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Despite legislative mandates, Greece struggles with effective implementation of child protection legislation and out-of-home placement of abused and neglected children. Using the NGO “The Smile of The Child” experience, it analyzes the national legislative framework, tools, implementation issues, and child and youth care systems. 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Despite legislative mandates, Greece struggles with the effective implementation of child protection legislation and out-of-home placement of abused and neglected children. Drawing on the experience of the NGO “The Smile of The Child,” this study employs an empirical approach to examine Greece’s national legislative framework, tools and implementation issues in children’s rights and welfare, child protection systems and child and youth care systems. In Greece, the implementation of child protection legislation faces significant hurdles. Despite legislative mandates, the lack of services, trained personnel, gaps in national legal frameworks on trauma-informed practices and protocols during removal, and lack of support for adults who grew up in out-of-home care hinder effective protection measures. Findings reveal systemic barriers implementing child protection legislation, lack of established protocols, preventive practices and adequate education on the methods and legal basis of removal and foster care leading to systemic re-traumatisation of children. This study will attempt to create a timeline of child protection in Greece, starting from prevention to out-of-home care, reviews the legislative framework using data driven from the Center of Abuse and Exploitation of the Organization ‘The Smile of the Child’ including services such as helplines, school interventions, homecare  \np Corresponding author. E-mail: [stavroulaspiropoulou@hamogelo.gr](stavroulaspiropoulou@hamogelo.gr)  \nUnauthenticated | Downloaded 03/28/25 09:14 PM UTC  \nsocial services, remedial services as well as annual reports. Ρrevention, removal, trauma management, deinstitutionalisation, fostering and adoption and a focus on improvements and good practices will be of extensive concern.  \nKEYWORDS  \nchild protection, Greece, out-of-home placement, trauma of removal, abuse, child protection legislation, prevention, deinstitutionalization  \nINTRODUCTION  \nA widely considered truth regarding child protection systems across various countries is that to be able to build a robust, comprehensive and functional not only child-friendly but also child-protective system, requires a holistic approach and coordination among many services: Legal, social, educational, community-based etc. Many countries are facing serious difficulties in implementing and combining effectively all the above and Greece is no exception, even though significant steps forward have been taken.  \nRegarding one of the most pressing issues that is residential care, the majority of children and adolescents with social problems, chronic diseases and disabilities and those children that have been heavily abused have, up until now, stayed in institutions (mainly from private, public, church and non-profit sector), that operate in anachronistic “asylum” model (Bertotti, Di Rosa, & Asimopoulos, 2023) . This, according to the Greek Ombudsman, has resulted in violation of the childrens’ rights. What is more, in most cases specialized scientific training is poor and the ratio between staff/children is low, thus resulting in exhaustion and burnout. As of 2024, Greece has taken many steps to ameliorate the situation but still there is still a long way to go.  \nIn accordance with European promising practices, Greece has enhanced the legislative provisions f","cbCaijkNNceL0Ldx","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijkNNceL0Ldx","pdf",641155,14,"English","# Introduction\n## Legislative provisions and implementation context\n## Residential care and institutionalization challenges\n## Reporting duties and national action mechanisms\n## Foster care and deinstitutionalization measures\n# Abstract\n## Core challenges in Greece’s child protection system\n## Empirical approach using NGO experience\n## Systemic barriers and re-traumatization risks","[{\"question\":\"What main challenges does the study identify in Greece’s child protection system?\",\"answer\":\"The study highlights hurdles in implementing child protection legislation, including lack of services, trained personnel, gaps in trauma-informed legal frameworks, and insufficient adult support after out-of-home care.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the research examine Greece’s legislative framework and implementation issues?\",\"answer\":\"It employs an empirical approach drawing on the NGO “The Smile of The Child” experience, reviewing tools, rights and welfare implementation concerns, and child and youth care systems using data such as reports and services.\"},{\"question\":\"What risks and obstacles do the findings emphasize regarding out-of-home placement?\",\"answer\":\"Systemic barriers include lack of established protocols and inadequate preventive practices and education, which can contribute to systemic re-traumatization of children.\"}]","Child protection in Greece - Addressing the national framework, discrepancies and good practices | PDF",1792031953,35]