the social sector portfolio committee 26 october 2005
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The Social Sector Portfolio Committee 26 October 2005. OBJECTIVES. To improve the quality of social services provided by non-governmental organisations. To increase access of beneficiaries to social services and social infrastructure especially in the under-serviced areas. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Social Sector
Portfolio Committee26 October 2005
OBJECTIVES
To improve the quality of social services provided by non-governmental organisations.
To increase access of beneficiaries to social services and social infrastructure especially in the under-serviced areas.
To create jobs and employment opportunities through accelerated service delivery
What is being expanded in the Social Sector?
Home Community Based Care (HCBC ), The Community Health Worker Programme (CHW) and Early Childhood Development (ECD).
Home-Based Care Workers - Community Health Workers (DOH) and Community-Based Care and Support Workers (DSD) – target 2.9 million beneficiaries from services
Early childhood development (ECD) workers (DOE and DSD) – target 400 000 children serviced
How will work opportunities in the social sector be created?
NGO’s and CBO’s to continue as delivery agents of social sector programmes, funded by government and possibly business
Learnerships and skills programme consisting of recruitment of unemployed people and volunteers, providing them with on-the-job experience, a stipend and training for a period, leading to NQF qualifications and possible longer-term income opportunities
Targets in the Social Sector
Job Opportunities over 5 years ECD
NQF 1 34 000 NQF 4 24 000 Long term opportunities 48 000 Total 106 000
HCBC NQF 1 47 935 NQF 3 43 798 NQF 4 34 090 Total 125 823
Progress to Date : Co-ordination
Preliminary report on the findings of the social sector blockages has been completed.
The DBSA/Social Sector study for investigating additional work opportunities and the management requirements has commenced.
An EPWP task team of the Social Cluster has been established.
Business plan workshops were held in Free State, KZN, Limpopo, Gauteng, Northern Cape and Mpumalanga
The Coordination team of the social sector has been strengthened by additional capacity: Two people appointed in October and 3 posts have been advertised.
Progress to Date: Early Childhood Development
Inter departmental ECD team led by the office of the Rights of Children has been formalised.
Recommendations made to Cabinet to approve the integrated ECD plan
The Department Social Development is finalising a training manual for ECD
Dept of Education and Dept of Social Development have included expansion costs in their 2006/07 bids.
Provinces have commenced with registering unfunded sites FET Colleges have been mobilised to complement the capacity of
ECD training service providers in provinces DSD has agreed to standardise subsidies to R8.00 per child to
improve quality care Over 330 036 children are now subsidised by DSD Over 1500 ECD practitioners are being trained nationwide. More
than 50% of these trainees are funded by line function departments and donors
Progress to Date: HCBC/CHW Processes for Limpopo and Free State HCBC Youth Programme has
commenced. All Provinces have ratified the social sector recommended rates of pay The HWSETA is assisting provinces to strengthen their training service
providers capacity The CHW training framework has been completed The Audit of caregivers in over the 800 HCBC sites has commenced and
will be finalised in November 2005 Mpumalanga is training 50 caregivers per district in accredited leadership
and management skills 2 409 caregivers have now been trained in the Basic HCBC, VCT and DOTs
related training in the 1st quarter of 2005/06 40 496 orphans and 11 035 child-headed households were assisted as part
of the HCBC programme from DSD 51 379 families and 5 214 child headed households have been assisted as
part of HCBC from DoH 17 662 caregivers have received stipend in the 1st quarter of 2005/06 for
HCBC services (excludes DOH info from KZN and Gauteng)
HCBC/CHW Training framework
Qualification or Skills Programme
NQF Level
Cadre Name Implementation Date
GET Certificate in Ancillary
Health Level 1 Community Care
SupporterJanuary 2006
Community Care Supporter Skills Programme
Level 2 Community Care Supporter
January 2007
Community Care Giver Skills Programme
Level 3 Community Care Giver
January 2006
FET Certificate in Community Health Work
Level 4 Community Health Worker
June 2006
Challenges
Capacity constraints in provinces Poor reporting Duplication of services Lack of clarity on the status of the ECD
integrated plan Poor programme management Limited training service providers
Recommendations
Accelerate support for increasing capacity in provinces
Mobilise the provincial social clusters to ratify all provincial business plans
Approval from the cluster to roll out the ECD integrated plan in provinces
Provide additional financial and human resource support to SETAs
