NICDAM

Accredited training provider (HWSETA & ETDP SETA); National Certificate victim empowerment Level 2 & 3; Short courses on gender violence, supporting child victims, awareness raising, personal development, human trafficking, HIV/AIDS, computers, first aid, child and youth care. The Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children is itself one of the most important GBV services in the Western Cape, with NICDAM operating as one of its on-site partner organisations. For the purposes of this listing, both NICDAM's services AND the SBCWC's full service suite are detailed below, since the user's entry points to this specific address. **Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children — full services:** - **Founded:** 1999 — first one-stop centre in South Africa; SA's leading holistic integrated GBV services site nationally - **Accreditation:** First and only Khuseleka One-Stop Centre in the Western Cape (nationally accredited May 2024) - **24/7 crisis response programme** — always open - **Residential shelter programme** — emergency and transitional housing for abused women and their children - **Transitional housing** — for women exiting the shelter - **Psychosocial support programme** — individual and group counselling; trauma therapy - **Children's counselling programme** — specialist counselling for children exposed to or experiencing violence - **Substance abuse programme** — recognised link between GBV and substance abuse; integrated treatment - **Accredited job-skills training** for clients — economic empowerment and independence - **Legal assistance programme** (relaunched) — free, for shelter residents and community members - **Medical services (on-site partner)** — health care - **After-hours crisis response for children (on-site partner)** - **Specialist rape/sexual assault counselling (on-site partner)** - **HIV/AIDS counselling (on-site partner)** - **Job placement (on-site partner)** - **Community outreach, advocacy, training and research** - **NICDAM** (on-site) — community development training, GBV prevention campaigns, positive values and change training for young people and community members **NICDAM-specific services (as described in TLF/Saartjie Baartman context):** - Training programmes and campaigns in response to social needs - Inspiring positive values in young people and communities - Training and creating platforms for parents and children on GBV, HIV/AIDS, STIs, and substance abuse - Enabling environments for dialogue and community-based change - Training men, women, and young people to become agents of change