Centres of ExcellenceProgress Report May 2006

Introduction & BackgroundThe purpose of this presentation is to provide a status report on all actions, activities and interventions that have taken place to date in relation to establishing Centres of Excellence in all regions.

The Department has identified Correctional Centres across various Regions to serve as Centres of Excellence where an environment will be created for the provision of holistic integrated programmes and services to the offender in order to produce socially responsible individuals.

Introduction & BackgroundThe Department intends to achieve, through a systematic process of piloting and translating the prescripts and ideals of the White Paper on Corrections, into sustainable practice in selected centres, that will be characterized by the:Provision of holistic, integrated and needs-based services to offenders within needs-driven facilities aimed at producing socially responsible persons;Effective management and control over all critical challenges that could have a significant impact on rehabilitation;Presence of competent Rehabilitation- orientated personnel who are recruited, trained, retrained and developed in the "Ideal Correctional Official";Meaningful support for its overall Corrections-mandate from highly functional external partnerships with families, communities and society at large

Approved Centres of Excellence Western CapeMalmesbury Medium A Correctional CentreGoodwood Correctional CentreDwarsrivier Correctional CentreDrakenstein Medium B Juvenile Correctional CentrePollsmoor Female Correctional CentreVoorberg Medium B Correctional CentreReminder

Eastern CapeCradock Correctional CentreIdutywa Correctional CentreStutterheim Correctional CentreEast London Medium C Correctional CentreKirkwood Correctional CentreUmtata Maximum Correctional CentreQueenstown Correctional CentreApproved Centres of Excellence Reminder

Approved Centres of Excellence KwaZulu/ NatalEbongweni Maximum Correctional Centre KokstadDurban Juvenile Correctional CentreDurban Female Correctional CentrePietermaritzburg Correctional CentreEkuseni Youth Development Correctional CentreEmpangeni Community Corrections Reminder

Approved Centres of Excellence Free State & NCapeGroenpunt Juvenile Correctional CentreGoedemoed Medium A Correctional CentreDouglas Correctional Centre Sasolburg Correctional CentreKroonstad Medium CKuruman Correctional Centre Reminder

Approved Centres of Excellence Mpumalanga, Limpopo & Northern CapeMiddelburg Correctional Centre Ermelo Correctional CentreRustenburg Juvenile Correctional CentreMakhado Correctional Centre Klerksdorp Correctional CentreModimolle Correctional Centre Reminder

Approved Centres of Excellence GautengEmthonjeni Juvenile Correctional Centre (Bavianspoort)Leeuwkop Juvenile Correctional CentreJohannesburg Medium Correctional Centre Johannesburg Female Correctional CentrePretoria Central Correctional Centre Reminder

Progress: Policies Alignment of the Correctional Services Act No. 111 of 1998 with the White Paper on Corrections SA (2005)Policies have been developed and aligned with the Principles of the White Paper.Implementation plans have been developed for roll-out to regions

Progress: DocumentationVarious documents, frameworks and tools have been drafted, approved and distributed for implementation in Centres of Excellence e.g. White Paper on Corrections; Brochures; Video; Checklist for compliance; Implementation plan; Integrated Project Plan; ORP document; A webpage for Centres of Excellence

Progress: Training on programmesOrientation of all personnel in Centres of Excellence on Concept DocumentService Delivery Orientation for personnel (frontline training)Change Management training sessionsTraining of Heads of Correctional Centres by HRD on:CommunicationORP (broad outline)Training of Correctional Supervision and Parole Board members (52 CSPB established and trained)Training / orientation sessions at 6 identified Centres of Excellence on the ORP. These centres will serve as blue print for the roll-out of the ORP to other Centres of Excellence in the regions

Progress: Training of staffCorrectional Intervention Teams (Relevant Section Heads)Correctional programmes personnelEducatorsSkills Development practitionersPsychologistsSocial WorkersSRACSpiritual Care WorkersHealthHIV and AIDSWorkshop and Agriculture personnel Social ReintegrationHead of Community CorrectionsHead of Correctional Centre from all CoE in region + 3 other key personnel

Progress: Audit of facilities & SecurityThe installation of security equipment at access control points of 66 Correctional Centres (Centres of Excellence and other High Risk Correctional Centres) are in process to be finalized - Contract HQ 2/2005: Installation of security equipment at access points of Centres of Excellence, Security fences with CCTV coverage and detection system that link up with a control room are also in the process to be finalized at Centres of Excellence.

Progress: Structures Steering committees have been established on all organizational levels in order to oversee the implementation, manage and coordinate processes and also the facilitate adherence to and compliance with guiding documentation and procedures:National (Chairperson: CDC Development and Care) Regional (DRC)Management Area (Area Commissioner)

Progress: Tools & FrameworksAdmission risk / needs assessment:Conducted during Admission and within 24 hours after admissionComprehensive Health Assessment & Comprehensive risk / needs AssessmentConducted during Assessment phase within 21 days after admissionOffender ProfilingFramework to profile offenders based on assessment outcomes, risks and needsCorrectional Sentence PlanIntervention plan for each offender based on his / her specific risks and needs

Progress: Structures The Project Manager for Centres of Excellence has also been appointed and has assumed duty on 1 April 2006. Correctional Supervision and Parole Board (CSPB) all 52 were established and trainedUnit ManagementAssessment teams

6. Programmes5.Tools2. Unit Management3. Policies 4. ORP7. QA8. Training9. Resources10. Case file1. Structures

Matrix: Structures for overseeing implementation CoE

Matrix: Unit Management

Matrix: Policies

Matrix: ORP

New admissionsExisting

Matrix: Tools

Initial Risk AssessmentComprehensive Risk Assessment ProfilingSentence PlanCheck List for CoEAudit Tools Integrated Project Plan

Matrix: Programmes

Matrix: Quality Assurance

Internal providersExternal providers

Matrix: Training

Unit Management CMCAssessment toolsCATSentence planningCITProfilingMISORP

Matrix: Resources

Staff

Matrix: Case File - content

Way forward Finalization and approval of outstanding Policies & Procedures;Implementation of approved Policies and Procedures;Development of an Integrated Project Plan based on the Operational Plans of Branches for the 2006/07 financial year.Monitoring the implementation of the ORP in the Centres of Excellence;Finalization of Compulsory Programme Policy and piloting of programmes in Centres of Excellence;Development of an instrument / mechanism to measure the impact and effectiveness of all programmes and services;

Way forward Development of an automated Quality Assurance system;Development of measures to improve the working environment;Further training of functionaries on:Unit ManagementIdeal Correctional OfficialORPFeedback on matrixes

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