The purpose of The SAVF Pretoria Social Work Office is to protect the most vulnerable by providing free generic social work services to designated communities comprising of the poorest of the poor and families/individuals/children at risk.
The Pretoria Social Work Office is the largest of 31 social work offices, of the “Suid-Afrikaanse Vrouefederasie” (SAVF). These offices are distributed among the five Northern Provinces, namely: Gauteng, Northern Province, North-West Province, Limpopo Province and Kwa-Zulu Natal. The Pretoria office is one of two offices within the organisation, rendering services in Gauteng Province and serving the North Rand Region. We received NPO certification on 09 November 2000, but remained integrated with the mother organisation. As an NPO/NGO this office is only partially subsidised by Government (54%) which implicates an immediate deficit (46%) on the operational costs.
To render welfare, welfare-related and other social development services with regrd to child and youth care, family care, elderly and disabled cre in communities, to the advantage of all whom may benefit.
In the Community, for the Community, Protecting the Most Vulnerable. Our aim is to maximize the strength and existing potential of disadvantaged families by empowering the human capacity of all people in creating opportunities to develop and built their own capacity and support network, in order to alleviate poverty and lead them to self-reliance within an accessible, caring and enabling socio-economic environment. The communities reached are determined by the Department of Social Development as part of the mutual Service Level Agreement. These communities are poverty stricken and includes both urban and rural areas, comprising of the poorest of the poor and vulnerable individuals/ families at risk. Our services include the following:
Each satellite office provides a compulsory intake service to the designated community they serve.
Safe-guarding children in need of care and protection. The bulk of the SAVF Pretoria Social Work Office’s services is of statutory nature and free to the public. Not all registered social service professionals are mandated to intervene on a statutory level. This implies that, for instance, children at risk who need to be safeguarded and placed in alternative care will be left destitute without the intervention of the mandated service providers, as places of safe care/ children’s homes, foster homes cannot be accessed without the statutory level of intervention.
Foster Care
Community Development
Community development and awareness campaigns are also presented in conjunction with nationally celebrated days, for example: child protection day, youth day, etc., and in line with the needs of the different communities served.
Parental Guidance
Life-skills training
Bereavement/grief Counselling
Marital /relationship counselling
Services to Older Persons in Residential Care
Training workshops for prospective foster parents
Home-work/after care project (Soshanguve)
