Badisa Wynberg

4 Salisbury Street

Wynberg, 7800

Phone: 021 761 2671

Fax: 021 761 8674

E-mail: admin@badisawynberg.org.zaAll new referrals or enquiries

can be sent to the Intake social worker:

intake@badisawynberg.org.za

www.badisawynberg.org.za

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE REMOVAL OF A CHILD?

• Without delay but within 24 hours inform the parent,

guardian or care-giver of the child of the removal of

the child, if the parents can readily be traced; and

• not later than the next court day inform the relevant

clerk of the children’s court of the removal of the

child; and

• report the matter to the relevant provincial

department of social development.

• OR refer the matter to a designated social worker

for investigation if the child was removed by a police

man.

WHAT IS A SAFETY PARENT?

A safety parent is a person with whom a child is

temporarily placed that will provide safety, pending

finalisation of the investigation.

WHAT IS TEMPORARY SAFE CARE?

“Temporary safe care”, in relation to a child, means care

of a child in an approved child and youth care centre,

shelter or private home or any other place, where the

child can safely be accommodated, pending a decision

or court order concerning the placement of the child,

but excludes care of a child in a prison or police cell.

WHEN IS TEMPORARY SAFE CARE / A SAFETY PARENT NEEDED?

If it appears that a child who resides in the area of

the children’s court concerned is in need of care and

protection, a social worker must investigate the matter.

After such investigation a presiding officer may order

that the child be placed in temporary safe care if it

appears that it is necessary for the safety and well-

being of the child.

The best interests of the child must be the determining

factor in any decision whether a child in need of care

and protection should be removed and placed in

temporary safe care. All relevant facts must for this

purpose be taken into account, including the safety and

well-being of the child as the first priority.

A voice from the Chairlady of Badisa Wynberg,

Mrs Janine Hattingh

I expect to pass through this world but once.Any good thing, therefore, that I can do, or anykindness that I can show to any fellow creature,let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it,

for I shall not pass this way again.

Badisa Wynberg

If you want to foster a child or provide a safe care.

Please contact our office.

and as a public benefit organisation

Badisa is registered as a

Who is Badisa Wynberg?

Badisa Wynberg is a non-profit, non-governmental

welfare organisation (NPO 011-891) and social services

programme of Badisa. It is a registered designated

child protection organisation, rendering social

services to children in need of care and protection in

designated areas from Mowbray to Westlake.

WHEN IS A CHILD IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION?

A child is in need of care and protection if, the child-

• has been abandoned or orphaned and is without

any visible means of support;

• displays behaviour which cannot be controlled by

the parent or caregiver;

• lives or works on the streets or begs for a living;

• is addicted to a dependence-producing substance

and is without any support to obtain treatment for

such dependency;

• has been exploited or lives in circumstances that

expose the child to exploitation;

• lives in or is exposed to circumstances which may

seriously harm that child’s physical, mental or

social well-being;

• may be at risk if returned to the custody of the

parent, guardian or caregiver of the child as there

is reason to believe that he or she will live in or

be exposed to circumstances which may seriously

harm the physical, mental or social well-being of

the child;

• is in a state of physical or mental neglect; or

• is being maltreated, abused, deliberately neglected

or degraded by a parent, a caregiver, a person who

has parental responsibilities and rights or a family

member of the child or by a person under whose

control the child is.

• a child who is a victim of child labour; and

• a child in a child-headed household.

A child found in these circumstances may be a child in need of care and protection and must be referred for investigation by a designated social worker.

A social worker will investigate the circumstances

of each referral. If after investigation a social worker

finds that a child is not a child in need of care and

protection, the social worker must where necessary

take measures to assist the child, including counselling,

mediation, prevention and early intervention services,

family reconstruction and rehabilitation, behaviour

modification, problem solving and referral to another

suitably qualified person or organisation.

ORKER WHEN WILL A SOCIAL WREMOVE A CHILD AND PLACE THAT CHILD IN TEMPORARY SAFE CARE?

A designated social worker or a police officer may

remove a child and place the child in temporary safe

care without a court order if there are reasonable

grounds for believing-

• that the child is in need of care and protection

• the child needs immediate emergency protection

• that the delay in obtaining a court order for the

removal of the child and placing the child in

temporary safe care may jeopardise the child’s

safety and well-being; and

• that the removal of the child from his or her home

environment is the best way to secure that child’s

safety and well-being.