Research Articles (Social Work)
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South African child and family welfare services : changing times or business as usual?
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Social Work, 2017)South African welfare policy is influenced by global economic trends and has some indicators of neoliberal policy implementation. This paper discusses the indicators of neoliberalism before exploring the implications for ...
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Exploring the views of health care service providers on life stressors and basic needs of HIV-positive mothers in rural areas of Lesotho
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Social Work, 2017)The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ranks as one of the deadliest viruses in the world. The second highest incidence of the virus has been recorded in Lesotho, where women and children are the most infected and affected. ...
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Utilising group work in the implementation of family preservation services : views of child protection social workers
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Social Work, 2016)The largest area of service rendering in social work in South Africa pertains to child and family welfare. Policy directives indicate that services should be aimed at reducing child abuse and neglect while protecting the ...
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Challenges couples face in managing family routines after the transition to parenthood
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Social Work, 2016)Family routines improve family stability. However, it is unclear what impedes the formation of stable routines after life transitions. In this paper we discuss normative challenges that 10, mostly low-income, couples face ...
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NGOs in Spain and South Africa : in the line of two fires
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Social Work, 2016)Changes in the social and economic landscape for NGOs are distinctly recognised in Spain and South Africa as a result of comparable formative and historical social welfare provision. NGOs in both countries are under siege, ...
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Risks and vulnerabilities of children in Zambia : mooting responsive social protection interventions
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Social Work, 2016)Social protection has not only assumed another dimension characterised by income transfers, but has also aroused intense interest among researchers, policy makers and practitioners. In spite of this development, and its ...
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Kapasiteitsbou van informele gemeenskapsgebaseerde organisasies in die Suid-Afrikaanse welsynsektor : die bydrae deur gevestigde maatskaplike diensorganisasies
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2016-06)Ná twintig jaar van demokrasie is Suid-Afrika steeds 'n verdeelde samelewing met grootskaalse armoede en hoe vlakke van kwesbaarheid. Ontwikkeling van alle sektore van die samelewing word deur die Regering as oplossing ...
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You get angry inside yourself : low-income adolescent subjective experience of depression
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Social Work, 2015)Informed by the feminist social constructionist approach this study aimed at exploring the subjective experiences of depression of low-income South African adolescent girls. Participants in this study (girls between the ...
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Die rol van alkohol- en dwelmmisbruik by vrouemishandeling : ʼn maatskaplikewerk-perspektief
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2015-12)Vrouemishandeling bied ʼn groot uitdaging vir maatskaplike werkers. In Suid-Afrika word na berekening elke 6 ure ʼn vrou vermoor deur haar lewensmaat, die hoogste voorkomssyfer ter wêreld. Navorsing toon ʼn verband tussen ...
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Reflective learning in social work education in the field of substance abuse
(Stellenbosch University, 2015)Reflective learning is very much part of social work education. A qualitative study was proposed with final-year social work students at a selected university in South Africa doing a course in the field of substance abuse. ...
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Some challenges in policing domestic violence
(Stellenbosch University, 2015)Domestic violence is one of the most prevalent forms of violence dealt with by police officers on a daily basis. In order to understand their experiences and response to domestic violence incidents, a purposive sample of ...
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Revisiting the esoteric question : can non-social workers manage and supervise social workers?
(Stellenbosch University, 2015)A dilution, and eventual denigration, of the social work profession, such as through the practice of social workers being managed by non-social workers, can increasingly be traced to neoliberal utterances and resultant ...
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Views of service providers on services rendered to people with disabilities and on the need for family preservation services
(Stellenbosch University, 2015)The article reflects the research findings of a study that was initiated because a welfare organisation delivering social work services to people with disabilities was investigating the possibility of developing a family ...
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Learning profiles of social work students : who are you and how should this influence my teaching?
(Stellenbosch University, 2015)This qualitative study explores the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) of social work students on notions of students’ learning profile. Data were obtained from both student and staff participants on third year ...
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Types of domestic violence experienced by women in abusive relationships
(Stellenbosch University, 2013)Research and specialised practice indicate that women who are abused by their intimate partners are at an increasing risk the longer the abuse continues. Many men show escalating violent behaviour toward their female ...
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Against the odds : strengths displayed by abused women
(Stellenbosch University, 2014)Although legislation protecting women’s rights in South Africa is well developed, statistics indicate that violence against women has become the norm. There are no cultural, socio-economic, political, religious or educational ...
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Male gang members' perspectives on gang membership and the role of drugs
(Stellenbosch University, 2014)Drugs play a pivotal role in the functioning of gangs, motivating deviant behaviour and meeting members’ physiological and belonging needs. To understand the process of engaging in and disengaging from a gang, a combination ...
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Psychosocial implications of stillbirth for the mother and her family : a crisis-support approach
(Stellenbosch University, 2014)In this article mothers’ emotions after experiencing a stillbirth are discussed. A study combining quantitative and qualitative research provided the foundation for a better understanding of the psychosocial implications ...
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’n Benadering tot finansiële kwesbaarheidsreduksie : FinansiEle geletterdheidsopvoeding binne ’n maatskaplike ontwikkelingsparadigma
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2009-05)A significant number of people in South Africa who are accommodated within the social welfare system, display a lack of understanding of financial matters and are therefore financially vulnerable. In South Africa, social ...
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The prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder : the need for a coordinated service by role players in the wine producing areas in the Breede River Valley
(Department of Social Work, Stellenbosch University, 2013)Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is seen as the leading preventable birth defect in the western world (May, Miller, Goodhart, Maestas, Buckley, Trujillo & Gossage, 2007). FAS is the severe end of a spectrum of effects caused ...
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Social work supervision policies and frameworks : playing notes or making music
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, Department of Social Work, 2013-10)Drawing on an analogy by Kadushin (1992), this paper seeks to examine prevailing issues and challenges in supervision of social workers in South Africa, despite the introduction of a national standardised supervision ...
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Service user involvement in social work education : a juxtaposition of practices in England and South Africa
(Unisa Press, 2010-07)Service user involvement in all aspects of social work education is increasing rapidly in a number of countries worldwide and undergirds principles of social development, a rights-based approach and citizen participation, ...
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Economic literacy and the war on poverty : a social work challenge
(Wiley, 2008-04)This article reports on an exploratory descriptive study that examined ten social workers’ perceptions of their war on poverty and the challenges in constructing a conceptual framework for the development of a Social ...
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Social work education in Canada, England and South Africa : a critical comparison of undergraduate programmes
(SAGE Publications, 2011-01)Globalized labour mobility has led to questions regarding the degree to which social work education in one country can be applicable to practice in another. This paper examines social work education programmes and practice ...
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Migration of professional social workers : reflections on challenges and strategies for education
(Taylor and Francis, 2011-09)International migration of social workers has had, in recent years, a substantial influence on the political agenda of different countries in the world, and is fraught with challenges. In some countries, recruitment of ...
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Financial literacy education within a developmental social work paradigm
(Unisa Press, 2008)A multitude of institutions worldwide offer financial literacy education as an indispensable set of life skills, which enable vulnerable people to survive financially in a globalised environment. As poverty alleviation ...
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Supervision : a force for change? Three stories told
(SAGE Publications, 2010-06)Drawing on research, we contextualize social work and describe the role of supervisors in child welfare settings in South Africa, England and Sweden. Exploratory frameworks and models of supervision illustrate how it ...
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The global financial crisis : response of social workers to the financial capability of vulnerable households in South Africa
(Netherlands, Utrecht, Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Society and Law, 2011)The current global financial crisis is regarded as the worst economic slowdown since the Second World War. As social workers have traditionally been primarily concerned with issues relating to social risk, the question ...
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'n Bendadering tot finansiele kwesbaarheidsreduksie : finansiele geletterdheidsopvoeding binne ’n maatskaplike ontwikkelingsparadigma
(ASSAF -- Academy of Science of South Africa, 2009-06)A significant number of people in South Africa who are accommodated within the social welfare system, display a lack of understanding of financial matters and are therefore financially vulnerable. In South Africa, social ...
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A strengths perspective on supervision of social workers : an alternative management paradigm within a social development context
(Whiting and Birch, 2010)The growing discourse on neoliberal ideas and the resulting new public management measures have an immense impact on the management and leadership models employed at social welfare organisations all over the world; and ...
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