What We've Been Up To
Another financial year has passed, and we have been busier than ever.
Hermanus Child & Family Services
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Hermanus Child Welfare was established in 1944 and was later renamed Hermanus Child & Family Services.
Volunteer board members and a team of qualified social workers work together to implement vital work needed most in the community.
Hermanus Child & Family Services offers essential community services that include:
Promoting family values and ethics, parenting training, father / child relationship training and counselling are offered to families. Added to this are school awareness campaigns where children are empowered by teaching them their rights.
Assisting families to resolve and rebuild their family unit with the main focus being on the best interests of the child. As a last resort, this could include relocating the child into a foster programme.
Implementing, managing and monitoring the child's reintegration with their family on behalf of the state.
Hermanus Child & Family Services have three crèches that cater to the needs of over 150 children between the ages of three and six in Mount Pleasant and Hawston. Crèche care includes:
Hermanus Child & Family Services has three foster houses in the community, each with its own house mother and supporting staff. Each house accommodates six children who receive a safe and stable environment where they have a home environment and attend school.
Where absolutely necessary, children are sometimes placed in a pre-arranged and approved private home environment where they receive foster care. Wherever possible this is usually with family members.
Hermanus Child & Family Services serve the community 24-hours a day, 7-days a week for any child-related abuse or emergency.
Call the office from 9:00 to 16:00 Mondays to Fridays or the emergency number after hours and on weekends.
Emergency Numbers
| Police: | 028 313 8500 / 10111 |
| Child Welfare: | 028 313 0830 |
| Red Cross Depot: | 028 312 1851 |
| Crime Stop: | 08600 10111 |
| CMC Private Ambulance: | 066 222 7219 |
| Private Hospital: | 028 313 0168 |
| Provincial Hosptial: | 028 312 1166 |
| Ambulance: | 10177 |
| Private Ambulance: | 076 585 0899 |
| Fire Department: | 028 313 8980 |
| Fire Department Emergency Line: | 028 312 2400 |
| Fire Brigade: | 028 312 2400 |
| Fire Brigade (After Hours): | 028 313 0300 |
| Traffic Department: | 028 313 8167 |
Hermanus Child & Family Services rely heavily on the public and donations are hugely appreciated. A little can go a long way in helping a child in need so no gesture is considered too small.
Bank Details
HC&FS
ABSA Hermanus
Branch code: 632005
Current account number: 4095987095
Alternatively, please use this PayFast link to make an online donation:
https://www.payfast.co.za/donate/go/hermanuschildandfamilyservices
Hermanus Child & Family Services strive to be as self-sustaining and raise funds by hosting regular fundraising events.
Details of these events are shared on social media platforms and in the press.
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Gifts to vulnerable children in lieu of birthday gifts.
Any donations made before the end of today will fall into the 2021-2022 tax year.
