4.
4 Quality Benchmarks
Quality Benchmarks should be developed and reported in line with SCI Guidance and your own CO
processes. However, a series of Illustrative quality benchmarks for the Parenting without Violence
common approach are listed below to support Quality Benchmark development:
Common Approach Activities
1. Caregiver Positive
Parenting Group Sessions
2. Children/ Youth Group
Sessions
3. Community Engagement
Quality Benchmarks (standards)
 Facilitators/mentors are provided with at least a 5-day
initial training on Positive Parenting Group Sessions from
Toolkit.
 Facilitators/ mentors sign-on to, and are trained on, child
safeguarding policy and practice.
 Facilitators/ mentors receive at least monthly dedicated
supervision/ support from CSO Partner/ Save the Children.
 Positive Parenting Group Sessions have a maximum of 20
caregivers per group and facilitator/mentors reflect gender
make-up of group (i.e. both male and female facilitators for
mixed groups, male facilitators male-only group, and
female facilitators for female-only groups) and ensure
gender-safe spaces within groups wherever required to
ensure optimal accessibility and engagement
 Caregivers are provided opportunity to evaluate Group
Sessions and feedback is reviewed and taken into
consideration when planning subsequent ‘cohorts’.
 Facilitators/ volunteers are provided with at least a 5-day
initial training on Children/ Youth Group Sessions from
Toolkit.
 Facilitators/ volunteers sign-on to, and are trained on, child
safeguarding policy and practice.
 Children/youth group sessions have an adult-to-child ratio
of ideally 1:8 and maximum of 20 children per group for 6-9
year olds and 25 children per group for older age groups.
Facilitators/ volunteers reflect gender make-up of group (as
above)
 A gender sensitive child-friendly feedback mechanism is
established, communicated and monitored throughout
implementation and issues/ feedback addressed as
required.
 Mapping of existing government-supported parenting, child
development, early learning, etc., programs conducted
 A list of available formal services for children is established
(by mapping) and includes as a minimum: name of a service

4. Child Protection Systems
provider, services provided, accessibility to children and
parents/caregivers, child sensitivity of the service provided.
 Community posters on equitable, gender sensitive positive
parenting are developed/adapted according to context and
pre-tested.
 Community posters are displayed in prominent community
areas and rotated according to agreed frequency.
 Community celebration held with participants and key
community stakeholders at least every 3 ‘cohorts’.
 Mapping of existing government-supported parenting, child
development, early learning, etc., programs as part of
formative research to target opportunities for scale-up/
integration.