Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005)RegulationsGeneral Regulations Regarding Children, 2010Chapter 14 : Child and Youth Care Centres (Sections 191-212 of the Act)75. Core components and implementation of programmes relating to the developmental, therapeutic and recreational needs of children. |
| (1) | The core components of programmes to meet the developmental, therapeutic and recreational needs of children at a child and youth care centre are— |
| (a) | with regard to developmental programmes— |
| (i) | life skills; |
| (ii) | independent living for children disengaging from the residential care programme; |
| (iii) | victim empowerment; |
| (iv) | family preservation; |
| (v) | after care; |
| (vi) | promotion of the rights of children; and |
| (vii) | income generating activities. |
| (b) | with regard to therapeutic programmes— |
| (i) | developmental assessment; |
| (ii) | psycho-social support; |
| (iii) | individual counselling; |
| (iv) | group counselling; |
| (v) | trauma counselling; |
| (vi) | grieve counselling; |
| (vii) | play therapy; |
| (viii) | family therapy including parenting plans, stress management, conflict resolution, positive communication, positive discipline and behaviour change; and |
| (ix) | counselling to children in child labour, commercial sexual; |
| (x) | exploitation and child trafficking. |
| (c) | with regard to recreational programmes— |
| (i) | sport; |
| (ii) | art; |
| (iii) | drama; |
| (iv) | dancing; |
| (v) | singing; and |
| (vi) | board games |
| (2) | In order to implement the programmes referred to in sub-regulation (1) the following must be done— |
| (a) | a strategy for implementation must exist; |
| (b) | the programmes must be approved by the provincial head of social development; |
| (c) | quality assurance of the programmes must be undertaken; |
| (d) | impact assessment of programmes must be undertaken; |
| (e) | programmes must be evaluated and reviewed; and |
| (f) | awareness of the availability of programmes must be raised. |