Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005)Chapter 13 : Child and Youth Care CentresPart 2 : Operation and management of child and youth care centre211. Quality assurance process |
| (1) | The provincial head of social development must ensure that a quality assurance process is conducted in respect of each child and youth care centre in the manner and at the intervals as prescribed. |
| (2) | The quality assurance process must be done in the following manner: |
| (a) | A team connected to the child and youth care centre must conduct an internal assessment of the centre; |
| (b) | a team not connected to the centre must conduct an independent assessment of the centre; |
| (c) | an organisational development plan for the centre containing the prescribed particulars must be established between the teams by agreement; and |
| (d) | the team not connected to the centre must appoint a mentor to oversee implementation of the plan by the management of the centre. |
| (3) | The management board of a child and youth care centre must without delay, after completion of the quality assurance process, submit a copy of the organisational development plan established for the centre in terms of the quality assurance process to the MEC for social development in the province. |
| (4) | A provincial head of social development may assist a child and youth care centre in conducting the quality assurance process as contemplated in subsection (1). |