Amelia Chauke

Expertise in registration and compliance of
partial care facilities, including support for
unregistered community establishments.
Proficient in stakeholder engagement, liaising
with registration support organizations and local
municipalities to enhance facility operations.
Skilled in facilitating capacity-building
workshops for staff at various care facilities and
ECD forums.
Efficient management of queries and Ministerial
inquiries, ensuring adherence to referral
processes for child protection organizations.
Competent in issuing notices of enforcement,
managing appeals, and conducting screenings
against the National Child Protection Register.

Diligent in updating provincial registration
databases and assessing evidence to
recommend appropriate partial care registration
types.
Proactive in guiding facilities through the
compliance process to achieve registration
status.

Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
Conduct performance monitoring, evaluation and reporting.
Assist with the management of quarterly performance non-financial data.
Advocating for the Provincial department to ensure that funds are spent accurately at funded facilities as well as non-governmental organisations.
Working collaboratively within teams in order to comply with provincial targets.
Taking leadership when conducting on site visits at partial core facilities.
• Capacity building sessions with board members at Non-profit organisations.
• Mentoring Social Workers joining the Monitoring Unit

• Screening of intake clients: Conduct initial assessments to determine client needs aledgibility for services.
• Crisis Intervention support: Provide immediate assistance and support to clients in crisis situations.
• Participating in Family group conferences, office interviews, support, and monitoring clients with guidance from the social worker: Engage in collaborative meetings and interviews to support and monitor clients under the supervision of a social worker.
• Referring clients to needed services i.e. counseling services: Direct clients to appropriate services such as counseling and other support resources.
• Liaising with external institutions i.e. other government departments, program, and partner NGOs: Coordinate with external organizations to ensure clients receive comprehensive support.
• Assisting with late birth registrations of clients: Help clients with the process of registering births that were not recorded on time.
• Foster care applications and screenings: Process applications and conduct screenings for foster care placements.
• Safety Parent Screening: Evaluate potential safety parents to ensure they meet necessary criteria.
• Children’s Court Enquiries (statutory services) and investigations: Form 36, Section 151 openings, and Form 39 in adherence to the Children’s Act 38 of 2005. Attended court with the social worker: Participate in court inquiries and investigations, adhering to legal requirements, and attend court sessions with a social worker.
• Applications for alternative care placement for clients via Centralized Admissions: Submit applications for alternative care placements through centralized admissions.
• Group work focusing on teenage pregnancy and substance abuse: Conduct group sessions addressing teenage pregnancy and substance abuse.
• Individual assessments of clients to compile reports and determine plan of action: Perform individual assessments to create reports and develop action plans.
• Counseling services: Provide counseling services to clients.
• Networking with stakeholders and referring clients to the relevant stakeholders