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INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY CONFERENCE 2012

INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY CONFERENCE 2012. Strengthening the Social Service Workforce in South Africa Zeni Thumbadoo , National Association of Child Care Workers, South Africa. PEPFAR/USAID Support. Support for strengthening the Social Service in Africa

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INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY CONFERENCE 2012

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  1. INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY CONFERENCE 2012 Strengthening the Social Service Workforce in South AfricaZeniThumbadoo, National Association of Child Care Workers, South Africa

  2. PEPFAR/USAID Support Support for strengthening the Social Service in Africa • Country-specific Technical Assistance • Global Initiatives • Social Welfare Workforce Strengthening Conference • The Global Social Service Workforce Strengthening Alliance Support for strengthening the Social Service Workforce in South Africa • Facilitating advocacy by non-governmental partners • Training & capacity building for the workforce • Piloting innovative models • Supporting implementation

  3. The South African Context Legislation • The Children’s Act • The Social Service Professions Act Other Factors • Need for a children’s workforce • The Child and Youth Care Worker

  4. The National Association of Child Care Workers, South Africa Objectives • Planning for, developing and supporting Child and Youth Care Workers (C&YCWs) • Training, advocacy, policy development, conferences, journals, services, international liaison, model development The role of the Child and Youth Care Worker in the Workforce • C&YCWs operate in different settings-residential care, communities and families work, schools, courts (intermediaries, assistance probation officers) • C&YCWs in the HIV/AIDS pandemic response

  5. The Isibindi Model C&YCWs support children in the epidemic in rural communities and families • Focus: poverty pockets, unemployment, women • Focus: skills development, training, career pathing • Focus: recognition and professionalization • Focus: grassroots development – a developing workforce in a developing country Approximately 800 C&YCWs currently provide services to over to 100 000 children

  6. C&YCW Services providedwithin the Isibindi Model C&YCWs support OVC families by: • Working in their lifespace • Using daily life events developmentally and therapeutically • Working ‘in the moment’

  7. Partnership with the South African Ministry of Social Development Isibindi Scale up Strategy • Increased job creation • The Ministry will hire 10 000 C&YCWs by 2017 ( 5 years) • Increased service delivery • The Ministry will support a total of 400 Isibindi projects and services to 1,4 million children • More effective implementation of legislation • Services are aligned with SA and international children’s policy/legislation • Stronger coordination and sustainability within the workforce • C&YCWs will be integrated and institutionalized within the public workforce in SA

  8. The IsibindiScale-up PEPFAR/USAID Support assists with: • Maintaining quality • Promoting stakeholder collaboration • Evaluation • Ongoing innovation • Planning for the future

  9. Partnerships to support expansion of C&YCW cadre in Africa • NACCW conferences – Africa Day programs • 15 different countries • Isibindi and C&YCW training • Zambia (ZACCW) • Zimbabwe • Rwanda (pending) • Visits and discussions • Botswana • Kenya • Ethiopia

  10. Thank you! • For further information • IsibindiProject http://www.naccw.org.za/isibindi/index.html • National Association of Child Care Workers http://www.naccw.org.za/ • OVCSupport.net/Social Welfare Workforce Strengthening http://www.ovcsupport.net/s/index.php?c=114

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