NATIONAL ASSN OF CHILD CARE WORKERS
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The NACCW is an independent Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) in South Africa which provides the professional training and infrastructure to promote healthy child and youth development and improve standards of care and treatment for orphaned, vulnerable and at-risk children and youth in family, community and residential group care settings. Healthy child and youth development and improved standards of care for vulnerable children. The NACCWs Training Department offers the Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC) in Child and Youth Care Work. This is a 16 module course that is usually completed over two years. A range of non-accredited courses on specific topics are also available. A journey of three decades, the quest for professional recognition and regulation of child and youth care workers has been driven largely by the NACCW. The recognition of the autonomy of the profession of child and youth care work. Statutory regulation that will safeguard the rights of children, youth and their families and provide professional accountability for the standards of services rendered. The NACCW believes that the foundation of its work is the establishment and maintenance of a national network of child and youth care workers. Members participate in regional forums that meet on a regular basis to exchange knowledge and skills in the field of child and youth care work. In this way the NACCW connects child and youth care workers across the country to professional reference groups and reservoirs of program and practice knowledge. Regions are responsible for arranging the biennial NACCW conferences, providing regular opportunities for people involved in services to children to connect nationally. The NACCW has developed an acclaimed, and increasingly replicated model of community-based child and youth care. The model consists of a core Isibindi component, standard across all projects, with modular programs that can be added as required. The publication aim is to provide sea