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. To create jobs and employment opportunities through accelerated service delivery

What is being expanded in the Social Sector? n Home Community Based Care (HCBC ), The Community Health Worker Programme (CHW) and Early Childhood Development (ECD). q Home-Based Care Workers - Community Health Workers (DOH) and Community-Based Care and Support Workers (DSD) – target 2.9 million beneficiaries from services q Early childhood development (ECD) workers (DOE and DSD) – target children serviced

How will work opportunities in the social sector be created? n NGO’s and CBO’s to continue as delivery agents of social sector programmes, funded by government and possibly business n 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  NQF  Long term opportunities  Total HCBC  NQF  NQF  NQF  Total

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 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 caregivers have now been trained in the Basic HCBC, VCT and DOTs related training in the 1 st quarter of 2005/ orphans and child-headed households were assisted as part of the HCBC programme from DSD families and child headed households have been assisted as part of HCBC from DoH caregivers have received stipend in the 1 st quarter of 2005/06 for HCBC services (excludes DOH info from KZN and Gauteng)

HCBC/CHW Training framework Qualification or Skills Programme NQF LevelCadre NameImplementation Date GET Certificate in Ancillary Health Level 1Community Care Supporter January 2006 Community Care Supporter Skills Programme Level 2Community Care Supporter January 2007 Community Care Giver Skills Programme Level 3Community Care Giver January 2006 FET Certificate in Community Health Work Level 4Community 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

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