Progress Report

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Progress Report Children Awaiting Trial
Presentation to Portfolio Committee on Social
Development
11 September 2002
Department of Social Development
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Agenda

• Aim of presentation
• Statistics
• Programs per province
• Challenges
• Present initiatives
• Way Forward

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DSD Provincial breakdown CAT
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CAT DSD DCS Facilities June 2002
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CAT DSD DCS Facilities July 2002
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Agenda

• Programs per province

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Mpumalanga Services and Programs

• Assistant Probation Officers X21
• Family Finding
• Diversion Programs (Dept Nicro)
• Family Group Conferencing
• Developmental Assessments
• Life Skills programmes
• Drug Alcohol Prevention Programs
• Crime Prevention Programs
• Supervision services
• Monitoring of cases-home visits
• Visits to SAPS DCS Holding facilities

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Limpopo Services and Programs

• Assistant Probation Officer X1
• Family Finding
• Diversion Programs-Dept Nicro
• Developmental Assessments
• Drug Alcohol Prevention Programs
• Crime Prevention Programs
• Supervision services
• Monitoring of cases
• Visits to SAPS DCS Holding facilities

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Western Cape Services and Programs

• Assistant Probation Officers X 10
• Family Finding
• Diversion Programs
• Developmental Assessments
• Crime Prevention Programs
• Supervision services-PO
• Home based supervision program
• (House Arrest)
• Youth Empowerment Camps
• 20 RAR Services

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Gauteng Services and Programs

• Probation Services
• RAR services
• Diversion programs
• NGO Partnershipscontinue
• Nicro - Diversion Programs-different
• Youth for Christ- Monitoring of CAT in DCS
  facilities Life Skills Spiritual personal
  enrichment
• Othandweni- serve as guardians for children
  whose parents cannot be traced res services for
  CAT rehabilitation services diversion services
  
• Life Line-Monitor Police cells

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Gauteng Services and Programs

• NGO Partnershipscontinue
• Dyambu Youth Dev Centre-
• Diversion (Sexual offender program
• Breaking cycle of violence)
• Occupational Therapy Psych Services
• Trauma Debriefing
• Skills Training- program reg with Seta
• Entrepreneurial skills
• Linking children to resources after acquittal
  (e.g. employment agencies, education)
• Assistant Probation Officer X1 Alexandra
  (pilot)

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KZN Services and Programs

• Pietermaritzburg Region
• Probation Services
• RAR services
• Diversion
• Social Aux Worker seconded to DSC facility
  family/
• home finding, dev programs
• Residential care programs
• Health Therapeutic
• Developmental assessments
• Youth Justice forum

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KZN Services and Programs

• Durban Region
• Probation Services
• RAR services
• Diversion
• Child Youth Care Workers seconded to DSC
  facility
• Action plan for Westville YDC
• Training Capacity building (Dev Assessment
  VOM
• FGC Fam Pres Rest Justice
• Residential care programs
• Health Therapeutic Abet Poverty Red
  Program
• Violence prevention
• Developmental assessments

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KZN Services and Programs

• Midlands Region
• Probation Services
• RAR services
• Diversion programs
• Visits to CAT in DCS facilities
• Education Life Skills Programs
• NGO Partnerships
• Khulisa Ubuntu Workshop-train youth leaders
• as mentors

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N/Cape Services and Programs

• NGO Partnerships
• Nicro - Diversion Programs (YES, Journey,
  Pre- trial FGC Crime Prevention
• NG Welsyn- Diversion program (Youth in action)
• Parenting Skills program
• Famsa- School based life skills programs
• Life Line-Monitor Police cells
• ACVV- Diversion programs
• MOO- Diversion programs
• People against misuse(P.A.M)- Crime prev
  Early Intervention Programs
• Nehemia Spiritual Group- Recreational programs

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N/Cape Services and Programs

• Probation Services
• RAR services
• Diversion programs
• ADP Life Centre
• Prof Foster Care
• Residential care programs
• Health Therapeutic
• Developmental assessments
• Vocational skills
• Parental skills
• VOM ( SW CYCW)

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North West Services and Programs

• Probation Services
• RAR services
• Diversion programs
• Family Preservation Programs
• Training Capacity building (Dev Assessment
  VOM
• FGC Fam Pres Rest Justice)
• House Arrest Program- Lichtenburg
• Residential care programs
• Health Therapeutic
• Developmental assessments

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N/West Services and Programs

• NGO Partnerships
• Nicro - Diversion Programs (YES, Journey,
  Pre- trial FGC Crime Prevention)
• SAVF- Life Skills programs
• Teenagers Against Drug Abuse (TADA) Programs

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Free State Services and Programs

• Probation Services
• RAR services
• Diversion programs
• Developmental assessments
• Residential care programs
• Health Therapeutic
• Developmental assessments IDPs
• Life Skills
• Recreational
• Skills Development

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Free State Services and Programs

• NGO Partnerships
• Nicro -
• Diversion Programs (YES, Journey, Pre- trial
  FGC Crime Prevention)
• Assessments

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E/Cape Services and Programs

• NGO Partnerships
• Nicro - Diversion Programs (YES, Journey,
  Pre- trial Comm Service FGC Say Stop Community
  Service Orders VOM
• Nicro Training of service providers in VOM
• One Stop Youth Justice Centre
• Relocation to Nerina House POS
• Services
• RAR services
• Probation services
• Community Crime prevention programs
• School based Parenting skills programs

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E/Cape Services and Programs

• Probation Services
• RAR services
• Diversion programs
• Pres Awards-Choices
• Home Supervision Program- Engcobo
• Residential care programs
• Health Therapeutic
• Developmental assessments
• Life skills
• Parental skills
• Comm Based Programmes
• Art

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E/Cape Services and Programs

• DCS Residential care programs
• Secondment of CYCW to St Albans
• Family finding
• Monitoring CAT
• Dev Programs
• Assistant Probation Officers x9

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Agenda

• Challenges

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Communication Structures

• National
• Inter-Sectoral Child Justice Committee
• Chaired by the Department of Justice and
  Constitutional Development was specifically set
  up to gather information and make recommendations
  for specific interventions concerning the
  situation of children awaiting trial in
  detention. The Committee has broadened its
  functions to include all matters relating to
  children accused of crimes. The Committee
  monitors children awaiting trial through a
  collation of statistics provided by the
  Departments of Correctional Services, Social
  Development and SAPS.
• Provincial
• Local

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Challenges

• Costing of CJB implementation
• MTEF processes
• All provincial CFOs to be involved in this
  process
• DOJ Budget allocation for infrastructure
  development (R17M) to be spent in this
  financial year for One stop CJ Centres
• Follow-up on the recommendations from the
  National Sec Care Wshop in BFN

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Challenges.

• Minimum standards for secure care
• Regulations for secure care
• Audit of secure care facilities
• Implement Probation Services Act
• Training and capacity building of probation
  practitioners
• Database for registration of diversion
  programmesito CJB

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Challenges

• Regulations CJBill
• Expansion of diversion programs
• ME of children awaiting trial in DSD DCS
  facilities
• Take services into correctional facilities
• Social Case Tracking system developed
• Accreditation of training courses
• Roll-out Home Based Supervision Program

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Challenges

• Establishment of Prof Board for Probation
• Services
• Donor Funding for DSD implementation of CJB
• Alignment with Integrated Justice System
  Projects and Processes
• Social Crime Prevention Implementation
  Strategy

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Challenges

• Human Resources
• Insufficient probation and assistant probation
  officers
• Insufficient child and youth care workers
• Programs
• Insufficient diversion programs
• Insufficient home based programs
• Inter-departmental Service Level Agreements

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Agenda

• Present initiatives

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Present initiatives

• Probation Services
• Probation Services Amendment Bill
• Regulations Prof Board
• Roll-out Home based supervision program
• Appointment of probation and assistant
  probation officers
• Training and capacity building
• Replicate Westville YDC model
• Diversion Replicate develop

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Present initiatives

• Child Justice
• Child Justice Bill
• Costing of DSD responsibilities
• DSD national provincial implementation
  plans
• Inter-sectoral Child Justice Committee
• (ISCCJ), includes monitoring CAT

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Present initiatives

• Social Crime Prevention
• Cluster Program
• Lead Dept DSD
• Develop cluster implementation strategy
• Secure Care
• Provincial roll-out plans

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Present initiatives

• Integrated Justice System Program
• Court Process System
• Access CAS/CRIM
• Child Protection Register
• Case tracking system
• Business Intelligence Project

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Present initiatives

• Donor Funding
• Sectoral Budget Support from Royal Netherlands
  Embassy
• Business plan for R20m to initiate national and
  provincial programs to support implementation
  of Amendments to Probation Services Bill and
  Child Justice processes

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Agenda

• Way Forward

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• Formalise inter-departmental Service Level
  Agreements
• Implement Amendments to Probation Services
  Bill
• Strengthen Inter-Sectoral Committee on Child
  Justice
• Regular feedback to Portfolio Committees
• Roll-out taking child and youth
  care programmes into correctional facilities
• Specific action plans to address challenges