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PART B: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

national adoptions and one hundred and twenty-nine (129) training was also conducted in one (1) cluster department in
being intercountry adoptions. Furthermore, a total of one February 2022.
hundred and eighty-seven (187) children and forty-nine (49) • The Department has successfully implemented the National
prospective adoptive parents have been registered in the Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF),
Register on Adoptable Children and Prospective Adoptive particularly Pillars: 2, 3 and 4, as follows:
Parents (RACAP). The Department also trained a total of one • Pillar 2 – Integrated campaigns were implemented at
hundred and twenty (120) Social Workers and Social Services institutions of higher learning throughout the year, focusing
Professions to capacitate them on dealing with cases that amongst others on youth in terms social behaviour. Other
require intercountry collaboration. programmes led by DSD such as Men and Boys Assemblies,
• The Department is responsible for managing and administering Asikhulume on GBVF Interfaith Sector Forum, Village to
the national Child Protection Register (CPR). Part A of the CPR village targeting tribal/traditional authorities in dealing
is used to record all reports of abuse or deliberate neglect of with gender stereotypes, harmful cultural practices and
children, while Part B is used to record the names of persons others were implemented. The Department also supported
who are unsuitable to work with children. This information is advocacy work undertaken by civil society organisations
used to protect children from abuse by these persons. During through Everyday Heroes and GBVF Ambassadors deployed
the year under review, a total of 13 854 cases were recorded across the country.
on Part A of the CPR and 152 877 inquiries were made against • Pillar 3 – The DSD developed and presented to Cabinet the
Part B of the Register. Capacity building on the use of the Victim Support Services Bill. The Bill was recommended by
web-based system was undertaken targeting all provinces Cabinet for public comment and is currently before Cabinet
and Designated Child Protection Organisations (DCPO). In this for tabling to Parliament.
regard total of one hundred and fourteen (114) participants • Pillar 4 – There are several services rendered by DSD in
attended the training. line with its mandate of providing psychosocial services.
• The Department conducted Anti-Gangsterism Strategy These include among others, services such as sheltering
Educational Sessions with parents and children in nine (9) services, Gender Based Violence Command Centre (GBVCC)
high risk districts namely, Gert Sibande and Ehlanzeni Districts and National Emergence Response Team. The number of
in Mpumalanga, Buffalo City in Eastern Cape, Mopani and victims accessing the GBVCC increased considerably. The
Vhembe Districts in Limpopo, Amajuba District in KwaZulu- Command Centre received a total of 72 017 calls, and over
Natal, Lejweleputswa District in Free State, Dr Ruth Mompati 763 USSD’s (Unstructured Supplementary Services Data) in
District in North West and Johannesburg Metro in Gauteng. Key a form of “please call me” short messages and over 2 036
activities includes awareness on causes of gangsterism and SMSes. Furthermore, the Command Centre has a Skype line
bullying; granting platform for parents to share how they are (help me GBV) for the deaf community and an SMS baseline
affected by gangsterism as individuals, family and community; (31531) for persons with disability. As a result, there was a
utilising testimonies of rehabilitated and reformed (adult and total of 74 816 interactions using the various channels of
a child) to motivate and encourage the parents and children communication and engagement with the GBVCC. All these
to take steps to prevent gangsterism; knowing and identifying efforts contribute to the government priority on Social
signs when the children are in gangs; how children reach out Cohesion and Safe Communities.
for help with parents when they feel bullied and are urged • Respite Care Services is a non-institutional based service
to join gangs and to use the information on their rulers and targeting families of Persons with Disabilities and chronic
pencil cases to get assistance illnesses. The service utilises different models to reach out to
• The Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) was implemented in families/parents at community-based level, who by virtue of
seven (7) public treatment centres namely Nkangala Treatment the support needs of their children, require a support service
Centre in Mpumalanga, Northern Cape Substance Dependency to sustain them and enable them to care for their children and
Centre in Northern Cape, Seshego Treatment Centre in Limpopo, persons with disabilities. The service also focuses on providing
Newlands Park Treatment Centre in Kwa Zulu Natal, FF necessary support service through direct referrals aimed at
Ribeiro Treatment Centre in Gauteng and JB Marks Treatment improving the developmental outcomes of the children. The
Centre in North West. In addition, the Department conducted Department developed, consulted and finalised the Guidelines
capacity building on the UTC manuals in order to strengthen on Respite Care Services. An implementation plan for the
the provision of evidence-based treatment modalities and guidelines was also developed and both documents were
application of treatment tools for Substance Use Disorders in approved by Department’s management structures in February
relation to treatment, care, rehabilitation, recovery and support. 2022
• The Department in collaboration with various stakeholders in
the field of substance abuse, conducted information sharing
sessions at various institution of higher learning on prevention
and early intervention measures to curb social ills during the
period under review. In addition, the Department conducted
eleven (11) activations during the festive season campaign
through information dissemination, door-to-door visits, blitzes,
dialogues as well as visits to hot spot areas.
• The Department conducted two (2) capacity building trainings
on the National Drug Master Plan (NDMP) 2019-2024 in
Limpopo and Northern Cape in March 2022. An additional

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