This manual aims to provide probation officers and social workers with basic information on child labour, an understanding of the problem of child labour in terms of its causes, spread, effects, and means of dealing with it, as well as the methods of dealing with working children. It also aims to provide trainers with field skills and information on legal measures, especially the recent amendments to the Juvenile Law, so that they may contribute to the successful resolution of this problem. It moreover aims to build the knowledge of the trainees to ensure a team trained on eliminating child labour. The final objective of this Manual is to assist probation officers and social workers in training capable staff who can better deal with the problem of child labour.

This training manual targets the trainers mandated with training staff on positively dealing with the
problem of child labour in general, and probation officers and social workers at the Ministry of Social
Development in particular.

The Manual relied primarily on the ILO publications relevant to children, especially the publications
issued by the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC). The Manual
also relied on the studies and documents conducted on children in Jordan. The Manual was written
in cooperation with public and private institutions that have experience with working children.