Molo Songololo
The project requires a strong leader who is able to think strategically and act decisively to ensure effective and efficient service delivery. A team is not born but grown through trust, honesty, understanding and working together. The Project Manager needs to foster team spirit and nurture the team. The high levels of stress experienced by staff emphasize the value of team work and staff supporting each other. The project will have many demands placed on it. It is thus useful if all staff have counselling, organizing and facilitation skills as emergencies do occur frequently and in these cases another staff member could step in an assist. Training and Support Staff received on the job training in: Fieldwork Office management Organizing skills Computer operating Staff received more specialized training in: Counselling Child ren s rig hts Sexual exploitation of children Child trafficking Legislation affecting children International conventions and dialogues on children to which South Africa is a signatory Regular debriefing of staff must be set up to assist them in dealing with any trauma they may experience in the course of their work. This m o d el is useful a s a sta rting p oint, it is nec essa ry to ta ke a c c ount of the p a rtic ula r c ond itions of p a rtic ip a nts a nd the c ontext the p rojec t is loc a ted in to ensure op tim a l suc c ess. Fa c ilita ting for the g row th a nd d evelop m ent of p eop le req uires lots of flexib ility, c rea tivity, love and patience.
Atlantis Pilot Project Report August 2005
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