Impilo Place of Safety

Impilo Place of Safety is a small children's home in Johannesburg. They provide a safe home for 6 babies at a time from the age of birth to three years. They work to transition each of these children into adoptive families. Impilo is also the office of K&S Adoptions, an adoption agency that has been doing domestic and international adoptions for 15 years.

History of Impilo:

The Johannesburg Parent and Child Counseling Centre (JCPCC) was established in 1944 as the Johannesburg Child Guidance Clinic. Its aim was to provide counseling and guidance for parents and children with emotional and developmental problems.

Over the past 59 years, JPCCC's basic orientation has remained the same, but the services have expanded to include not only children and their families, but also the systems, which impact on them and their environment. In this way the services focus on prevention and family preservation.

In line with modern Child and Family Care Philosophy, JPCCC believe the strengthening and preservation of family life is the basis of a healthy society. Early detection of and intervention into difficulties experienced by children and their families is vital to address family dysfunction. It is well known that prevention is essential in order to alleviate the need for remediation.

JPCCC deal with problems such as divorce, separation, custody conflicts, marital problems, HIV/AIDS, abuse, death or violence, trauma, poverty, unemployment, substance abuse, depression, anxiety, work-related problems and other psycho-social emotional issues.

As well as operating form offices in Berea, Johannesburg, they have now extended the services to satellite offices in Rosebank, Johannesburg. This enables the organization to be more accessible to communities in the Greater Johannesburg areas. Evolving from the work in Johannesburg offices were established in Katlehong on he East Rand in 1994. Four years later, this center became an independent Non-Profit Organization.

In early 2002, K&S Adoptions and Johannesburg Parent and Child Counseling Centre embarked on a new project and an expansion of the services offered by JPCCC. "K&S Adoptions" specializes in adoption and related services, and have been involved in the field of adoption for over 15 years. During this time they have facilitated hundreds of adoptions. "K&S Adoption"