Director Registration And Compliance

Background Information The National Council for Childrens Services is a State Corporation established under section 41 of the Children Act, 2022. The Council draws its mandate from Section 42 of the Children Act 2022. The Council is mandate to regulate, coordinate, and oversight children services in Kenya and advise the government on all matters relating …

Director Registration And Compliance

Duties and responsibilities entail;

• Receive applications, vet and recommend for approval of child welfare programmes proposed by charitable children’s institutions in accordance with the Act;

• Develop and review criteria for establishment of child welfare programmes;

• Monitor adherence to set standards of Charitable Children’s Institutions and child welfare programmes for compliance;

• Prepare and submit monitoring reports of Charitable Children’s Institutions and child welfare programmes to the Council;

• Establish, maintain and update a database of children in Kenya;

• Establish panels of persons from whom guardians ad litem appointed by the court in matters relating to children including adoption regulated under the Act;

• Maintain and update a register of guardians ad litem;

• Accredit and license duly registered adoption and child protection agencies in order to facilitate domestic and inter-country adoptions;

• Establish, update and maintain a database for domestic and inter-country adoptions;

• Receive records and reports from Charitable Children Institutions, adoption societies, parents and guardians, authorised officers and other relevant persons on children available for adoption;

• Establish, maintain and update a register of children free for adoption and prospective adoptive parents;

• Certify and declare a child free for adoption;

• Establish, maintain and update a database of adopted children in consultation with the Registrar;

• Provide the platform for the Council in serving as the central authority for the purposes of the Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoptions;