| (1) | The MEC for social development must: |
| (a) | within 60 months of coming into operation of these Regulations establish child care and protection units at provincial, district, regional and service delivery levels. |
| (b) | ensure that there is adherence to the prescribed staff ratios when the child care and protection units are staffed; and |
| (c) | provide human, capital, technical, administrative, infrastructure, information and communication management systems, and other required resources to a child protection unit from monies appropriated by the provincial legislature. |
| (2) | The provincial head of social development must ensure that a child protection unit is constituted of the following: |
| (a) | prevention and early intervention services; |
| (b) | services to children exposed to violence, child abuse, neglect and exploitation; |
| (c) | temporary safe care, foster care, child and youth care centres; |
| (d) | services to orphans and vulnerable children; |
| (f) | probation services; and |
| (g) | quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation services. |
| (3) | The manager of a child care and protection unit must— |
| (a) | at a provincial level— |
| (i) | maintain provincial profiles on partial care, prevention and early intervention services, child protection, adoption, child and youth care centres, and drop-in centres; |
| (ii) | that there is compliance with the Act, regulations and norms and standards; |
| (iii) | conduct quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation of child care and protection services; and |
| (iv) | provide oversight on the movement of children within the alternative care system. |
| (b) | at district, regional level— |
| (i) | maintain historical and current up-to-date information on the status of all children in alternative care; |
| (ii) | maintain up-to-date records of cases of child abuse, neglect, exploitation, child abandonment and violence against children reported to the National Child Protection Registrar; |
| (iii) | monitor and report on the implementation of the Act; |
| (iv) | maintain a record and monitor interventions rendered in respect of any death and serious injury of a child at a partial care facility, child-headed household, alternative care; and drop-in centre; |
| (v) | manage, maintain and monitor an electronic reminder system for all children in alternative care; and |
| (vi) | manage, maintain and monitor a register of: |
| (aa) | all child and youth care centres; |
| (bb) | all cluster foster care schemes; |
| (dd) | all designated child protection organisations; |
| (ee) | all adoption social workers in private practice; |
| (ff) | all children living in child-headed households, children with disabilities, children living and working in the streets, children placed in foster care, cluster foster care, temporary safe care, and child and youth care centres; and in drop in centres; |
| (gg) | reported cases of child abandonment, abuse, neglect and exploitation including child labour, child marriages, child trafficking and online violation. |
| (ii) | persons, premises, facilities, and places approved to provide foster care, cluster foster care, temporary safe care, child and youth care centres; |
| (jj) | administrative orders, notices and determinations issued in terms of the Act; and |
| (kk) | unaccompanied and separated migrant children who are in alternative care. |
| (II) | monitor interventions rendered in respect of cases of child abuse, neglect, exploitation, child abandonment and violence against children reported to the National Child Protection Registrar; |
| (mm) | manage, maintain, and monitor an electronic reminder system for all children in alternative care and other court orders issued by court; and |
| (nn) | conduct quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation of child care and protection services. |
| (c) | at a service delivery level— |
| (ii) | a statutory service social worker must— |
| (aa) | facilitate taking place of multi-disciplinary panel meetings; and |
| (bb) | monitor the implementation of the decisions made at the panel meetings. |
| (cc) | manage, maintain and monitor a register of— |
| (i) | finalised children's court cases,final court reports, including adoption and inter-country adoption; |
| (ii) | all court orders issued:and minutes of court proceedings; |
| (iii) | reviewed and extended court orders; and |
| (iv) | all alternative administrative care orders issued; |
| (dd) | provide oversight on the movement of children within the alternative care system; |
| (ee) | approve screened persons, facilities, places or premises that provide temporary safe care. |
| (ff) | maintain historical and current up-to-date information on the status of all children in alternative care; |
| (gg) | maintain up-to-date records of cases of child abuse. neglect. exploitation.child abandonment and violence against children reported to the National Child Protection Registrar; |
| (hh) | monitor and report on the implementation of the Act: |
| (ii) | maintain a record and monitor interventions rendered in respect of any death and serious injury of a child at a partial care facility, child-headed household, alternative care: and drop-in centre: |
| (jj) | manage, maintain and monitor an electronic reminder system for all children in alternative care:and |
| (kk) | manage, maintain and monitor a register of— |
| (i) | all child and youth care centres; |
| (ii) | all cluster foster care schemes; |
| (iii) | all drop-in centres; |
| (iv) | all designated child protection organisations; |
| (v) | all adoption social workers in private practice; |
| (vi) | all children living in child-headed households, children with disabilities, children living and working in the streets, children placed in foster care, cluster foster care, temporary safe care, and child and youth care centres; and in drop in centres |
| (vii) | reported cases of child abandonment, abuse, neglect and exploitation including child labour, child marriages, child trafficking and online violation. |
| (viii) | all letters issued in terms of section 239(1)(d) of the Act; |
| (ix) | persons, premises, facilities, and places approved to provide, foster care, cluster foster care, temporary safe care, child and youth care centres; |
| (x) | administrative orders, notices and determinations issued in terms of the Act; and |
| (xi) | unaccompanied and separated migrant children who are in alternative care. |
| (xii) | monitor interventions rendered in respect of cases of child abuse, neglect, exploitation, child abandonment and violence against children reported to the National Child Protection Registrar; |
| (xiii) | manage, maintain and monitor an electronic reminder system for all children in alternative care and other court orders issued by the court: and |
| (xiv) | conduct quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation of child care and protection services. |
| (4) | The provincial head of social development must ensure that the child care and protection unit: |
| (a) | conduct research to establish trends, identify challenges and devise remedial actions; |
| (b) | facilitate and conduct training and development for social service practitioners rendering child care and protection services; and |
| (c) | conduct quality assurance in accordance with the quality assurance framework as contemplated in subregulation 32A. |
| (5) | The provincial head of social development must ensure that the child care and protection units are provided with— |
| (a) | adequate office space; |
| (b) | adequate facilities for persons with disabilities; |
| (d) | adequate information technologies' infrastructure, tools of trade including laptop computers, communications devices, data bundles, printing and scanning facilities; and vehicles or access to vehicles; and |
| (e) | adequate budget for purposes of delivering on its services or functions. |
[Regulation 51A inserted by section 4 of the Amendment Regulations Regarding Children, 2024, Notice No. R. 4993, GG50870, dated 26 June 2024 - effective 1 July 2024]
