Services
Child Welfare SA White River offer a full range of social services to children and families within our demarcated service areas in the towns of White River, Sabie and Graskop through a range of individual, group and community work initiatives. This includes:
Preventative services
- Community outreaches and events to increase awareness regarding pertinent topics such as HIV/ AIDS, child trafficking and positive living
- Capacity development and skills training of children, families and the community as a whole
Early intervention services
- Material assistance through the provision of food parcels, clothes and other household donations
- Referral to psychological services which include individual and family assessments and therapy, career guidance, parental guidance; assessment of learning disabilities, as well as training for staff
- Parental and family support, capacity building and training
- Counselling and therapy including trauma counselling and play therapy
Statutory intervention services
- Foster placements
- Industrial school placements
- Re-unification
- Adoptions
Ongoing supervision and care
- Counselling and consultations, which includes office interviews and home visits, on a regular basis from our social workers, social auxiliary workers and volunteers
- Capacity building, training and development
- Victim support, empowerment and skills development
- Community networking through non-governmental, governmental and business sector stakeholders
Our services are linked and supported by our programmes which we initiate, implement and monitor in our service areas.
