James (7 years) was one of the children that were removed from the care of his mother. He was referred to the CMR Pretoria North by a psychiatrist. There was great concern about James. He was struggling with encopresis and enuresis, anxiety attacks and emotional outbursts. His father abandoned him when he was a baby. James was placed in a safe house.
He was shy and unsure of himself and found it very difficult to make friends.
Assessments followed, and James was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for observation and treatment. The social worker accompanied James to the hospital for monthly follow up appointments with the psychiatrist. This was a very challenging outing! James regularly soiled himself and then needed a wash and change of clothes.
It appeared that James was physically and emotionally neglected in the care of his mother. He was exposed to family violence and sought protection from his 12-year-old sister.
James was ashamed of not being able to use the toilet and endured the mockery of the children.
He has learnt to ride a bicycle and to swim and now enjoys playing with friends. At the age of 9 he attended school for the first time. He will not return to the care of his mother. His mom and sister visit him twice a month. He enjoys the controlled and safe visits with them.
James is doing well, he benefits from the safe and secure environment. We are looking forward to seeing James’ real potential!!!
VOS Centre
The Christian Social Council Vos community centre is one of the 17 Centres of Hope of the CSC North, which is a non-profit organisation, established in 1936, that consists of a professional network of social workers.
Vos community centre runs a One stop project in which homeless people around Sunnyside of all racial groups and gender, are provided with a meal. The project has been running for 20 years and provides essential service to the homeless community.
The meals are served three times a week (Monday, Tuesday and Friday). Due to economic constrains the meals are basic bread/pap and soup on the Mondays and Wednesdays, and a full meal is only on Fridays. The registered number of beneficiaries is 70.
CMR Lynnwood
Generic social work services are rendered in the following programmes:
The CMR Moot has been rendering services in the Moot area for more than 40 years’
The following programs are being implemented and focus on the following programs:
CMR Derdepoort Centre of Hope, supplies a one-stop service to all our clients.
We deliver services through the following programmes.
Poverty alleviation and community development.
Child protection.
The Poverty alleviation program includes the following projects:
Feeding scheme and clothing project.
Pre-School Development project.
Job creation project.
Feeding scheme and clothing project:
We have a feeding scheme where 110 registered families with a very low income are receiving monthly basic food packets.
Clothes store: We supplied families with clothes and they can purchase clothes at very low prices.
Pre-School development project:
The day-care centre can accommodate 42 toddlers between the age of 3 and 6 years where they can learn and play every day. They are very lucky to have 2 trained pre-school teachers and one teacher who is busy with her training.
The kids receive two balanced meals and 2 snacks per day and some of them receive occupational therapy.
The majority of this children are in high-risk family situations and the social worker can therefore monitor and assess the children on a continual basis. It’s a very sensible way in keeping children in their families, and ensuring that the children are safe.
Job creation project:
Job creation (hand craft) project every Thursday morning for underprivileged mothers.
Family conservation:
In this program, we focus to keep children within their families. Service delivery is achieved through assessing, counselling and therapy to individuals as well as in family and group context.
Parents are empowered through an extensive group program of training and therapy.
Child Protection:
In this program, we focus on the protection of children. When children’s welfare is in danger (from e.g. physical abuse, molestation or emotional abuse),
they are removed through the Child Protection Act and placed in alternative care, e.g. foster care, children’s home or industrial schools.
Foster families receive continuous support and guidance. Biological parents are involved in family reunification services.
Needs of our office:
Stationery for children e.g. crayons, glitter glue, pritt, etc.
Schoolbags for children
Sweets, chips, cake and fruit juice for pre-school children birthday parties.
Wishlist (CMR DERDEPOORT)
Kids Needs:
Basic Survival-kit: for children that are removed from a dangerous family-situation: decent bag with basic toiletries and a cuddly toy.
Schoolbags filled with basic stationery (for older children) e.g. pritt, pencil-case, calculator and mathematics set;
Schoolbags filled with basic stationery (for younger children) e.g. pritt, roll-out crayons;
Stationery (e.g. A4 hardcover books, 72 pages scripts; pencils and pens, coloured cartons, plastic and book covers);
Educational toys e.g. puzzles, skipping ropes, beads etc.
School shoes and canvas shoes – all sizes.
General:
Plastic transparent crates for storage (30 big ones);
Contact details of the office:
Address: 128 Jurgens Street, East Lynne
Tel: 012 800 3115 or 012 800 1394
Email: derdepoort@cmrn.co.za
Background
CSC Soshanguve was established in 1992 with one social worker from CMR Pretoria North and in the later stage as a result of the increasing needs and social demands of the community, four social woekers later had to be appointed. Initially all of them occupied only one office, but eventually all of them were accomodated in separate offices in the Soshanguve magistrate’sCourt building. The organization then moved to the NAFCOC building and the existing office expanded its personnel to six social worker, two secretaries, and one manager. On 19 November 2001, the CSC Soshanguve was official registered as a NPO. CSC Soshanguve was rendering seven demacation area. However, the organization had to re-negotiate demagraphic areas of servces rendering with Soshanguve services providers on several occation, as the services contantly bigger than the capacity of the organization. The area were reduced to to two demacation area which are block MM and SS. At the moment the office is operating with One social worker, three social auxiliary worker and one cleaner.
- Projects
1. Intake programme
2. Family preservertion
3. Child protection
4. Poverty Alleviation, Comunity development and Empowerment programme
The areas of focus at CMR Wonderboom:
Areas: Annlin, Magalieskruin, Montana, Overkruin, Sinoville, Wonderboom.
Please contact us:
Kontakpersoon: Arina Jordaan
Epos Adres: wonderb@cmrn.co.za
Tel 012 567 4551
Adres: NGK Overkruin
Kameeldoringlaan 65
WONDERBOOM
0182
Population profile: The majority of the area is people in the low socio economical group. People are staying in municipal houses. Two or more families lives in one house and even in the backyards they often accommodate a third family in a Wendy House
Services: Pretoria North Centre of Hope delivers services through 3
programmes:
Family Preservation and prevention: ± 120 families with 160 children per year
Child Protection: including foster care supervision and support: ± 110 families with 140 children per year
Poverty Alleviation and Community Development Programmes: ± 600 beneficiaries per year
As part of the holistic service offering CMR is bringing to the community, the social workers are increasingly involved at schools. One such programme is at a school in the North of Pretoria, Laerskool Voortrekker-Eeufees. The school currently have 1160 learners. Although the school fees are the lowest of all schools in the area, there are still about 48% of the parents who do not have the financial ability to pay the fees as many people have lost or are losing their jobs. The school plays an active role to alleviate the suffering of the children. In addition to the need for food, there are also other needs. School clothes are provided as well as school shoes to more than 200 learners. There is a great need for stationary and even warm clothes for the children that they can wear at home. Because of the emotional trauma that a high percentage of the children at the school experience, the need for social work services at the school is very high.
The social worker renders therapeutic services to children in the school two days per week. One of the biggest challenges that the social worker faced whilst conducting therapy, was the fact that children come to school hungry. A feeding scheme was started, and 120 children receive a healthy breakfast every day. Porridge is served to the children by two volunteers every school day. Since the inception of the feeding scheme, there was a remarkable increase in the children’s school marks. The teachers gave feedback that they experience a difference in the children since breakfast was given to them. The children can concentrate in class, sit still and even participate in class discussions. The reason for this is because they do not feel hungry.
The social worker wants to continue the following interventions at the school:
Individual therapeutic sessions to 200 children
Group sessions with children, focusing on bullying, trauma and aggression.
Parental skills groups for parents, to empower these families with parental skills to address some of the challenges positively. Awareness campaigns focusing specifically on child protection and family values.
Supporting teachers with debriefing sessions.
Continuing with feeding scheme.
Conclusion
As a non-profit organisation CMR Noord and its Centres of Hope is dependent on the donations of our generous donors to sustain and expand services to a community which faces several economic and social challenges. The biggest challenge for Pretoria North Centre of Hope is to render a professional service in a community greatly impacted by poverty and with very limited access to resources.
How can you help:
Making yourselves available as foster parents/place of safety parents, dry ingredients for our feeding scheme at the school. We need funds for the assessment and therapeutic services to children. Stationary for the school going children.
| Name of office | Pretoria North Centre of Hope |
| NPO nr | 015-917 NPO |
| Bank details | Absa CMR Noord Account Number: 050160033 |
| Physical address | 377 Eeufees street Pretoria-North |
| Postal address | P O Box 52471 Dorandia 0188 |
| Tel nr | 065 817 6162 |
| Fax nr | (012) 546 6671 |
| Staff | Karin Louw (social worker) Leonie van der Walt (social auxiliary worker) |
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum. Why do we use it? It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web sites still in their infancy. Various versions have evolved over the years, sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose (injected humour and the like).
The Save-A-Child project was initiated in 2000 to make a meaningful difference in the lives of high-risk children. The Child Centre is equipped with 2 therapy rooms where assessments and therapy sessions take place behind one-way mirrors, and with built-in DVD cameras to record sessions needed as proof in Child Court proceedings. Services such as foster care, adoption and assessment and therapy are rendered by specially trained senior social workers, as these kinds of services request specific expertise and knowledge.
The Child Therapy Centre, in collaboration with the 17 Centres of Hope in the CSC system, helps children like “Elsa” below, through the following specialised support services, rendered by them:
* PROTECTION of children by removing them from parental care in terms of the Children’s Act.
* Recruitment of PLACES OF SAFETY to provide children with loving care pending the children’s court case.
* ASSESSMENT of family relationships and wellbeing: assessment of children and adults are applied in a three-hour assessment session.
* The PLACEMENT of children in substitute care through the recruitment of foster parents and/or adoption parents.
* TRAINING AND SUPPORT for substitute parents.
* INTENSIVE THERAPY for the children involved helping them to adapt to their circumstances.
* ASSESSERINGS- EN TERAPIE EENHEID
o Assesserings- en kort termyn terapie is beskikbaar vir kinders wie in hoë risiko omstandighede leef en gesinne wat betrokke is by kinderhof ondersoeke.
* Doel van die eenheid:
* Om die maatskaplike werkers wat met die gesinne werk, te ondersteun ten einde ‘n effektiewe diens te lewer wat die bewaring van gesinne sal bevorder;
* Inligting verkry uit die assesserings kan gebruik word om aanbevelings te maak aan die kinderhof oor die beplanning vir kinders se toekoms wat in hulle beste belang sal wees;
* Om tydige ingryping te verseker waar kinders bloot gestel word aan ernstige mishandeling of verwaarlosing;
* Om maatskaplike werkers met kennis toe te rus;
* Om ouers toe te rus met kennis en vaardighede;
* Om trauma terapie te lewer aan kinders wat erge trauma beleef het.
Vir ‘n afspraak kontak Yolanda Turvey by Tel: 012-333 0421 of Yolanda@cmrn.co.za
* Pleegsorgeenheid: CMR Noord Kindersentrum Hierdie eenheid is verantwoordelik vir die werwing, keuring en toerusting van pleegouers dmv opleiding. Die eenheid is ook betrokke by die passing van kinders wie in pleegsorg geplaas moet word by spesifieke pleeggesinne. Die maatskaplike werker kies dus ‘n spesifieke pleeggesin wat in die betrokke kind se behoeftes kan voorsien. Pleegouers word toegerus met kennis en vaardighede om terapeutiese en genesende ouerskap toe te pas om dat kinders wat verwyder is uit hulle ouers se sorg, dikwels komplekse trauma het en pleegouers spesifieke begeleiding nodig het om die trauma te hanteer. Die pleegouers word ook ondersteun na die plasing van die pleegkind met praktiese leiding en emosionele ondersteuning. Pleegouers en maatskaplike werkers van ander organisasies is ook welkom om by die pleegsorg opleiding in te skakel Hierdie eenheid het ook ‘n baie prakties een bruikbare pleegsorg handleiding wat teen ‘n geringe fooi by die pleegsorg eenheid aangekoop kan word.
Vir verdere navrae kontak asb Minka Keesenberg, Senior Pleegsorgkeurings Maatskaplike werker by tel 012-333 0421 of kinders2@cmrn.co.za
Unplanned Crisis Pregnancy Services
Due to a decrease in the need for accommodation, Berg en Dal facility for pregnant girls and women closed its doors on 1 August 2016. The need for services to pregnant teenagers and women and their babies is however, still continuing. The Unplanned Pregnancy Crisis Service of CMR Noord renders counselling services to the pregnant mother, the biological father and also the extended family when they are involved. The focus is however, also on every baby to ensure they are safe and protected from any possible neglect. The Unplanned Pregnancy Crisis Service includes the following services:
* Social work services to girls and women in the community who experience an unplanned pregnancy;
* Placement of the babies in safe care with an order from the children’s court to ensure they are safe and protected from neglect;
* Counselling services to the pregnant teenagers and women to discuss the different caring options for their babies with them;
* Should the pregnant mother decide on adoption of her baby, the social worker will guide and support her through this process;
* Should the mother decide on foster care for her baby, the social worker will assist in securing a foster family for the baby. The extended family of the biological parents will also be considered as foster parents for the baby.
* Should the mother decide to keep the baby, the social worker will also ensure that the mother have sufficient support to care for her baby.
For more detailed information, please contact Ms Sandra van der Merwe, social worker responsible for the service
ADOPTION SERVICES RENDERED BY CMR NOORD
What is Adoption?
Adoption is the placement of a child in the permanent care of a person or persons who are not the biological parents of the child. The aim of adoption is to protect and care for children by providing a safe, stable and loving environment for them with their adoptive family.
Different types of adoptions:
* Disclosed adoption: Family, step-parent and adoption from foster care
* Non disclosed adoptions: Non-related and transcultural adoptions
* Private adoptions: High risk adoptions, process is facilitated by an adoption social worker
ADOPTION PROCESS
* Attending of Orientation, Infertility groups, Work groups and Preparation Groups
* Screening for suitability: Background information, home circumstances, psychological assessment, medical assessments etc.
* Approval by adoption panel
* Matching and placement of baby with adoptive parents
Costs
* There are different costs involved for the different types of adoption, as adoption process differ. For more information the CMR Noord can be contacted in this regard.
LEGAL PROCESS
* Compilation of final adoption report
* Approval of adoption by the Department of Social Development
* Submission of report at Children’s Court for finalisation
REGISTRAR OF ADOPTIONS
* The National Department of Social Development registers and issues adoption orders for the re-registration of the child’s birth certificate with the Department of Home Affairs.
Op 1 April 2015 sien hierdie nuwe Sentrum van Hoop die lig binne CMR Noord. ‘n Nuwe werkswyse word in die CMR Noord geimplementeer deurdat die Kinderbeskerming Sentrum alle Kinderhofverrigtinge vir die verskillende gebiedskantore in Gauteng hanteer. Die fokus van die Sentrum is om Kinders te beskerm soos wat vereis word binne die Kinderwet (Wet 38/2005).
For the first book year of this Centre’s existence, a total number of 300 cases were dealt with by 5 social workers and one social auxiliary worker via court proceedings. A number of 484 children were reached.
By working more “specialized” enables staff to be more focused on their cases. Court work is very intense, time consuming and an expensive service (cost per child per court case is approximately R7 500). Why so expensive?
Wanneer ‘n saak aangemeld word, is daar verskeie dienste wat gelewer moet word naamlik:
The task of the social worker in this Centre, is to determine whether a child is in need of care, taking into account what is in the best interest of the child. Should a child be found in need of care (due to reasons described in the Children’s Act as per Sect 150), the Court can consider various options to protect and secure a child for example:
But still, Prevention is better than cure and the various CMR offices render services to avoid Court intervention as far as possible (as last resort).
Die realiteit is dat die Kinderwet voorsiening maak dat die publiek die hof direk mag nader. ‘n Grootste persentasie van die sake wat by die KBS beland, is dus ‘n Vorm 9 bevel waarin die hof ‘n ondersoek beveel.
As already mentioned, this service is very costly and not a visible service to the public. Especially due to the fact the the Children Act states that children in the statutory process, cannot be exposed to the public as this matter is “in camera” and the child’s identity be protected.
Indien u ‘n bydrae wil maak tov hierdie Sentrum se dienste, is hier paar voorstelle hoe u van hulp kan wees:
Where to find us:
CMR North Child Protection Centre
Kontakpersoon: |
Izelle Jacobs |
Tel: |
014 000 2151 |
Email: |
cmr@cmrrust.co.za |
Address: |
NG Bergsig,Betlehemstraat,194 |
Mailbox: |
P O Box 419,Rustenburg,0300 |
CSC Warmbad is the only family care NGO in Bela Bela, and carry a huge workload and responsibility to the community. The office runs 10 community work projects and renders services to a average of 80 -90 families.
Projects:Bela Bela, Spa Park, Jinnah Park, Radium, Pienaarsrivier, Lehau, Rust de Winter, Settlers, Tuinplaas, Mabula
Contact Us: Tel: (014) 736 2557 / 2816CMR Pietersburg is a unique Centre of Hope in that the office supports already existing community outreach projects of churches and other groups as well as other CPOs financially to ensure sustainability of their work.
Manager: Hannelie Schwartz
Contact Number: 014 – 736 2557 Email: hannelie.cmrn@gmail.com
Die CMR Louis Trichardt se dienste strek al vir meer as 30 jaar in die omgewing.
Daar is ‘n noue band tussen die CMR en die plaaslike gemeentes, besighede en die publiek.
Ons fokus punte is:
Kinderbeskerming, gelukkige gesins lewe te bevorder, aanleer en motivering van lewensvaardighede, bejaardesorg, armoede verligting en maatskaplike nood.
Volskaalse projekte van CMR Louis Trichardt
* Kospakkies – 2 keer per maand vir tussen 40 – 50 gesinne
* Klere voorsiening asook ander noodsaaklike items
* Maatskaplike hulp en berading op aanvraag
* Kleuterskool: Voorsien skryfbehoeftes, matrasse, komberse, voedsel ens.
* Netwerke: Hulpbronne v d gemeenskap – besigheidsmanne, beraders, kerkleiers ens.
* Om trauma en nood te beheer en te hanteer
* Blikkies kos projekte
* Fondsinsamelings: Golfdae, Lentefees, Road Hoggs ens.
* Kersfunksies: Kersfees ete
* Kersfees piekniek en uitstappie vir die kinders
* Kersgeskenke
* Spesiale kersete, kospakkies
HOE KAN U BETROKKE RAAK
* Skenkings van kos en klere
* Donasies
* Deur as ‘n vrywilliger helper op te tree
* Bereidwilligheid tot pleegsorg
* Voorbidding
* Deur ons te help, stel u ons in staat om mense hoop te gee, wat in wanhoop verkeer.
* Enige hulp of bydrae kan ‘n groot verskil maak in iemand se lewe !!
“Die wonder is, dat hulle wat die meeste gee, ook die mees te oor het!”
George F Brandt
Contact Us:
Tel & Fax: (015) 516 5115 louistrichardt@cmrn.co.za