National Department of Social Development Date: 28 March 2019 Standardization of Remuneration for Community Care Givers and other related categories of workers within social development National Department of Social Development Date: 28 March 2019

PURPOSE The purpose of the presentation is to share with the Council the progress to date in terms of the DSD response on the standardization of remuneration of community caregivers and relevant categories.

BACKGROUND Following Council decision to pay Community Health Workers the R3500, and based on the implementation of the National Minimum Wage, the DSD initiated processes to conduct the assessment of the current situation in order to assess state of readiness for standardization of remuneration for community care givers. The aim of the assessment was to obtain the status quo in terms of the community care givers and related workers that are paid below the minimum wage.

CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYEES The assessment was based on the following categories: Community Care Givers Caregivers for Older Persons Caregivers and care workers for Persons with Disabilities

PROGRESS TO DATE The information is categorised based on the following: Province   Service Sector (e.g. HIV/AIDS, Older Persons, etc) Job Title (as per categories of employees) Brief job description (service centre for people with disabilities or protective workshop, carer for children with disabilities, community based services etc). Employed by (DSD or NPOs). No. employed (per category and if they receive different stipends) 2018 Stipend (R's monthly)

OUTCOME OF ASSESSMENT Eastern Cape TOTAL 1430 Province Service Sector Job Title Job description Employed by No. employed 2018 Stipend (R's monthly) Eastern Cape Services to Older Persons Care Givers Service Centre NGO 441 1265 Services to People with Disabilities Home for the disabled 230 1913 HIV &AIDS Community Care Givers   650 2046 Services to Persons with disabilities Family Care Workers 31 1679 Child and Family Care Worker 78 TOTAL 1430

OUTCOME OF ASSESSMENT Free State TOTAL 5726 Service Sector Job Title   Service Sector Job Title Job description Employed by No. employed 2018 Stipend (R's monthly) Free State EPWP Community Caregivers Provision of Social services within the communities NGO 278 R1860 4 077 R1 751 HIV and AIDS Provision of psychosocial support services to OVCs 648 410 R1 000 14 R1 100 185 R1 200 13 R1 500 15 R3 000 Persons with Disability Caregivers Provision of services to Persons with Disability 86 R1 703 TOTAL 5726

OUTCOME OF ASSESSMENT Gauteng TOTAL 9045 Service Sector Job Title   Service Sector Job Title Job description Employed by No. employed 2018 Stipend (R's monthly) Gauteng HIV /AIDS Community Caregivers Provision of Social services within the communities NGO 4165 R1994 Older Persons Provision of psychosocial support services to OVCs 167 R2 387 93 R2 472 Child Protection Organizations  Care givers 31 R2 925 Persons with Disability Caregivers (Protective workshops) Provision of services to Persons with Disability 86 R1 703 Caregivers 320 R2433 18 R2000 Drop in Centres Care Giver 1422 1 936 EPWP 2616 EPWP Cordinator 1 650 Care Worker 96 1 994 TOTAL 9045

OUTCOME OF ASSESSMENT KwaZulu Natal Service Sector Job Title   Service Sector Job Title Job description Employed by No. employed 2018 Stipend (R's monthly) HIV / AIDS CCGs Rendering of Home Based Care Services Office of the Premier 2063 R 2 100 KwaZulu Natal older persons Caregivers Care & protection for Older Persons NGO 18 1020 1400 121 1900 13 2354 2 2480 4 2512 15 3000 1 3071 3150 245 3200 38 3400

KZN Cont…. KwaZulu Natal TOTAL 2 644 Service Sector Job Title   Service Sector Job Title Job description Employed by No. employed 2018 Stipend (R's monthly) DISABILITY Caregiver Services to persons with Disabilities NGO 6 1320 112 2000 47 2100 3 2200 3142 9 3200 17 3235 3287 TOTAL 2 644

OUTCOME OF ASSESSMENT Limpopo TOTAL 355 Service Sector Job Title   Service Sector Job Title Job Description Employed By No. Employed 2018 Stipend (R's Monthly) Limpopo Older Persons Care Givers NPO 87 R 1 760.00 Disability 75 R1 760.00 HCBC  25 145 Coordinators 23 R 3 000.00 TOTAL 355

OUTCOME OF ASSESSMENT Mpumalanga TOTAL 1252 Service Sector Job Title   Service Sector Job Title Job Description Employed By No. Employed 2018 Stipend (R's Monthly) Persons with disabilities Caregiver  Stimulation Centres for persons with disailities NGO 101 500 Frail care centres for older persons Care Giver  Frail care services 805 2500 HIV and AIDS Drop-in Centres Caregivers  Coordinators 141 1955.36  caregivers NPOs 35 3231 EPWP Community based workers Household verification / profiling officers MPU DoSD 170 2300 TOTAL 1252

OUTCOME OF ASSESSMENT Northern Cape TOTAL 857 Service Sector Job Title   Service Sector Job Title Job Description Employed By No. Employed 2018 Stipend (R's Monthly) Northern Cape Disability Disability Coordinators Administration and coordination of Disability centres NGO 24 1965 Disabled Residential Care givers Caring for beneficiaries in the disabled residential facilities 91 1500 Service Centres Older Persons Coordinators Administration and coordination of Service centres 28 Homes for the Aged Care givers (residential) Care giving for olders people in the residence. 516 2000 Older Persons Provinding services to older people in the communities(Age in Action) 194 Protective Workshops Caregivers Coordination of Protective worshop 4 TOTAL 857

OUTCOME OF ASSESSMENT North West TOTAL Service Sector Job Title   Service Sector Job Title Job Description Employed By No. Employed 2018 Stipend (R's Monthly) Disability Services Care givers NGO 487 R1 500 TOTAL

OUTCOME OF ASSESSMENT Western Cape Service Sector Job Description   Service Sector Job Description Employed By No. Employed 2018 Stipend (R's Monthly) Western Cape EPWP Community care workers Community based services NGO 95 2000 12 2500 HIV-AIDS / 379 9 2426 20 1760 2 2100 13 3500 33 1800 11 24 2884 58 2820 10 3400 Community based 3066

OUTCOME OF ASSESSMENT Western Cape Service Sector Job Description   Service Sector Job Description Employed By No. Employed 2018 Stipend (R's Monthly) Western Cape Services to Persons with disability Caregiver NGO 2 1 290.00 1 2 937.90 Community Worker 3 000.00 Child Carer 3 3 200.00 3 267.46 TOTAL 676

CONCLUSION Based on the outcome of the assessment, the provinces do not have a standardized remuneration of the community care givers and caregivers for older persons and persons with disabilities.

WAY FORWARD Having collated the information, the Department will present the information to the National Treasury for their consideration.

RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the Council takes note of the presentation and the progress thus far.