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

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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
and training conducted in the provinces including the information from the NGOsmust be forwarded to National DSD.In instances where service providers have been utilised to conduct training;provinces are expected to provide the following information to National DSD onquarterly basis:Names of service providers utilised to conduct training.The content of the training in terms of what the training entails.Categories in terms of the professional groups and other relevantstakeholders.Total number of people trained.Community outreach programmes on the Act.33. AnnexureAnnexure P- Letter of designation for national child protection organisationsAnnexure Q- Letter of designation for provincial child protection organisationsAnnexure R- Publication of abandoned or orphaned children with identifyingparticularsAnnexure S- Publication of abandoned or orphaned children without identifyingparticularsAnnexure T- Legal opinion on interpretation of section150Annexure U– Form for notification of movement of a foster childAnnexure V– Form for inspection of drop in centresAnnexure W–Letter for recommendation of Adoption by Provincial Head of SocialDevelopment34. Dissemination of informationProvincial Heads of Social Development are requested to bring the content of thispractice note to the attention of social workers, social auxiliary workers, child andyouth care workers, community development practitioners responsible for servicesto children in their provincial departments, as well as all child protectionorganizations in their provinces.37Children’s Act practice note 02 of 2011: Transitional matters
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