Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable - Unicef

Government-funded programmes and services for vulnerable children in SA
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Placement
in a staterun
facility
providing
care for
children with
disabilities
or chronic
illnesses
The court may place the
child in a state-run facility
or one registered or
recognised by the law for
the care of children with
disabilities or chronic
illnesses.
Targeted beneficiaries
A child in need of care
and protection that has
a physical or mental
disability or that has a
chronic illness
The provincial DoSD
must provide these
facilities.
Placement
in a childheaded
household
under the
supervision
of a
designated
adult person
The court may place
the child in the care of
another child heading
a household, under
the supervision of a
designated adult.
For more detail on the
consequences of this
placement, see the section
below on child protection
services for child-headed
households.
Targeted beneficiaries
A child in need of care
and protection living in a
child-headed household
A child-headed
household may be
recognised as such
a household by the
provincial head of
social development.
A child-headed
household must
function under the
supervision of an adult
designated to supervise
the household by a
Children’s Court or
an organ of state or
NGO determined by
the provincial head of
social development. lv
Placement
of the
child with
adoptive
parents
The objectives of an
adoption: lvi
to protect and nurture
children by providing
a safe, healthy
environment with
positive support;
to promote the
goals of permanency
planning by connecting
children to other safe
and nurturing family
relationships intended
to last a lifetime.
An adoption order confers
full parental rights and
responsibilities in respect
of the child on the
adoptive parent; confers
the adoptive
Targeted beneficiaries
A child: lvii
is an orphan lviii
and has no guardian
or caregiver who is
willing to adopt the
child;
the whereabouts
of whose parents/
guardian cannot be
established;
who has been
abandoned;
who has been
deliberately abused by
their parent/guardian;
who is in need of
permanent alternative
care.
Only certain persons
are allowed to provide
adoption services. lix
These persons include
both government
agencies and civil
society agencies.
The following persons
may provide the
services:
a child protection
organisation
accredited in terms
of s251 to provide
adoption services; lx
this includes a
social worker in
private practice or
a child protection
organisation that
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