The new role of the Child and Adolescent Well-being and Protection Coordinator in educational centers: comparative analysis of the regulatory development in the different autonomous communities

Abstract

The protection of children and adolescents is a global priority for today's societies. Data from different official bodies on the different types of violence in
childhood are more than worrying. Among the possible causes are the absence of a comprehensive approach to child protection, the lack of teacher training, the lack of coordination of the professionals involved and the scarcity of resources.
It is in this context that the LOPIVI (2021) arises and with it the new figure Bof the Child and Adolescent Well-being and Protection Coordinator (CBP) in
educational centres. This proposes a holistic approach to the prevention of child violence, generating protective environments and in coordination with professionals from different fields. It is up to the Autonomous Communities
to specify its implementation. A content analysis of the regulations developed on PBC by the different autonomous communities up to December 2021 isproposed. Different categories have been established to compare the legislation:
implementation of the figure, type of legislation developed, professional profile, aid for the development of the functions and types of activities developed. From the analysis carried out, it can be seen that the legislation enacted is uneven
and does not follow a common pattern, either in terms of the requirements demanded or the functions to be carried out, with wide divergences, ranging from communities that have not implemented it to others that assimilate it to
existing figures. The main conclusion is the prematurity and precariousness with which its implementation has taken place, highlighting the lack of prior and global reflection to structure and guide this process. At the present time, this can
be considered a situation of inequity in Spain due to the educational inequalities it generates between some communities and others.

Keywords: childhood, adolescence, child protection, legislation, content analysis.