Job Creation Initiatives in Social Development Sector

1. BRIEFING OF PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON JOB CREATION INITIATIVES IN THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR 12 June 2012

2. PRESENTATION OUTLINE • Purpose • Introduction • Context • Key Functions • Job Creation Initiatives • Skills Analysis • Challenges • Way Forward

3. PURPOSE To brief the Portfolio Committee on Social Development on the: • Job creation initiatives of the Social Development Sector; and • Related skills and competencies.

4. Introduction • Poverty, unemployment and inequality continue to be major challenges in the country. • State of Nation Address – 2011/12 declared year for job creation. • 12 outcomes of Government give effect to election manifesto and medium term strategic framework; • Minister of Social Development is enjoined to respond to at least 4 outcomes: • Outcome 1: Improved Quality of Basic Education • Outcome 2: A Long and Healthy Life for All South Africans • Outcome 4: Decent Work Through Inclusive Economic Growth • Outcome 7: Vibrant, equitable and sustainable rural communities and food security for all

5. Context • New Growth Path (NGP) developed to drive government’s job creation initiatives • NGP identifies 5 jobs drivers and the public service is key in achieving the set targets • Public Service responsible for 20% of jobs created, private sector is expected to be the main source of job creation; • Of the 20%, Health, Education, SAPS and Defense are the major contributors to public service job creation; • DSD Minister’s priorities: • ECD; • Child and Youth Care; • Anti Substance Abuse; and • Food for All

6. Social Development Programmes • Substance abuse prevention and rehabilitation • Care and services for older persons • Social crime prevention and support • Persons with disabilities • Child care and protection services • Victim empowerment • HIV and AIDS • Care and support services to families • Youth development • Sustainable livelihoods • Institutional capacity building and support • Population and development

7. Job Creation Initiatives • CORE PROGRAMMES: • Child and Youth Care Workers (Isibindi Model), 10 000 over 3 years; • Care Workers (HCBC programme), 4000; • Masupa Tsela - 4000 • Social Assistance Programme (social grants) • CO-ORDINATED EFFORTS: • EPWP • CWP • SUPPORT PROGRAMMES WITHIN THE SOCIAL SECTOR: • Bursaries Programme; • Internship Programme; • PROCUREMENT INITIATIVES

8. Child and Youth Care Workers • DSD aims to expand its Child and Youth Care Services (CYCS) using a model known as “Isibindi” (circle of courage), to create safe and caring communities in the context of HIV, AIDS and TB. • CYCS to be delivered by appointing trained & qualified Child and Youth Care Workers who will provide direct support to children orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV, AIDS and TB. • Up to 1.3 million children will benefit from direct supervision and psycho-social support services. • Intention is to train 10 000 child and youth care workers over the MTEF.

9. Community Care Givers - HCBC • Aims to provide comprehensive and quality social services in the home and community to ensure that basic needs of people living with HIV and AIDS are met. • Promote, restore and maintain a person’s optimum level of comfort and social functioning. • Trained Care Givers appointed by NPO’s to render this service (funds transfer from provincial departments to NPO’s). • 14,590 Care Givers are currently rendering this service. • Intention to increase the number of Care Givers to 15,319 over the MTEF.

10. Masupatsela Youth Pioneer Programme • Value based programme targeting young people. • Aims to engage the youth to become pioneers and social activists of change in their communities. • Facilitates the creation of future good citizens who embrace good values and respect their country. • General thrust is to promote activism, patriotism and social cohesion amongst the youth. • Contributes to skills development and improve the situation of youth by linking them to sustainable opportunities. • 2354 youth pioneers were trained to do house and community profiling. • Intention to train 9,975 youth pioneers over the MTEF.

11. Comprehensive Social Security • Provide income support to over 15.2 million South Africans in poor households. • 70% of the budget disbursement happens through payment contractors where thousands of jobs are created. • CSG - contributes to creating an environment conducive for child development (99% of CSG beneficiaries attend school) and will become ultimately employable. • Micro/macro economic impact indicates increased local economic activity and job seeking behavior.

12. SOCIAL SECTOR EPWP • DSD leads the coordination of Social Sector EPWP. • SS EPWP was launched in 2003/4 and is now in its second phase (2009 -2014) • The SS EPWP has as at the end of the 2011/12 financial year delivered a total of 152 109work opportunities against a target of 132 000. • The sector has also benefitted from the SS Incentive grant through which 22 public bodies will be funded to the tune of R27.4m in the 2012/13 financial year. • It is expected that 11 969 Full Time Equivalent work opportunities will be created through this SS Incentive Grant funding.

13. SUMMARY OF JOB INITIATIVES

14. CAREER PATH • Can be appointed to vacant posts of : • Assistant Community Development Practitioner; • Social Auxiliary Workers; • Data capturers; • Child and Youth care Workers • Social Workers and Community Development Practitioners; • Prioritised for Bursaries; • Social Security – allows completion of schooling and creates employability

15. CURRENT SKILLS SHORTAGES • Skills needs exist for almost all categories of staff. • Expansion of social development services and the introduction of new services for children, persons with disabilities, older persons and vulnerable members of society propel demands for a range of occupational groups to implement developmental social welfare programmes. • Among the social service workers required are social work professionals, social auxiliary workers, child and youth care workers, early childhood development practitioners, community development practitioners, assistant community development practitioners and community caregivers

16. Skills Gaps within the Sector

17. SOCIAL WORK SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS

18. Internship

19. Learnerships Implemented in the Sector

20. JOB CREATION THROUGH PROCUREMENT • Procurement by departments and state agencies affects employment by the suppliers. • Where imported goods are procured, the employment creation takes place outside of South Africa; • Local procurement, in contrast, can stimulate employment in South Africa. • New Treasury regulations on preferential procurement come into force on December 7, 2011. They require local procurement in designated sectors and generally encourage use of locally produced goods rather than imports. • In many cases, increasing the share of locally produced goods and services in government procurement requires changes in procurement processes.

21. JOB CREATION THROUGH PROCUREMENT…. To improve the procurement of locally produced goods and services, the National Department, together with its Agencies and provincial Departments have to: • Develop a strategy to procure goods and services from locally manufactured/local suppliers. • Develop a monitoring system where local procurement can me measured. • Identify what goods are imported and which are locally produced, so as to find areas of opportunity for local production. • Use the Department of Trade and Industry defined locally produced gods and services as a basis for procurement. • Communicate their needs to potential local suppliers systematically, so that the suppliers can develop capacity to meet requirements. • Define the needs in ways that facilitate local production as far as possible. • Enforce the reporting by suppliers on the number and type of employment created as a result of a specific tender issued.

22. CHALLENGES • Enablers: • Appointment of data capturers required; • Transversal data systems • Stipends: • Uniformity of amounts paid; • Availability. • Inability to absorb beneficiaries of scholarship.

23. PROCUREMENT RELATED CHALLENGES • Suppliers are not registered on the supplier database of Departments. • Suppliers are not registered on the LOGIS System • The suppliers physical address cannot be verified. • Suppliers do not have a valid Tax Clearance Certificate and/or BEE Certificates. • Local suppliers located in rural area s are difficult to contact. Their details are not easily known and as a result their details on not on the supplier database.

24. WAY FORWARD • Finalise development of HR Plan for the Sector; • Finalise development of Integrated Sector Service Delivery Model • Procurement Matters: • Finalize the procurement strategy; • Identify commodities that will be required per province on both key priorities or otherwise. • Conduct joint workshops to potential suppliers together with agencies and provincial departments covering opportunities and compliance matters.

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