Children & Families

CHILDREN & FAMILIES

Victim Empowerment Programme (Public Information)

The Victim Empowerment Programme aims to lessen the long-term impact of crime by proactively tending to the needs of all victims. >

Shelters for street children (Service)

Children under the age of 18 years who run away or are kicked out of their homes are urged to seek accommodation at any of the street children's shelters registered with the provincial Department of Social Development. >

What is the Child Protection Register? (Public Information)

All children who have been the subject of an investigation relating to child abuse, neglect, labour or exploitation are put on the Child Protection Register. The child's name and the details of the case will remain on the Register until the child turns 18, even if the case has been closed and the family situation deemed safe enough for the child to return to/remain in the family home. >

Reviewing a Foster Care Order (Service)

A Foster Care Order is issued by the Children's Court when an abused or neglected child is to be removed from his or her parents and placed into foster care. >

Reporting Child Abuse, Neglect, Labour or Exploitation (Service)

What is child abuse? What is child neglect? What is child labour? What is child exploitation? Where can I report child abuse, neglect, labour or exploitation? What will happen to the child then? What should I do if I report the case and nothing happens? ... >

Children's Homes (Service)

The provincial Department of Social Development registers, helps fund and monitors Children's Homes. All Children's Homes take in abandoned children and children in need of care. >

Fostering a Child (Service)

Foster care is the placement of child, who needs to be removed from the parental home, into the custody of a suitable family or person willing to be foster parents. This is done by order of the Children's Court. >

Adopting a Child (Service)

Adoption is a legal way for an adult single person or couple - being unable to give birth to a child or wishing to bring another child into the family, for example - to become the legal parents of a child. When you adopt a ... >

Shelters for Street Children (Facility category)

Children's Homes (Facility category)

Finding South African Youth Organisations (Service)

There are numerous organisations in South Africa working with Youth around a vast variety of topics. These organisations include non-profit organisations, faith-based organisations, government sponsored initiatives and community-based initiatives. To find out what organisations are active in your area, you can search the following online ... >

What are Family Group Conferences? (Public Information)

Family Group Conferences are one of the many restorative justice mechanisms used to reintegrate young offenders into society. This short article explains in more detail what family group conferences are and how they work. >

Guidelines for Day-Care (Guidelines, Manuals & Instructions)

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2001

Department of Social Development (Provincial Government of the Western Cape)

This manual outlines the minimum standards for the day-care of children, as well as after-school care centres. >

Report: A Consolidation of Various Research Findings in Connection with Children and Social Services (Reports & Research)

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2002

Department of Social Development (The Government of South Africa)

This is a summary of findings of the committee of inquiry investigating a comprehensive social security system for South Africa, as well as other research reports relevant to children. >

Adoption Matters Amendment Bill (Bills)

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15 October 1998

This bill amends the Child Care Act, 1983, so as to simplify the procedure for the granting of legal representation for children in children's court proceedings as well as to:provide for the rights of certain natural fathers where the adoption of their children born out of wedlock has been proposed and for certain notice to be givenamend the Natural Fathers of Children Born Out of Wedlock Act, 1997, so as to consolidate the law on adoption under the Child Care Act, 1983amend the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1992, so as to afford a father of a child born out of wedlock the opportunity to record his acknowlegement of paternity and his particulars in the birth registration of the child and to provide for matters connected therewith. >

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