Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable children in SA
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solutions to the
problems;
(f) Promoting appropriate
interpersonal relations
within families;
(g) Promoting the wellbeing
of the service
user and the realisation
of his or her full
potential;
(h) Sensitising users and
their families to the
link between substance
abuse, crime, HIV/AIDS
and other conditions;
(i) Promoting the diversion
of children away from
the criminal justice
system;
(j) Skills development
and economic
empowerment of
people affected by
substance abuse.
Services for the protection of children in need of care and protection from abuse, neglect, maltreatment,
exploitative labour, or because they have been orphaned or abandoned
Programme/
services
Description of the
programmes/actual
service provided
Targeted beneficiaries/
qualifying criteria/how to
obtain the service
Delivery mechanism/
service providers
A continuum
of care
ranging from
prevention
and early
intervention
to removal
and
placement
of a child in
foster care
or adoption
and/or
reunification
The policies and laws
envisage the provision of
a continuum of care for
children in need of care
and protection, ranging
from prevention and early
intervention services, to
the reporting of suspected
cases of abuse, neglect
and abandonment,
intervention and removal
of children, investigations
and assessments of cases,
placement and integration
of children in alternative
care, therapeutic
programmes such as
counselling, treatment
Targeted beneficiaries
Children in need of care
and protection
A combination of DoSD
employees and offices
(such as social workers,
social auxiliary
workers, community
development workers)
and NGOs, specifically
social workers, social
auxiliary workers,
educators, community
care workers,
volunteers and others
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