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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

7. PROGRAMME 4: WELFARE SERVICES POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT
Purpose: people;
• Services to People with disability promotes the
Create an enabling environment for the delivery of empowerment and rights of persons with disabilities
equitable developmental welfare services through the through accelerated mainstreaming of disability
formulation of policies, norms and standards and best considerations and the strengthening of disability
practices and support to implementing agencies specific services;
• Children develops, supports and monitor the
Sub-programmes: implementation of policies, legislation and norms
and standards for social welfare services to children;
• Service Standards ensures the transformation and • Families develops, supports and monitors the
standardisation of social welfare services through implementation of policies, legislation and
the development and coordination of overarching programmes for services aimed at strengthening
policies and legislation that promote integrated, families;
quality-driven, professional and accountable service • Social Crime Prevention and Victim Empowerment
delivery; develops, supports and monitors the implementation
• Social Service Professional support provides of policies, legislation and programmes aimed at
overarching policies, legislation and programmes protecting, empowering, and supporting victims of
for regulation of social service professions; crime and violence; and
• Substance Abuse develops, supports and monitors • HIV and AIDS develops, supports and monitors
the implementation of policies, legislation, and the implementation of policies, programmes and
norms and standards for combating substance guidelines aimed at preventing and mitigating the
abuse; impact of HIV and AIDS in line with the 2017 – 2022
• Older Persons develops, supports and monitors the National Strategic Plan (NSP) for HIV, TB and STIs.
implementation of policies, legislation, and norms
and standards for social welfare services to older

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