Cape Town Child Welfare Society
As can be seen from Graph 8, 41% of the families benefitting from Family preservation and monitoring services are due to neglect. It is therefore evident that neglect is still the biggest concern due to unemployment, parenting inadequacy and substance abuse. Family Preservation and monitoring services to the families included 121 strength-based assessments, 165 family group conferences, 430 counseling sessions, 1023 home visits, 507 office interviews and 397 telephone contacts. Care and Contact services included 140 assessments, 86 mediation sessions, reports and plans provided and orders finalized in respect of 66 children and monitoring visits in respect of 39 children. It has been a challenge for the workers to reach all the families on a regular basis due to the demand by certain cases. It is however evident that the workers have tried
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their utmost to render quality services and to ensure that children remain protected within their families of origin. For that the workers have to be commended.