Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005)Chapter 7 : Protection of ChildrenPart 1 : Child protection system105. Provision of designated child protection services |
| (1) | The MEC for social development must, from money appropriated by the relevant provincial legislature, provide and fund designated child protection services for that province. |
| (2) | Designated child protection services— |
| (a) | must be managed and maintained in accordance with this Act; and |
| (b) | must comply with the prescribed national norms and standards contemplated in section 106 and such other requirements as may be prescribed. |
| (3) | Designated child protection services provided by an organ of state or a designated child protection organisation only qualify for funding from money appropriated by a provincial legislature if it complies with the prescribed national norms and standards contemplated in section 106 and such other requirements as may be prescribed. |
| (4) | Designated child protection services may be provided by— |
| (a) | the Department; |
| (b) | a provincial department of social development; and |
| (c) | a designated child protection organisation. |
| (5) | Designated child protection services include— |
| (a) | services aimed at supporting— |
| (i) | the proceedings of children's courts; and |
| (ii) | the implementation of court orders; |
| (b) | services relating to— |
| (i) | prevention services; |
| (ii) | early intervention services; |
| (iii) | the reunification of children in alternative care with their families; |
| (iv) | the integration of children into alternative care arrangements; |
| (v) | the placement of children in alternative care; and |
| (vi) | the adoption of children, including inter-country adoptions; |
| (c) | the carrying out of investigations and the making of assessments, in cases of suspected abuse, neglect or abandonment of children; |
| (d) | intervention and removal of children in appropriate cases; |
| (e) | the drawing up of individual development plans and permanency plans for children removed, or at risk of being removed, from their family; and |
| (f) | any other social work service as may be prescribed. |