"building a caring society. together" integrated development presentation to portfolio...

"Building a caring society. together"

INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT

Presentation to Portfolio Committee on Social Development

16 March 2007


Presentation outline

• Part A: Overview (Context )

• Part B: Welfare Services (Progr 3)

• Part C: Community Development (Prg 4)

• Part D: Budget Allocation


CONTEXT• Challenges facing the department of Social Development and the sector

are varied.

• Poverty, unemployment, inequality and absence of essential services and their concomitant social ills are common denominators that cut across most of these challenges

• The complexity of the challenges is further exacerbated by – the fact that Community development and welfare services are labour

intensive, and – depend largely on skilled social workers and community development

practitioners, – both these professionals are in short supply to meet the service delivery

demand– Also the community development area has had very limited focus and shared

understanding


CONTEXT

• In addressing these challenges, the Department identified three client categories– Poor– Vulnerable and – Marginalised groups

• Central priority of the department is the development of policies, legislation and systems to ensure provision of a range of social services to meet the socio-economic needs of the poorest, marginalised and most vulnerable within the constraints of available resources


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.

Vision

A caring and integrated system of social development services that facilitates human development

and improves the quality of life.


• Create an enabling environment for social and human capital investment.

• Promotion of social integration.

• Social protection initiatives to build the capacity of vulnerable groups.

• Provide a comprehensive social security system.

• Leadership in social development to ensure the deepening of the social policy discourse and evidence-based decision-making.

• Effective and efficient management of social development programmes and activities in partnership with civil society and other social partners.

• Good governance.

• Steering national involvement in African and International frameworks and agreements with respect to socio-economic development.

Strategic Priorities


Functional areas per programme• Programme 3: Social Welfare Services

– Develop, monitor and facilitate the implementation of appropriate policies, strategies and programmes relating to:

• Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse • Services to Children• Services to People with Disabilities• Older Persons• Families and Victims of Social Crimes • Services and Support to people and families infected and affected by HIV and Aids

• Programme 4: Community Development– Develop, monitor and facilitate the implementation of appropriate policies, strategies

and programmes aimed at:• Community Development• Youth Development• Sustainable Livelihoods• Registration and Capacity building of Non Profit Organisations


Part ASOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES


SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES

STRATEGIC GOAL• To create an enabling environment for the delivery of

developmental social welfare services and for dealing with the social impact of HIV and AIDS in partnership with implementation agents.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE• The objective of this programme is to develop, facilitate

and monitor the implementation of policies, strategies and programmes on integrated social welfare services that meet the needs of all vulnerable groups.



• Key Focus Areas– Prevention and treatment of substance abuse– Services to children– Services to people with disabilities– Older persons– Families and Victim empowerment– HIV and AIDS– Generic norms and standards



• Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse

– Table Substance abuse legislation in parliament and develop regulations

– Facilitate the implementation of the NDMP– Research on the impact of substance abuse in

communities– Develop a database for treatment centres– Minimum standards for in patient and out-patient

services rolled out – Develop a National clearing house for substance abuse



• Services to Children– Complete the amendment of the Child Care Act

with regulations and implementation tools– Implementation and monitoring of policy on

Child Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation– Improved foster care and residential care

services – Implementation of the Integrated Plan for Early

Childhood Development (ECD) (EPWP)


SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES• Services to Children cont

– Alignment of Social welfare services specific for children with special needs with emphasis on children living in the streets, those with disabilities and orphans

– Establish a database for adoptable children and prospective adoptive parents

– Implementation of the secure care detention management system for children awaiting trial



• Services to people with disabilities– Undertake comprehensive costing of the policy on

disability (incorporating costing of minimum standards, guidelines on protective workshops and on rehabilitation for people with disabilities)

– Develop the implementation strategy for the policy on disability as well as action plan on the implementation of the research findings on the needs of people with disabilities

– Capacity building on the implementation of the policy on disability and management of protective workshops

– Develop integrated guidelines for rehabilitation of persons with disabilities


SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES• Older persons

– Development of regulations for the implementation of the Older Persons Act no 13 of 2006

– Commission a baseline study on the needs and current status of older persons

– Development of minimum standards for services to older persons – covering both residential and community based care and support services

– Capacity building on SA plan of Action on ageing and the Charter on the rights of older persons

– Alignment of protocol on elderly abuse with the new legislation– Facilitate implementation of Community based care and support

model for older persons



• Families and Victim Empowerment– Development of strategy and capacity building

to implement Policy on families and Programmes to promote functional families including SA Victims Charter of Rights



• HIV and AIDS– Strengthening of HCBC through:

• implementation and monitoring of norms and standards for HCBC and support,

• Capacity building and mentoring of HCBC NGOs,

• Training of officials and NGOs on the Management of HIV and AIDS in residential care facilities

• Develop a Monitoring and Evaluation System for HCBC

• Implementation of Expanded public Works Programme within HCBC and support programme



• HIV and AIDS– Strengthening of prevention program on HIV

and AIDS through:• Alignment of lovelife program with EPWP and

Monitoring the Lovelife program on agreed objectives

• Development of a plan for prevention of new infections based on the national Strategic plan.

• Development of a plan for reduction of progression of HIV disease



• HIV and AIDS– Coordination of Service Delivery through:

• Establishment of a database for orphans

• Establishment of a monitoring and evaluation system for OVC care

• Establishment, strengthening of Provincial, district and local Coordinating structures.

• Research on Child headed households


Part BCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT


COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTSTRATEGIC GOAL

Create an enabling environment for empowerment of the poor, vulnerable and previously marginalised groups, including youth, women and people with disabilities to achieve sustainable livelihoods.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE

To develop, monitor and facilitate the implementation of appropriate policies, strategies and programmes aimed at sustainable livelihoods and human development.


COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

• Philosophy for community development:communities are best placed to identify their own problems and formulate their own solutions and make their own opportunities. To achieve this community development practitioners play a critical role in mobilising, facilitating, identifying, planning and implementing integrated development programmes with other key stakeholders to build empowered and sustainable communities.



• Strategic Focus Areas A conducive environment for the practice of

community development A conducive environment for youth development

and massification of the National Youth Service Programme

Poverty reduction and Sustainable Livelihoods Improved governance and capacity of NPOs to

implement and facilitate development programmes.



• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE– Conduct research to inform development of community

development policy which will guide community development process wrt participation of communities, coordination and harmonisation of development activities as well as addressing capacity challenges.

– Improve conditions for CD practice and efficient service delivery through:

• Development of norms and standards

• Implementation of the regrading of salaries of CDP

• Registration of national qualifications for levels 4 and 6, and assessment of the skills of CDP



• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE

– Facilitate coordinated and integrated service delivery through:

• Development of guidelines for integration of development goals in line with national, regional and international conventions and agreements



– Poverty Reduction and Sustainable livelihoods• Conduct research to inform development of an integrated DSD

antipoverty strategy framework• Facilitate the implementation of Sustainable Livelihoods

Approach (SLA) to improve the impact of DSD programmes on poverty and to apply a people-centred approach. The SLA focuses on how to understand people’s livelihoods in a holistic way (eg the livelihoods framework) as well as suggesting how to conceptualise the objectives, scope and priorities for development.

• Implement best practice on linking grants to sustainable livelihoods Eastern Cape phase 3 and phase 1 in Limpopo and NW

• Strengthen the understanding of community development in the sector



• Non Profit Organizations– Improve governance and capacity of NPOs to

implement and facilitate development programmes through:

• Improvement in the registration process and development of capacity of NPOs to comply with the Act

• Provision of appropriate support for de-registered NPOs and those not meeting registration requirements



• Youth Development– Costing and Development of guidelines for the

implementation of youth development strategy– Massification of National Youth Service

through scaling up of the number of youth participating in the Assistant Probation Officers training programme



• Non Profit Organizations– Creating a platform of dialogue between

government and the NPO sector through:

• Holding a social compact conference

• Integrating various databases on NPO to improve access to information


MTEFFINANCIAL YEARS 2007/08 TO

2009/10

Part C


2007 ESTIMATES OF NATIONAL EXPENDITURE (ENE) 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10

Audited

AdjustedApprop

Medium-term Estimates

Administration 78,616 91,624 105,128 125,873 138,902 146,418 155,340

Comprehensive Social Security 39,049,965 47,471,591 54,703,563 61,950,147 66,638,839 72,554,909 78,459,673

Policy Development, Review and Implementation Support for Welfare Services 24,082 38,795 83,772 104,131 198,976 265,122 383,588

Community Development 186,406 130,457 142,316 156,689 167,528 174,201 185,614

Strategy and Governance 18,203 33,800 33,061 45,585 87,863 79,701 85,210

TOTAL 39,357,272 47,766,267 55,067,840 62,382,425 67,232,108 73,220,351 79,269,425


Budget Allocation per Programme (excl Public Entities) - 2007/08

P 4:Comm Develop7%

P 3:Pol Dev Welfare39%

P 5:Strat & Gov17%P 1:Admin

27%

P 2: Soc Sec10%


Budget Allocation per Programme

• Historically social welfare services have not been adequately funded

• In 2007/08, the social welfare service programme makes up the largest share of the total NSD budget at 39%.

• Social Welfare services allocation will grow from 198,976 in 2007/08 to nearly R400 million in 2009/10.

• In contrast, Community Development budget allocation accounts for 7% of the total departmental budget


MTEF ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS

• Total additional allocation over MTEF is R683 million

• Total budget grows at an average rate of 8,3% p.a. • Socdev budget, excl public entities, grows at average rate of 27,5% p.a.

– Prog 1 : 7,3%– Prog 2 : 8,9%– Prog 3 : 56,3%– Prog 4 : 6,8%– Prog 5 : 30,1%

• Additional allocations were mainly for:– Welfare Services policy implementation support

(R45m: 07/08; R48m: 08/09; R59m: 09/10)

– Integrated MIS – Welfare Services(R25m: 07/08; R0m: 08/09; R0m: 09/10)

– Social Worker Scholarships(R50m: 07/08; R105m: 08/09; R210m: 09/10)


2007 ADDITIONAL FUNDS ALLOCATED

PROGRAMME 2007/08

R’000 2008/09

R’0002009/10R’000

Administration 2 664 2 842 3 494

Comprehensive Social Security 70 000 20 000 20 000

Policy Development, Review and Implementation Support for Welfare Services 90 336 147 958 265 121

Community Development 7 483 7 683 8 434

Strategy and Governance 29 517 4 517 4 966

TOTAL 200 000 183 000 300 000


Programme 3: Policy Development, Review and Implementation Support for Welfare Services

2007/08R’000

2008/09R’000

2009/10R’000

Service Standards 57 160 112 418 217 698

Substance Abuse and Central Drug Authority 8 200 8 610 9 041

Children 8 062 8 465 8 888

Families 1 950 2 048 2 150

Social Crime Prevention 1 615 1 696 1 781

HIV and Aids 4 953 5 201 5 461

Service Provider Support and Management 5 296 6 266 14 669

Policy Development, Review and Implementation Support for Welfare Services

90 336 147 958 263 105


Programme 4: Community Development

2007/08R’000

2008/09R’000

2009/10R’000

Registration and Institutional Capacity Building of NPOs 5 483 5 483 6 034

Youth 2 000 2 200 2 400

Community Development 7 483 7 683 8 434


SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT MEDIUM TERM BUDGET PRIORITIES

3. Expansion and consolidation of welfare and community development programmes & services:

– Welfare programmes• Services to older persons and people with disabilities• Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse• Expansion of services to fulfill the rights of children• Implementation of new policies including Victim Empowerment

Policy, Family Policy & Disability Policy– Community development

• Community –based care and support programmes• Development of norms and standards

– Capacity building for our implementation partners• NGO funding• Compliance with non-profit organizations Act 71 of 1997


SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT MEDIUM TERM BUDGET PRIORITIES

4. Human Capital Development. – Social workers– Auxillary social workers– Community development practitioners– Child and youth workers

5. Expanded Public Works Programme– Expansion of services

• Home/Community Based Care• Early Childhood Development


Key challenges

• Disparities in service provision and expenditure per capita among provinces, e.g. – Subsidies paid to children’s and older person’s institutions,– Number of children’s homes per province,– Distribution of social service professionals by province

• Lack of human resources • Capacity building of key service delivery stakeholders

(e.g. social workers, NGOs, etc.)• Information management systems e.g. for services to

children• Increase in the demand due to high numbers of orphans


MEASURES TO IMPROVE SERVICE DELIVERY: EXPANSION AND CONSOLIDATION OF WELFARE

AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

• Implementation of the new integrated service delivery model – Development & Implementation of norms and

standards

– Increase numbers & strengthen capacity of social service professionals

• Recruitment & retention strategy

• Improvement of conditions of service

– Capacity building for our implementation partners• Implementation of new policy on financial awards


PRESSURES ON FUTURE PROVINCIAL EXPENDITURE

• Implementation of new legislation (Children’s Act, Older Person’s Act & Child Justice Bill)

• Expansion of other Social Welfare Services • Expansion of HCBC and ECD services as

part of the EPWP programme– Improving systems for monitoring and reporting


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