Amelia Chauke
Kraaifontein
Summary
Experienced Social Worker with a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) specialising in monitoring, compliance, and stakeholder engagement in the Early Childhood Development sector. Led assessments and programme implementation, ensuring organisations meet regulatory requirements. Strong leadership and analytical skills enhance commitment to social development and child welfare.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Social Worker Registration and Monitoring
Western Cape Education Department
Cape Town
01.2023 - Current
- Led registration and compliance monitoring of partial care facilities, providing guidance and support to unregistered community-based establishments to achieve regulatory compliance.
- Monitored legislative and regulatory compliance for partial care facilities, ensuring adherence to established standards.
- Support unregistered community establishments through the registration and compliance process.
- Conduct on-site monitoring visits, inspections, and compliance assessments.
- Conducted rapid response and system support monitoring at Early Childhood Development (ECD) and partial care facilities to address immediate compliance needs.
- Perform pre-funding assessments to determine the eligibility of facilities and organisations for provincial funding.
- Monitor and evaluate funded facilities to ensure effective utilisation of allocated resources and compliance with funding conditions.
- Check individuals against the National Child Protection Register to ensure child safety.
- Administer the Non-Financial Data (NFD) management process by collecting, verifying, analysing, and reporting on programme performance and service delivery outcomes.
- Manage stakeholder engagement with municipalities, registration support organisations, ECD forums, and community partners.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills, with proven experience collaborating with registration support organisations, municipalities, and community stakeholders to strengthen facility operations and service delivery.
- Experienced in designing and facilitating capacity-building workshops, training sessions, and development initiatives for staff, management teams, and stakeholders within Early Childhood Development (ECD) facilities and forums.
- Facilitate capacity-building workshops and training sessions for ECD practitioners, facility staff, and non-profit organisation board members.
- Conduct performance monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.
- Issue notices of enforcement and manage appeals processes where required.
- Respond to Ministerial enquiries and referrals to facilitate resolution.
- Compiled child death reports for presentation to the Child Death Review Panel.
- Maintain and update provincial registration and monitoring databases.
- Assist with the management of quarterly non-financial performance data.
- Promote teamwork, accountability, and professional service delivery.
- Monitored site learning programmes registered with the Department of Education to ensure compliance and effective implementation.
- Promote teamwork, accountability, and professional service delivery
Education
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) -
University of South Africa (UNISA)
Cape Town, WC10-2022
Skills
- Social Work Practice
- Child Protection Services
- Early Childhood Development (ECD)
- Regulatory Compliance
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Pre-Funding Assessments
- Rapid Response Monitoring
- System Support Monitoring
- Data Management
- Report Writing
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Capacity Building and Training
- Community Development
- Performance Management
- Leadership and Mentoring
- Conflict Resolution
- Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Languages
English
Afrikaans
Custom
- Christo Titus, Manager, Christo.Titus@westerncape.gov.za, 073 9697010, 021-8290472
- Madelene Junies, Supervisor, Madelene.Junies@westerncape.gov.za, 072 978 6901, 021-4672589
Timeline
Social Worker Registration and Monitoring
Western Cape Education Department
01.2023 - Current
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) -
University of South Africa (UNISA)