In South African Child Gauge 2007/2008, pp. 48-54 Human resources needed to give effect to children's right to social services
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Publication Year
2008
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University of Cape Town, Children's Institute, Cape Town, South Africa
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7 p.
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Early childhood development (ECD), Children’s rights, Legislation, Government role, Budget, Human resources, South Africa
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Abstract
‘The Children’s Act (No 38 of 2005), as amended by the Children’s Amendment Bill [B19F- 2006], requires a range of social service practitioners to deliver social services to children in the areas of partial care, early childhood development, prevention and early intervention, protection, foster care, adoption and child and youth care centres. These services are labour intensive, and effective delivery is dependent on the availability of skilled practitioners in the relevant disciplines. This includes social workers, child and youth care workers and early childhood development practitioners. However, there is a critical shortage of personnel in these categories, and if not addressed as a priority, effective implementation of the Children’s Act will not be possible. In this essay, an attempt is made to clarify some of the challenges and identify possible solutions.
This essay:
• explains the different categories of people needed to provide social services;
• looks at why there is a critical shortage of the human resources needed for social services;
• discusses what the government is doing to address the human resource crisis;
• comments on what else can be done to address the human resource crisis; and
• describes the challenges to service delivery by child and youth care workers and early childhood development workers.’ [p. 48]
This essay:
• explains the different categories of people needed to provide social services;
• looks at why there is a critical shortage of the human resources needed for social services;
• discusses what the government is doing to address the human resource crisis;
• comments on what else can be done to address the human resource crisis; and
• describes the challenges to service delivery by child and youth care workers and early childhood development workers.’ [p. 48]
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