PREVENTION & EARLY
INTERVENTION SERVICES
- Counselling of clients seeking services for the first time.
- Emergency placement of vulnerable children in temporary safe care.
- Psycho-social support to children and
families
- Therapeutic groupwork programs with
children and caregivers
- Prevention, education and awareness
programs in the Community.
FOSTER CARE SERVICES
- Placement of vulnerable children with a family that may be related or unrelated to the children.
- Social workers provide psycho-social support to the children, the foster parent and the natural parent(s).
ADOPTION SERVICES
- Counselling of birthmothers.
- Screening of prospective adoptive parents.
- Placement of children in adoption both family and non-family related.
- Tracing of origins.
- Post Adoption Services
FAMILY REUNIFICTION SERVICES
- Children placed in foster care and
Youth Care Centres together with their
biological families are provided with
psycho-social support services. This is
with a view to facilitating the return of
children to their families within the
shortest possible time.
SERVICES TO CHILDREN PLACED AT CHILD & YOUTH CARE CENTRES
- Children needing a structured environment and specialized treatment programs are placed at Child & Youth Care Centers.
- The Society’s Social workers monitor these placements to ensure that the program meets the needs of the child.
EKHAYA LETHEMBA COMMUNITY HOME
- Children between the ages of birth to 6
years needing emergency safe care are
accommodated at Ekhaya Lethemba Community Home. - The children are cared for by Child Care workers who provide for the basic needs of the children.
- The children are accommodated for a period of 8-12 weeks during which time the social worker investigates the child’s family circumstances with a view to permanency planning and securing the best placement option for the child.
