JOHANNESBURG - The Department of Social Development on Tuesday said it was committed to clear the foster care backlogs and that it noted with concern misleading media reports about North Gauteng High court on foster care orders that could lapse at the end of November 2019.
"The article was written and published with the malicious intention to taint the name of the department and to cause panic among vulnerable children and foster care families. Key among others, the bill seeks to amend Section 159 of the children’s Act to make provision for discretion to extend lapsed foster care orders or issue interim orders while clause 60 seeks to make provision for quality assurance of child protection services.
"To date, the department has absorbed 566 social work graduates who benefited from its social work scholarship programme," Oliphant said.
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