Cape Town Multi Service Centre

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OUR PROGRAMMES 1. Residential Facility (Child and Youth Care Centre) Cape Town Multi Service Centre is registered with the Department of Social Development as a child and youth care facility for boys between the ages of 10-18years old who are in need of care and protection services. The facility serves as an emergency placement for the interim or until the Children Court inquiry is finalized. Once the social worker has explored and assessed all the options available to the child within the community, the social worker will then open a Children Court Inquiry and recommend that the child be referred to a place of safety pending finalization of placement. During the finalization process of placement, the matter is referred to the social work agency in the child’s community. This agency should then render the re-unification services to the child and his family. Cape Town Multi Service Centre will work with the agency to ensure a sustainable outcome for the child. In more than 90% of cases, the child that the organisation engages with has a bad scholastic background due to the child’s anti-social behaviour in the school setting, lack of school attendance, dysfunctional homes, etc. Children are faced with emotional challenges due to low self worth, low self esteem and lack of motivation in the challenging environment. Our aim is to integrate the child back to the community and back to an educational structure to improve on his current circumstances. Children participate in...