DSD Disability Policy and Strategy Portfolio Committee

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• DSD Disability Policy and Strategy Portfolio
  Committee
• on Social Development
• 20 September 2006

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PURPOSE

• To report to the PC SocDev on progress made
  with disability policy as well as the
  implementation strategies related to this policy
  framework

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CONTENT

• Program goal
• Objectives of the program
• Research
• Policy Framework on Disability
• Implementation Strategies
• Policy guidelines, residential facilities, social
  rehabilitation, support services to children
  minimum standards
• Inter governmental structures
• Challenges

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GOAL OF THE PROGRAM

• The goal of the disability program within DSD
  is improved quality of life for people with
  disabilities through accessible developmental
  social welfare services.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMResearch

• Development of policy legislative framework
• Research
• Desk Top Study on the social needs of people with
  disabilities
• Research agenda developed in conjunction with the
  disability sector
• Research out sourced
• Service provider (DART) appointed to conduct and
  analyze relevant available data (Desk Top)

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMResearch

• - Comprehensive report developed, highlighting
  with age cohorts with key recommendations
• A report back workshop to the sector to be
  arranged, to inform the development of the
  implementation plan of the findings
• Final report is awaiting approval by departmental
  principals

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM Research

• - Database on services and facilities for people
  with disabilities
• A sub-program within the research program
• Database on services and facilities for people
  with disabilities developed
• To be developed into a web page that will be
  integrated with DSD website.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM Research

• A directory of services has been generated from
  the database
• Copies of the directory will be printed and
  distributed to provinces and stakeholders.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM Policy Framework on
Disability

• Disability consultative workshop, held on 10 11
  May 2004 reaffirmed the need to develop the
  policy on disability
• It is an inwardly and externally looking policy
  that seeks to provide strategic guidelines on the
  mainstreaming and integration of disability
  within social development practices.
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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM Policy Framework on
Disability

• Main purpose of the policy
• To build an integrated service delivery system
  that will be responsive to the social needs of
  People with Disabilities
• To facilitate the development of
  guidelines,strategies and programs that will
  enhance the integration of disability issues into
  existing departmental policies, strategies and
  programs

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM Policy framework on
disability cont

• To facilitate an integrated and comprehensive
  social security system supported by the
  collective potential of existing social and
  development programs
• To facilitate collaboration with national,
  provincial and local government departments,
  organizations and institutions to ensure
  integrated and co-ordinated service delivery

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM Policy Framework on
Disability cont

• To provide a basis to undertake research to
  ensure the development of new knowledge on
  disability, to assist in the development and
  co-ordination of inclusive social programs and
  services
• Policy approved by EXCO, for presentation at HSD
• The macro costing of the policy has been
  finalized

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM Policy Framework on
Disability cont

• Due to the unreliability of statistics that
  resulted in continued insufficient and inaccurate
  data, a second phase of micro-costing at
  provincial level was initiated
• Actual implementation strategy, highlighting key
  roles of key departments will be developed in the
  next financial year

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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK

• Integrated Policy Guidelines on the management of
  Protective Workshops
• Consultations with the relevant stakeholders
  (including the OSDP) were facilitated and the
  policy was developed.
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• Main aim of the policy is to ensure greater
  consistency and uniformity in the management of
  protective workshops

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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK

• The main objective is to create a framework for
  the establishment and management of social
  services,
• health services, skills development/capacity
  building
• and business units

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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK
Intended outcome of the policy is an integrated
social support services, development and delivery
of comprehensive, quality services that
contribute to the development and empowerment of
people with disabilities within workshops,
promoting their self-worth, self sufficiency and
self-reliance.
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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK

• - A development/transformation model
• highlighting key issues for the development of
  
• the protective workshops, has been
• developed and integrated in the policy
• A round table discussion with the technical
• team (key stakeholders) has been organized
• to discuss the development of a co-ordination
• framework for the costing and implementation
• of the policy

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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK
An implementation plan, developed in
consultation with key partners, i.e. the OSDP in
the Presidency and Thabo Mbeki Development Trust
for Disabled People, will be used to pilot the
policy.  
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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK

• Policy Guidelines on Residential Facilities for
• People with Disabilities
• Guidelines (draft), has been developed with
  inputs from the disability sector and provincial
  disability co-ordinators within provincial
  department of DSD.
• - The guidelines will be used to enhance the
  restoration of dignity, and respect to people
  with disabilities within residential facilities.

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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK

• The guidelines will be consulted in all nine
  provinces targeting the disability sector and key
  departmental representatives, to ensure that it
  is an inclusive and a co-ordinated effort towards
  implementation.

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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK

• Policy Guidelines on Social Rehabilitation for
  People with Disabilities
• Dealt with in a two pronged approach
• Strategy on Support Services to Children with
  Disabilities and
• Rehabilitation Service to People with
  Disabilities

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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK

• Integrated Strategy for the Support Service to
  Children with Disabilities
• Strategy provides strategic guidelines in the
  implementation of all departmental prescripts on
  children.
• Provide support and guidance on the inclusion of
  disability in the implementation of the
  departmental prescripts on children.

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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK

• Serve as a mechanism to draw resources inter-
• sectorally for the development of children with
• disabilities.

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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK

• Rehabilitation Guidelines for People with
  Disabilities
• - A discussion document on Social Rehabilitation
  Services to People with Disabilities has been
  developed.
• - This will be used to ensure the rendering of
  rehabilitation services to disabled people to
  help them to reach and maintain their functional
  levels.

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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK

• - The document addresses rehabilitation in four
  levels of services catering intended for
  different levels of disabilities Primary ,
  secondary, tertiary level and special
  rehabilitation.
• - The document will be extensively consulted
  within the nine provinces, culminating in a
  national consultative workshop

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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK

• Minimum standards on residential facilities for
  people with disabilities
• Minimum standards developed to assist the
  facilities to standardize services, facilitate
  transformation and improve the quality of
  services
• This has been approved by DSD EXCO and must be
  costed to ensure resource allocation required for
  implementation.
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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK

• An implementation plan is being developed for
  piloting
• these standards in residential facilities

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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK

• Minimum standards on residential facilities for
  people with disabilities
• Minimum standards developed to assist the
  facilities to standardize services, facilitate
  transformation and improve the quality of
  services
• This has been approved by DSD EXCO and must be
  costed in order to ensure resource allocation
  required for implementation
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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK

• Development of capacity building manuals
• DSD has embarked on a process to develop training
  manuals for the policy on disability and the
  minimum standards on residential facilities.
• The manuals will ensure that service providers
  within the field of disability, inclusive of the
  disability sector are trained on the policies,
  and that uniformity on service provision is
  maintained.
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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK

• Participate in the IDCCD structure co-ordinated
  by the OSDP in the presidency
• DSD has standing membership on the Integrated
  Departmental Co-ordinating Committee on
  Disability co-ordinated by the OSDP in the
  Presidency
• This enables DSD to maintain progress with the
  development trends on disability within the
  country, to provide progress to the counter
  parts, exchange and share information on the
  programs of the department on disability
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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE POLICY
FRAMEWORK

• Facilitate provincial disability coordinators
  task team
• The Directorate facilitates quarterly meetings
  with the disability coordinators who are
  disability program managers at provincial
  departments
• - Role Capacity building in a form of
  presentations from sister departments and
  disability organizations to enhance a better
  working relationship between government and the
  disability sector
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CHALLENGES

• Insufficient resources to implement programs
• - Challenge in the integration of services with
  key line functions and sister departments
• - Lack of appropriate legislative framework to
  register facilities and services to people with
  disabilities
• End. Questions?
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