Specialised Behavioural Management Programme
Aim: To provide specialised behaviour management support and therapeutic intervention to prevent school drop out and family breakdown due to unmanageable behaviour experienced Influx of behavioural issues.
• In communities
• Referrals to Social Work agencies
• Within Child and Youth Care Centres
• At schools
Design of the Program
ASSESSMENT – Intervention Based on needs
CHILD
• One on one counselling
• Behaviour Management Support
• Assessment via camp
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Group work – ADP program
• Referrals – eg: substance abuse
FAMILY
• Home visits/ telephonic contact
• Parenting workshops
• Behaviour Management Education
• Referrals if necessary
• Family Therapy
SCHOOL
• Placement
• Behavioural management support
• Material Requirements
• Monitoring
Why the Program works
• Individualised treatment
• Thinking out of the Box
• Camp (Observation not able to be done in an office/home consult)
• Continuous evolution of program to meet beneficiaries needs
• Rapport building skills of team – Approachability and accepting
Current Successes
Referrals
•38 referrals in 2017 alone
Children/ Participants:
•Increased commitment to the program
•School placement and attendance
•Parental involvement, parenting style changes
•Improvement in results at school
Families:
•Relationships improving
•Parents utilising support mechanisms and attending workshops
•With the support of the program parents are prepared to continue where before they had given up hope.
•Piloted by Leliebloem in 2011 in partnership with the Department of Social Development.
•Primary Early intervention Program – Therapeutic and family preservation
•Designed by clinical social worker with a background in Family preservation and CYCC
Holistic Approach
- Work in all facets of a child’s life
- All members of their family and system
Strengths Based Approach
- Instils hope for the child
- Works in a more positive way with what every one else sees as an “unsolvable problem”
- Ability to ”work with a clean slate”
- No blame while getting child and family to accept responsibly
(Change patterns)
- Empowering for family and child
• In communities
• Referrals to Social Work agencies
• Within Child and Youth Care Centres
• At schools
Design of the Program
ASSESSMENT – Intervention Based on needs
CHILD
• One on one counselling
• Behaviour Management Support
• Assessment via camp
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Group work – ADP program
• Referrals – eg: substance abuse
FAMILY
• Home visits/ telephonic contact
• Parenting workshops
• Behaviour Management Education
• Referrals if necessary
• Family Therapy
SCHOOL
• Placement
• Behavioural management support
• Material Requirements
• Monitoring
Why the Program works
• Individualised treatment
• Thinking out of the Box
• Camp (Observation not able to be done in an office/home consult)
• Continuous evolution of program to meet beneficiaries needs
• Rapport building skills of team – Approachability and accepting
Current Successes
Referrals
•38 referrals in 2017 alone
Children/ Participants:
•Increased commitment to the program
•School placement and attendance
•Parental involvement, parenting style changes
•Improvement in results at school
Families:
•Relationships improving
•Parents utilising support mechanisms and attending workshops
•With the support of the program parents are prepared to continue where before they had given up hope.
•Piloted by Leliebloem in 2011 in partnership with the Department of Social Development.
•Primary Early intervention Program – Therapeutic and family preservation
•Designed by clinical social worker with a background in Family preservation and CYCC
Holistic Approach
- Work in all facets of a child’s life
- All members of their family and system
Strengths Based Approach
- Instils hope for the child
- Works in a more positive way with what every one else sees as an “unsolvable problem”
- Ability to ”work with a clean slate”
- No blame while getting child and family to accept responsibly
(Change patterns)
- Empowering for family and child
Family Reunification Programme
The Family reunification program seeks to reunify children and youth with their families.
To enrich and empower families so that the future family life will be strengthened and Promoted.
Objectives of the program· The integration of formal and informal support systems
· Identify strength and maximize support systems
· Reduce the length of time children are in residential care
· Re– establish contacts and increase quantity and quality of contact between children and their families
· Enhance parenting skills and transfer of behavior management skills
· Help and support children and families socially, emotionally and intellectually.
· Skills development for children to meet and support their needs and that of the families
Areas of Operation
Athlone and Wynberg Magisterial disticts. Also includes Maccassar, Overberg, Boland areas and the West coast.
Parenting Training
Key points
à Effective parenting
à Listening to children's feelings
à Building self Esteem
Listening and communication skills
Support groups for children
· Effective listening
· Effective communication
Understanding your feelings
· Expressing feelings appropriately
· Developing coping skills
· Peer group pressure
Support rendered to families and children
Food parcels over out weekends and holidays
Provision of material needs as needed and available
Transportation of children to and from their families
Support families enrolling kids in schools
To enrich and empower families so that the future family life will be strengthened and Promoted.
Objectives of the program· The integration of formal and informal support systems
· Identify strength and maximize support systems
· Reduce the length of time children are in residential care
· Re– establish contacts and increase quantity and quality of contact between children and their families
· Enhance parenting skills and transfer of behavior management skills
· Help and support children and families socially, emotionally and intellectually.
· Skills development for children to meet and support their needs and that of the families
Areas of Operation
Athlone and Wynberg Magisterial disticts. Also includes Maccassar, Overberg, Boland areas and the West coast.
Parenting Training
Key points
à Effective parenting
à Listening to children's feelings
à Building self Esteem
Listening and communication skills
Support groups for children
· Effective listening
· Effective communication
Understanding your feelings
· Expressing feelings appropriately
· Developing coping skills
· Peer group pressure
Support rendered to families and children
Food parcels over out weekends and holidays
Provision of material needs as needed and available
Transportation of children to and from their families
Support families enrolling kids in schools
Adolescent Development Programme
"Growing up has never been easy. Adolescence is not a time of rebellion but rather should be described as a time of evaluation, decision making, commitment and of carving out a place for oneself in the world."
So what do Adolescents need?
· We need to acknowledge that most of the problems of today’s youth are not with the youth themselves.
· What the adolescents need is access to a range of opportunities and to long term support from adults who deeply care about them.
Aim of this project:
To provide a therapeutic program to young people.
Objectives: Identifying strengths, increasing potential to achieve the best outcome for the adolescents and their families by building their self esteem. Provide opportunities for young people to learn the skills necessary to meet their needs and that of their families. Create an environment that sees the stage of adolescence as a time of evaluation, decision making, commitment and carving a place for them in the world.
Target Group
Age groups (12 – 15 years) & (16-18 years)
Adolescents coming from communities living within the Athlone District
Adolescents from other Residential Programmes
Adolescents displaying emotional and Behavioral challenges
Adolescents showing leadership potential
The Programme
1st phase Orientation Camp – “Getting to know you”
Communication skills
Relationship Building
Adolescent Workshops
Basic life skills workshop for Adolescents on Fridays with 2 groups (12-15 and 16-18) which include:
Values
Growth Games
Group Work
Assertiveness Training
Anger Management
Goal Settings
Learning through fun and games
Limits and Boundaries
Role plays
Support Groups
Weekly sessions are held after each workshop. This will serve as ongoing support groups for the young people.
These 2 groups (12-15 and 15-18) meet
2nd Phase
Leadership Camp
The youth mentors will join a 3 day camp, on which intensive training will be done to prepare them for this task.
Camp Program
Assertiveness Training
Anger Management
Conflict Management
Positive Self Image
Leadership Skills
Excursions/Obstacle Courses
Youth Mentors
A further advanced programme for adolescents in which some were chosen and trained to be mentors for the next intake group. These mentors were supervised by the training team
Additional Services
Referrals to Specialized Program
Parenting Workshops
Creative Workshops (Drumming, Poetry, Dance, etc)
Graduation Ceremony
Isibindi Grabouw
Within the Isibindi model, child and youth care workers visit identified orphans and vulnerable children in their homes and provide comprehensive services. This includes accompanying and representing children at schools, health services and government offices, when necessary. They also provide psychological support through memory box activities, grief work, building of relationships, identifying needs and feelings, providing developmental care, behaviour management, activity programming, risk assessment and life space counseling.” - Winnie Direko (Honorable MP), on the occasion of the second reading of the Report of Portfolio Committee on Social Development on Children’s Amendment Bill, Parliament, Hansard. 6 November 2007
The community implementing organisations and the NACCW in a commitment to excellence in service delivery.
Isibindi Mentors are deployed by the NACCW to provide mentoring services to each emerging Isibindi project.
PREVIOUSLY UNEMPLOYED COMMUNITY MEMBERS SERVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THEIR OWN HOMES AND ARE TRAINED TO BECOME skilled child and youth care workers.
A standardised and effective monitoring and evaluation system collates data on services offered across the country, and holds individual workers and projects accountable.
The family preservation approach underpins all services, and fragile households are strengthened by life- space work in family homes.
PROCESSES AND METHODS RELEVANT TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE MODEL
The community implementing organisations and the NACCW in a commitment to excellence in service delivery.
Isibindi Mentors are deployed by the NACCW to provide mentoring services to each emerging Isibindi project.
PREVIOUSLY UNEMPLOYED COMMUNITY MEMBERS SERVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THEIR OWN HOMES AND ARE TRAINED TO BECOME skilled child and youth care workers.
A standardised and effective monitoring and evaluation system collates data on services offered across the country, and holds individual workers and projects accountable.
The family preservation approach underpins all services, and fragile households are strengthened by life- space work in family homes.
PROCESSES AND METHODS RELEVANT TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE MODEL
