buy-in and input by UNICEF field staff
Development of second draft
Compendium and case study development
Review by UNICEF working group & IASC RG Community-based PS working group members
Field testing 2018/2019
Revisions and Finalization 2020
Launch 2020

16. What These Guidelines AREN’T
They are not step by step instructions for how to build new MHPSS programmes from scratch
What These Guidelines AREN’T

17. What These Guidelines ARE
Intervention activities and operationalizing guidance to embed MHPSS programmes for child and family wellbeing within communities
Information on how to implement, target and adapt interventions based around community needs and capacity
What These Guidelines ARE

18. UNICEF staff
Partners and other agencies working with children in humanitarian settings to help them effectively embed MHPSS programmes for child and family well-being in communities
Audience

19. How are the guidelines structured?

20. Understanding Community Based MHPSS
The Social Ecological Model: Three Tiers of Support
MHPSS theory of change
Operationalizing Community Based MHPSS: A Framework
9 Circles of Support
Implementing Activities within the Framework
Monitoring and Evaluation
Community Engagement Participation and Mobilization
Annexes
1. Three case studies: South Sudan, Nepal, Lebanon
2. What Other Actors Can Do – Action Sheets from IASC Guidelines for MHPSS in Emergency Settings
3. UNICEF Key Commitments, Frameworks and Minimum Standards
4. UNICEF Community Based MHPSS log frame
5. Scalable Interventions
6. The Evolving Humanitarian Context: Resilience Strengthening Responses
7. Entry points for MHPSS in the Humanitarian Programme Cycle at UNICEF
Compendium of Resouces

21. How to access the guidelines and associated material

22. How to access the guidelines and associated material
Download the UNICEF Operational Guidelines on CB-MHPSS, and accompanying orientation material (coming soon) now available on MHPSS.net via this link.
Access the dedicated group on MHPSS.net that includes the resources in its associated compendium.
Access the Feedback form for field testing here (link available soon)
Files/links for the future printing of the MHPSS Operational Guidelines:
MHPSS - PRINT COVER Spreads + Spine x- 1a.pdf - this is one page of outside cover spread with built-in spine text for “perfect binding” (not saddle stitched which uses staples).  There is no inside cover file as they are intentionally blank.
MHPSS - PRINT INTERIOR x-1a.pdf -  individual interior pages 
The MHPSS Native Files v2.zip for Country Office translations can be found  here

23. How is this orientation package for the CB MHPSS Operational Guidelines structured?

24. How is this orientation structured?
1-Introduction to the Guidelines
-Why new guidelines?
-Overview of the guidelines
-Overview of the orientation
2-Theory and Concepts
-Community Based MHPSS
-The IASC MHPSS Pyramid
-The Social Ecological Pyramid
-The MHPSS Theory of Change
-9 Circles of Support
3-Compendium and Forum on MHPSS.net
-Introduction to the Compendium of Resources
-Introduction to the MHPSS.net working group
4-Monitoring and Evaluation
-The MHPSS Log Frame
5-Adapting Resources -When to Adapt
-How to Adapt
6-Community Engagement and Participation
-Key steps for Community Engagement
7-Application of the Guidelines
-Operational Framework
-A Practice Activity
8-Annexes

25. Questions?