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Social work supervision policies and frameworks : playing notes or making music

Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (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 ...
Service user involvement in social work education : a juxtaposition of practices in England and South Africa

Engelbrecht, Lambert K. Pullen-Sansfacon, Annie Spolander, Gary (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, ...
Economic literacy and the war on poverty : a social work challenge

Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (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 ...
Supervision : a force for change? Three stories told

Bradley, Greta Engelbrecht, Lambert K. Hojer, Staffan (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 ...
Social work education in Canada, England and South Africa : a critical comparison of undergraduate programmes

Spolander, Gary Pullen-Sansfacon, Annie Brown, Marion Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (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 ...
Migration of professional social workers : reflections on challenges and strategies for education

Pullen-Sansfacon, Annie Spolander, Gary Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (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 ...
Financial literacy education within a developmental social work paradigm

Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (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 ...
The global financial crisis : response of social workers to the financial capability of vulnerable households in South Africa

Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (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 ...
'n Bendadering tot finansiele kwesbaarheidsreduksie : finansiele geletterdheidsopvoeding binne ’n maatskaplike ontwikkelingsparadigma

Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (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 ...
A strengths perspective on supervision of social workers : an alternative management paradigm within a social development context

Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (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 ...
Die ACVV as welsynspionier : van welsyn vir armblankes tot eietydse uitdagings vir inklusiewe ontwikkelingsgerigte maatskaplike werk

Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (ASSAF -- Academy of Science of South Africa, 2011-12)

Die eerste formele welsynsorganisasie in Suid-Afrika, naamlik die ACVV, is amptelik in 1904 gestig. Dié betrokke welsynsdienste was aanvanklik op armblankes gerig en dit het in sekere kringe die ACVV se besondere bydrae ...
Cultural friendliness as a foundation for the support function in the supervision of social work students in South Africa

Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (SAGE Publications, 2006-03)

On account of South Africa's history of apartheid and divisive legislation, most people in post-apartheid South Africa are not regularly exposed to cultures other than their own, and have not yet become accustomed ...
Coaching, mentoring and consultation : the same but different activities in supervision of social workers in South Africa

Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, Department of Social Work, 2012-08)

The interchangeable and uncritical use of concepts such as coaching, mentoring and consultation without theoretical substantiation may be regarded as a neoliberal tendency, resulting in misinterpretation and detrimental ...
Effektiewe finansiele bestuur van welsynsorganisasies in Suid-Afrika : aanbevelings vir maatskaplikewerkbestuurders

Engelbrecht, Lambert K. Theron, S. M. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, Department of Social Work, 2003-08)

Social work managers are becoming increasingly involved in financial planning and control of welfare organisations due to the fact that successful management of a welfare organisation does not only revolve around the quality ...
Operationalising a competence model of supervision to empower social workers and students in South Africa

Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, Department of Social Work, 2004-06)

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate, with reference to the work of Guttman, Eisikovits & Maluccio (1988), how a competence model of supervision for social workers and students in South Africa can be operationalised. ...
Perspectives on the community education model of social work : implications for education and practice

Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, Department of Social Work, 2005-04)

The purpose of this paper is to construct perspectives on community education as a model of community work by unpacking the knowledge of community education that exists in social work, and packaging it in the context of ...
Plumbing the brain drain of South African social workers migrating to the UK : challenges for social service providers

Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, Department of Social Work, 2006-06)

In its first decade of democracy South Africa lost a considerable number of its social workers to the United Kingdom. In general the reality of this fact and its impact are acknowledged both informally and officially. ...
Indebtedness of financially vulnerable households : what do social workers do

Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, Department of Social Work, 2009-06)

This article reports on research grappling with the question on what social workers, working within a social development paradigm, do to assist households who are caught in a debt trap. A combined qualitative and quantitative ...
The scope of financial literacy education : a poverty alleviation tool in social work

Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, Department of Social Work, 2008-08)

This article aims to develop an understanding of the scope of financial literacy education by addressing the question whether the social work profession could contribute to the financial literacy education of vulnerable ...
Yesterday, today and tomorrow : is social work supervision in South Africa keeping up

Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, Department of Social Work, 2010-03)

This paper reports on exploratory research drawing on an historical analysis of social work supervision in South Africa and a qualitative inquiry into supervision practices of supervisors in an NGO environment. The aim was ...

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