Building a Caring Society Together: DSD Annual Report 2006/07

DSD Annual Report2006/07 Presented to Select Committee on Social Services 23 October 2007 "Building a caring society. together"

Presentation outline • Part A • Overview • Part B • Programme Performance 2006/07 • Part C • Budget and Expenditure report 2006/07 • Challenges "Building a caring society. together"

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DSD Strategic Perspective • The department has premised its strategies and services on two platforms: • services that deal with assisting society to deal with what they are currently experiencing as a result of poverty and social dislocation and • strategies to deal with the factors that give rise to and sustain poverty, inequality and social discord. "Building a caring society. together"

Vision A caring and with integrated system of social development services that facilitates human development and improves the quality of life. Mission To ensure the provision of comprehensive, integrated, sustainable and quality social development services against vulnerability and poverty and create an enabling environment for sustainable development in partnership with those committed to building a caring society. "Building a caring society. together"

Sector Priorities • Expansion and consolidation of services to children, youth, older persons, women, people with disabilities • Capacity building for Civil Society Organisation • Expanded Public Works Programme • Human Capital Development. • Social workers • Auxiliary social workers • Community development practitioners • Child and youth workers • Probation officers "Building a caring society. together"

Part B Programme Performance "Building a caring society. together"

Comprehensive Social Security system PROGRAMME OBJECTIVE: • to ensure the provision of a package of comprehensive social protection measures and interventions, focusing on income support Non-contributory Social Benefits • Achieved significant milestones with respect to developing policies and research for discussion and debate that will in due course address the many gaps in social security system. • Conducted a study on the need and potential implications of extension of child support grants (CSG) to the age of 18 years. The report was submitted to the Cabinet for consideration. Cabinet proposed that the Social Sector Cluster explore a package of services to vulnerable children over the age of 14 years, as opposed to a social grant as the sole measure. • Cabinet approved a policy and an implementation plan for the extension of social assistance to indigent refugees who are disabled. "Building a caring society. together"

Comprehensive Social Security system Non-contributory Social Benefits (contribution) • The department developed a further plan to cover contingencies of recognised refugees in respect of the old age pension, children in poor households and foster care. • Facilitated the development of a draft report on social security benefits for people with chronic illnesses • Disability and Retirement benefits • Researched and presented a rationale for age differentiation in old age pension. • Finalised piloting of the harmonised assessment tool for disability which started in 2005/06 • Developed a draft assessment tool for Care Dependency Grants • The provision of Social Relief of Distress • Developed a policy implementation manual to support standardised interpretation and application of the provisions across the country. • Disbursed an amount to the value of R22 million to provide relief to 13 000 victims of disaster and an amount to the value of R3 million Emergency Relief Fundto Organizations providing assistance to victims of disaster. "Building a caring society. together"

Comprehensive Social Security system • Service delivery Quality Assurance • Implemented both the monitoring framework and institutional arrangements for the regular interface between the Agency and the Department to ensure continuity and improvement in service standards. • Completed the report on perverse incentives and approved by Cabinet. • Completed a profile of 7,000 beneficiaries during this period. The report was presented to Cabinet and approved. • Completed phase 1 of the MIS project which involved bulk volume capturing of files for 6 provinces, totaling 12.9 million files and about 2.3m loose correspondence. • Contributory Social Security benefits • Completed a review of Retirement Provisions, with further studies to support key recommendations, with legislation for a state-provided fund. "Building a caring society. together"

Services to Children New Child Care Legislation • The Section 75 Children’s Bill was signed by the President in June 2006 and it is now referred to as the Children’s Act No.38 of 2005. • The Children’s Amendment Bill previously known as the Section 76 part of the Children’s Bill was introduced to Parliament in July 2006 and passed by the NCOP. The Bill is currently being dealt with by the National Assembly. Early childhood development (ECD) • Launched the Guidelines on Early Childhood Development services in June 2006 • The Sector registered approximately 1500 sites in 2006/07 bringing the number of registered sites to over 11 000. • There is on average an ECD site for every 455 children in the country. • Paid per diem subsidy for approximately 314 912 children. • The total amount paid towards these subsidised sites for 2006/07 is R350 million "Building a caring society. together"

Welfare Services Child Care and Protection Services (continued) Strategies to Combat Child Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation • Installed the Child Protection Register (CPR) in all provinces and the process of upgrading the database in all provinces is ongoing. • The CPR registers, in six provinces, are fully aligned with the new national web-based system. Alternative Care • Developed a foster care strategy • Developed a comprehensive residential care data base of registered child and youth care centres. Adoptions and International Social Services • Registered 252 inter country adoptions; and • 2,166 domestic adoptions "Building a caring society. together"

Welfare Services Services to Families: • DSD finalised the training manual for parenting skills and the training manual on Marriage Preparation and Marriage Enrichment • Launched a Empowerment Centre in Badplaas Mpumalanga in December 2006 • Finalised framework for the implementation of the SA’s Victims Charter "Building a caring society. together"

Welfare Services Services to older persons • Developed community based care and support services model for services to older persons • Finalised Plan of Action on Ageing. • Provided financial and administrative to the South African Older Persons Forum (SAOPF), which was established in 2005 by the Minister of Social Development, to promote and protect the rights of older persons and to serve as a mouth piece for older persons. Services to people with disabilities • Conducted research on social needs of people with disabilities • Developed policy guidelines on: • rehabilitation services to people with disabilities • residential facilities for people with disabilities • management of protective workshops "Building a caring society. together"

Welfare Services SUBSTANCE ABUSE • Developed Minimum Norms and Standards for in-patient Treatment Centres and the Best practice model for children and youth in treatment facilities • Approved the establishment of a 24-hour toll free line in combating substance abuse. • Conducted rapid Analysis on Trends in Substance Abuse in the country. HIV AND AIDS care and support programme • Funded 1 700 Home/Community based Centres nation-wide providing a wide and varying number of services. • Developed norms and standards for HCBC services to ensure quality of services and to provide a minimum package of services to be rendered. • Completed process for estimation of orphans using vital registration data up to the age of 13 years. • Finalised guidelines and action plan for Management of HIV for Children and Youth in residential care his program. • Facilitated and monitored the establishment of 50 Love Life outlets • Finalised Policy framework for orphans and other children made vulnerable by AIDS "Building a caring society. together"

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Community Development • Launched the first phase of the pilot project on linking grants to livelihoods and cooperatives. • Finalized a process on developing job descriptions for 5 Community Development Practitioners’ work levels finalized. • The Department commissioned research on analysis of livelihood profiles and assessment of DSD basket of services in all the 21 ISRDP and URP nodes. The project is aimed at informing the Department on how it is currently performing, its shortcomings, what needs to be done to improve service delivery, and piloting the support processes needed in order to effect change. • Finalized the draft Youth Development Social Development Strategy. Expanded Public Works Programme: Sector Coordination • Developed a proposal for the massification and sustainability of EPWP Jobs focusing on ECDs and HCBCs. • Drafted training guidelines for capacity building in collaboration with the Department of Public Works • A study conducted to determine possibility of mainstreaming EPWP in other programmes beyond ECD and HCBC. "Building a caring society. together"

Support to Civil Society Organisations Registration of NPOs • There are 44 062 registered organizations that operate in different fields. Funding of Civil Society organisations • The department awarded funds to eighteen (18) national organisations rendering services with the department in accordance with the provisions of the Policy on Financial Awards to Service Providers. • NDA approved • funding of 110.9 million to 95 projects • Disbursed 49.5 million to organisation pro-poor projects Capacity Building of NGOs • NDA launched a capacity building programme • Committed 25.7 million to strengthen capacity of the CSOs "Building a caring society. together"

Population and Development Population and Development Research • Population and development research activities served to support policy development, monitoring and evaluation in the Department, and the Government in general. • Research reports that flowed from research undertaken include the following: • Views on migration in Sub-Saharan Africa • An Evaluation of the Joint Population Conferences (1999-2005) • Identification of Information and Research Gaps on the Impact of HIV and AIDS and Research Priority Needs: Towards an HIV and AIDS Research Agenda for DSD • Review, update and definition of indicators to monitor the social impacts and other aspects of HIV and AIDS in South Africa. "Building a caring society. together"

Strategic Challenges • Non – compliance with the NPO Act. • The Department is appointing additional staff members to enhance its capacity to administer and monitor registered NPOs. • The slow process of filling of posts. • The Department reviewed the Recruitment and Selection Policy with the intention of shortening the turn around time of recruitment in the Department. • Financial administration of the social assistance function poses many challenges due to dual responsibilities between SASSA and the Department which impacts on accountability. • Lack of effective management information systems for social welfare and community development programmes, limit our capacity to monitoring and evaluation "Building a caring society. together"

DEPARTMENTAL SPENDING 98,9% Actual Spending R’000 "Building a caring society. together"

DIVISION OF 2006/07 DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURE [R’000] "Building a caring society. together"

2006/07 OPERATIONAL SPENDING [Excluding transfer payments] 94,8% Actual Spending R’000 "Building a caring society. together"

DIVISION OF 2006/07 OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURE [R’000] "Building a caring society. together"

Building a Caring Society Together: DSD Annual Report 2006/07