| (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— |
| (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— |
| (ii) |
early intervention services; |
| (iii) |
the reunification of children in 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. |
| (6) |
The Department must, as prescribed, develop and conduct a quality assurance process for the evaluation of— |
| (a) |
child protection services; and |
| (b) |
child protection organisations as contemplated in section 107. |
[Section 105(6) inserted by section 4 of the Children's Amendment Act, 2022 (Act No. 17 of 2022), Notice No. 1543, GG47828, dated 5 January 2023 by Commencement Proclamation Notice 263, GG52742, dated 28 May 2025]
Public Service Act, 1994
