BADISA delivers a continuum of services, designed to care for and protect children and strengthen families. 

 

These services include prevention, early intervention, statutory and re-uniting services.

 

 

 

Prevention

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BADISA Stilbaai works on the premise that prevention is better than cure.

 

A variety of projects are aimed at educating and raising awareness among our society about the following:

• - Rights and responsibilities of parents

• - Rights and responsibilities of children

• - Indicators of child abuse and neglect

• - Reporting of child abuse and neglect

• - Teaching children how to protect themselves against abuse and neglect

 

 

Early Intervention Services

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• - Identifying children who are in high risk circumstances

• - Assessing the impact of abuse and neglect on these children’s wellbeing

• - Referral to therapeutic services

• - Improving parenting skills by social work interventions and parent guidance programs

• - Provision of food and clothing to children and families in need

• - Group sessions at schools for children with behavioral problems

• - Group work with children aimed at enhancing life-skills

• - Children’s after-care facility (Ouma Lena se Huis)

• - ECD facility (Seesterretjies)

 

 

Statutory Work

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• - Provision of protection services to abused and/or neglected children, by removing them from the perpetrator or family

• - Social worker court work, including assessments, court appearances and placement of children in alternative care, foster homes or youth care centers

 

 

Re-Uniting

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• - Reintegration of children who were removed from their families, back into communities-of-origin by placement with a suitable family within their community

• - When children cannot be re-united with their biological families or communities-of-origin, alternative family placements are sourced, with a view to providing a sense of permanence, belonging and stability for them

• - This includes placement of children into foster-care until reaching 18 years-old or adoption

 

 

Additional Services

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• - Adoption services (Only in the Stilbaai area)

• - Trauma support

• - Assistance and support to elderly people (eg: completing forms for admission into retirement homes)