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Progress Report Children Awaiting Trial

Progress Report Children Awaiting Trial. Presentation to Portfolio Committee on Social Development . 11 September 2002. Department of Social Development. Agenda. Aim of presentation Statistics Programs per province Challenges Present initiatives Way Forward.

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Progress Report Children Awaiting Trial

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

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

  3. DSD: Provincial breakdown: CAT

  4. CAT: DSD & DCS Facilities June 2002

  5. CAT: DSD & DCS Facilities July 2002

  6. Agenda • Programs per province

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Gauteng: Services and Programs • Probation Services • RAR services • Diversion programs • NGO Partnerships…continue • 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

  11. Gauteng: Services and Programs • NGO Partnerships…continue • 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)

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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)

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. Free State: Services and Programs • Probation Services: • RAR services • Diversion programs • Developmental assessments • Residential care programs: • Health & Therapeutic • Developmental assessments & IDP’s • Life Skills • Recreational • Skills Development

  20. Free State: Services and Programs • NGO Partnerships • Nicro :- • Diversion Programs (YES, Journey, Pre- trial; FGC; Crime Prevention) • Assessments

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. Agenda • Challenges

  25. 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

  26. Challenges…… • Costing of CJB implementation • MTEF processes • All provincial CFO’s 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

  27. 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 programmes—ito CJB

  28. Challenges…… • Regulations CJBill • Expansion of diversion programs • M&E 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. Agenda • Present initiatives

  32. 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

  33. 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

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

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

  36. 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

  37. Agenda • Way Forward

  38. 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

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