Services

Clinical Services

If you have been referred to us, or are wondering if Empilweni’s services can be of help, please drop in to our offices Monday to Thursday 8:00am to 4:30pm
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Screening and Referral Service

Sometimes it can be confusing to know where you can get the care and support appropriate for you. Empilweni will screen your case, and if another organization is best suited to help you, we will refer you to the most appropriate organization after screening.

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Counselling Services

If Empilweni is the most appropriate organization for your specific case, we provide clinically supervised assessment and treatment for your case. This involves individual and family counselling sessions, group parenting skills training, home visits and school visits. We have a special group programme for first time teen mothers. The counseling process normally takes about three months

Other Services
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Community Outreach and Capacity Building

Training around the mental health of children and teenagers is provided to the community, to NPO’s, to teachers and to other community stakeholders through workshops, radio and television, and community newspapers

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Advocacy and Lobbying around Child and Teen Mental Health issues

Advocacy activities are directed towards government departments, donors and community leaders, professionals and institutions

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Community Collaboration & Mentoring

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Isibindi Impilo - Our new service since February 2019

Empilweni, is implementing the Isibindi Impilo program in Khayelitsha in partnership with NACOSA and NACCW and is funded by USAID. Qualified and regulated Child and Youth Care Workers provide services to orphans, vulnerable children and youth (OVCY).

The overall objective is to ensure that orphans and vulnerable children and youth (OVCY ages birth -24 years, with emphasis on girls 10-17 years) in Cape Town (Khayelitsha and Mitchell’s Plain sub-districts) are reached with a tailored set of components of a basket of services that suits the particular need in each case, including:

  • Parenting support programs, including Let’s Talk and Mentor Mothers
  • Prevention of gender-based violence (GBV) through the Stepping Stones program
  • Supervised group and individual sessions through Safe Spaces and Home Visits
  • Therapeutic support and short-term residential treatment for children experiencing abuse.
  • Family engagement through Home Visits, including linkage to Social Services and Grants
  • Economic strengthening through the ASPIRES program, including Impumelelo savings clubs and assistance to families with budgeting.
  • Sexual & reproductive health (SRH) education & life skills through Vhutshilo structured group intervention for boys and girls ages 10 – 17 years old.
  • HIV case management, including case conferencing, HIV testing services (HTS), disclosure, adherence and wellness support through the KidzAlive program and Buddy Beat adherence clubs
  • Educational tracking, mentoring and support, through study groups and CYCW school visits