Prevention

BADISA Stilbaai works on the premise that prevention is better than cure. 

A variety of projects are aimed at educating and raising awareness among our society about the following:

• Rights and responsibilities of parents
• Rights and responsibilities of children
• Indicators of child abuse and neglect
• Reporting of child abuse and neglect
• Teaching children how to protect themselves against abuse and neglect

Early Intervention services 

• Identifying children who are in high risk circumstances
• Assessing the impact of the abuse and neglect on the child’s wellbeing
• Referral to therapeutic services
• Improving parenting skills by social work interventions and parent guidance programs
• Provision of food and clothing to children and families in need
• Group sessions at schools for children with behavioral problems
• Group work with children aimed at enhancing life-skills
• Children’s after-care facility (Ouma Lena se Huis)
• ECD facility (Seesterretjies)

Statutary work  

• Provision of protection services to abused and/or neglected children, by removing them from the perpetrator or family
• Social worker court work, including assessments, court appearances and placement of children in alternative care, foster homes or youth care centers

Re -uniting

• Reintegration of children who were removed from their families, back into communities-of-origin by placement with a suitable family within their community
• When children cannot be re-united with their biological families or communities-of-origin, alternative family placements are sourced, with a view to providing a sense of permanence, belonging and stability for them

Additional Services

• Adoption Services (Only in the Stilbaai area)
• Trauma support
• Assistance and support to elderly people (eg: completing forms for admission into retirement homes)