Children's Act Practice Note 2 of 2011 - LexisNexis South Africa

Practice positionProvinces are required to compile provincial profiles and submit to national DSD,Directorate Policy, Legislation, Monitoring and Evaluation by 31 March 2012.Provinces are expected to review provincial profiles on an annual basissubsequent to the initial submission.32. Training and capacity building of all relevant stakeholders responsible forthe implementation of the Children’s ActLegal position:Section 4 of the Act makes provision that the Act must be implemented by organsof state in the national, provincial and local spheres of government allocating rolesand responsibilities in an integrated, coordinated and uniform manner. Section 5further states that for such implementation to be achieved, all organs of state mustcooperate in the development of a uniform approach aimed at coordinating andintegrating services delivered to children. To achieve the stipulations of thesesections, capacity building and training on the content of the Act is important toensure uniform understanding and interpretation of the Act in order to achievemaximum results for care, protection and promotion of the best interest of the child.The following sections provide for specific and specialized capacity building andtraining required for staff working with children in the focus areas: regulation 5(d),regulation 6(i), regulation 19 (1), regulation 27, regulation 31 (1)(c), regulation 66(6), regulation 71 (c)(e), section 209 (2)(b), regulation 82, regulation 95 (1) & (4).Practice position:Provincial departments are expected to conduct capacity building and training onthe Children’s Act including all the relevant stakeholders in their provinces. Thetraining must comply with the approved training guidelines on the Children’s Act.Provinces must have a roll-out plan on training and capacity building on theChildren’s Act which must also include capacity building for communities, families,parents/ caregivers and children. Statistics and information on capacity building36Children’s Act practice note 02 of 2011: Transitional matters