Social Development

Question by: 
Hon Lorraine Botha
Answered by: 
Hon Albert Fritz
Question Number: 
7
Question Body: 

What (a) programmes, (b) policies and (c) services are put in place to (i) protect, (ii) care for and (iii) offer appropriate support to (aa) children, (bb) parents and (cc) caregivers in the province?

Answer Body: 

What (a) programmes (i) to protect,  (ii)     care for and (iii) offer appropriate support

(aa) Children

bb) parents and (cc) caregivers

(cc) caregivers

  • Adolescent Development programmes
  • Isibindi programmes
  • Transitional support programmes (to prepare children about to exit alternative care)
  • Behaviour management programmes
  • Child Witness Programmes (supporting children at the Sexual Offences Courts)
  • Temporary Safe Care Programmes
  • Public education and information on the Children’s Act

 

  • Public education and Information on the Children’s Act 38/2005  - more particularly Reporting of child abuse and Neglect (Section 110 of the Act) and Parenting Responsibilities and Rights

 

  • Parenting skills

 

  • Public education and Information on the Children’s Act  38/2005 - more particularly Reporting of child abuse and Neglect (Section 110 of the Act) and Parenting Responsibilities and Rights

 

 

  • Parenting skills

 

 

What (b) policies (i) to protect,  (ii)     care for and (iii) offer appropriate support

 

(aa) Children

bb) parents and (cc) caregivers

 

  • Children’s Act 38/2005
  • White Paper on Family
  • Provincial Child Protection Strategy
  • Norms and Standards for Social Welfare Services
  • Children’s act 38/2005
  • White Paper on Family

 

What (c) services (i) to protect, (ii)     care for and (iii) offer appropriate support

(aa) Children

(bb)  Parents and (cc)  caregivers

  • Safety and risk assessment of children, 
  • Counselling services
  • Alternative care services (foster care, adoption, residential care)
  • Therapeutic services
  • Reunification services
  •   services for children living and working on the streets
  • Psycho social support services for children experiencing loss and grief
  • Community based care programmes for children

 

  • Public education and Information on the Children’s Act 38/2005  - more particularly Reporting of child abuse and Neglect (Section 110 of the Act) and Parenting Responsibilities and Rights

 

  • Parenting skills
Date: 
Friday, November 14, 2014
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