Page 159 - Department of Social Development Annual Report 2021

PART B: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
3 DONOR FUNDS

Summary of Achievements on the Government Capacity Building and Support
Program (GCBS) project
• Ongoing rollout of Supervisor Learning Forums • Provincial evaluation support through examining the
(SLFs) in Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North West, and the design and implementation of targeted initiatives in
Free State the Limpopo Department.
• Technical assistance the Department in establishing • In KwaZulu Natal, developed an electronic foster care
a national supervisor learning forums (please start tool to help the Department better manage its foster
from here downwards) care case load
• Leadership training for Department personnel • In North West, developed terms of reference (TOR) to
responsible for convening supervisors learning be used by the Provincial Monitoring and Evaluation
forums nationally toward Department sustainability Forum
post government capacity building and support • 14 681 SMS alerts for improved access to services with
programme a focus on HIV Testing Services and Gender-Based
• Telephonic follow-up to Department’s District Violence
Managers and Service Points Supervisors to support • Data tracking system in place with relevant alerts.
planning and implementation of services during • Continued to develop expertise and skills in effective
lockdown data use for decision-making across all levels of the
• Comprehensive HIV, TB, and STI Strategy reviewed Department and within funded NPOs during Covid-19
• Department’s Public-Private Partnerships workshop restrictions
resulting in development of Prevention and Early • Conducted routine monitoring of processes and quality
Intervention Core Package of Services funding of services implemented across districts where access
strategy was granted during Covid-19 restrictions.
• Technical support at national, provincial, and district • Government Capacity Building and Support
levels for standardised service delivery to Orphans Program-supported staff at NPOs and Service Points
and Vulnerable Children, Adolescents, and Youth analyse and use data at the site level where access was
through active participation in workshops, meetings, granted during Covid-19 restrictions.
and forums • Updating NPO and Service Points GPS coordinates on
• District partnerships for improved Children and USAID website.
Adolescents Living with HIV and bi-directional • 155 Routine Data Quality Assessments conducted
referrals to support HIV testing, treatment, and where access was granted during Covid-19 restrictions.
adherence support • In all provinces, worked with the Department’s
• Government Capacity Building and Support Program provincial teams, conducting quarterly performance
extension presentations conducted across provinces reviews and validations in the Government Capacity
• Sustainability planning sessions conducted with Building and Support Program-supported district
Gauteng, North West and Limpopo provinces • Abstracts were submitted to the American Evaluation
• KwaZulu Natal learning event outcomes form part of Association and International AIDS Conferences
sustainability planning for the province • KwaZulu Natal learning event facilitated
• Ongoing support to the Department for • Abstract submitted to the International AIDS
implementation of data systems Conference
• YOLO Evaluation journal publication in the African
Strategic objective 2: Improve timely availability and use Evaluation Journal
of reliable data on program performance monitoring and • Research studies undertaken – Core Package of
evaluation (M&E) and information on the social effects Services Pilot; ChommY Digitalisation Pilot; Outcomes
of HIV and AIDS and other vulnerabilities faced by of Telephone Counselling during Covid-19 Study; and
children Lessons from Government Capacity Building and
Support Program Covid-19 Adaptation Plan Study
• Provided Technical Assistance to the Department’s
monitoring and evaluation teams, upon request, in
modifying the Government Capacity Building and
Support Program data collection tool so that it can
be used in their context
• Continued to develop expertise and skills in effective
data use for decision-making across all levels of the
Department and within funded NPOs
• Conducted routine monitoring of processes and
quality of services implemented across districts
• Government Capacity Building and Support
Program-supported staff at NPOs and Service Points
analyse and use data at the site level

159 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL REPORT 2020/21