Masters Degrees (Social Work)
Recent Submissions
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The experiences of family caregivers of persons with physical disabilities
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Almost everyone will experience a form of impairment or disability some or other time in their lives. Different types of impairment could occur at any given moment. For example, parents might find out ...
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Views of social workers on implementation of child maltreatment prevention services in Namibia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Every country plans how it will ensure the protection of children from child maltreatment and other forms of abuse. Standards such as legislation, culture and religion usually shape how society should ...
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The significance of social work supervision in the Department of Healh, Western Cape: Social workers experiences
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The profession of social work originated in the 19th century in England, as a means to address social deterioration caused by poverty. Supervision was used as a means to teach lay persons how to perform ...
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Werknemerbystandsprogramme vir wynkelderproduksiewerkers
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Wynkelders, net soos ander organisasies, streef voortdurend daarna om beter kwaliteitprodukte te lewer, om meer produktief, meer koste-effektief en mededingend te wees. Laasgenoemde kan daartoe bydra ...
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The contribution of volunteers to early intervention services in a community-based child protection programme at a selected non-governmental organisation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Child maltreatment in South Africa is a pervasive social problem. South African child protection services follow the family preservation approach, where services strive to keep the child safely in the ...
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Maatskaplike werkers se siening oor dienslewering aan pleegsorggesinne
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die dienste wat maatskaplike werkers in Suid-Afrika aan kinders en gesinne lewer, fokus veral op kinderbeskerming en statutêre werk wat hoofsaaklik pleegsorg ondersoeke op ʼn daaglikse basis inslui. ...
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Perceived contributing factors impeding job satisfaction of social workers in non-government organisations
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Despite repeated attempts by the South African government to increase retention of social workers, it is apparent there is seepage of attrition at various junctures, namely low output of graduates, ...
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Essential marketing principles for non-profit organisations: Views of marketing managers
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The non-profit organisations in South Africa, as in the rest of the world, are facing major funding challenges. Non-profit organisations rely on a wide range of income sources such as government subsidy, ...
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Maatskaplike werkers se sienings oor die invloed van 'n kankerdiagnose by 'n kind op gesinsfunksionering
(2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Childhood cancer is a traumatic and unexpected event that is regarded, by any family, as unwanted. Not only does the diagnosis of cancer in a child have an impact on the affected child, but it also has ...
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Views of SAPS social workers on essential development areas of police members’ emotional intelligence
(2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Police members regularly deal with emotionally charged and stressful situations as they perform their duties. The emotionally intense police environment requires of them to use their emotional intelligence ...
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The use of crisis intervention with parents of children identified as in need of care and protection: experiences of social workers.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12-08)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Child maltreatment is a challenge of global concern. Definitions of child maltreatment usually are stipulated in a country’s policies and legislations such as the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 in South Africa. ...
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Community development in Kayamandi
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-04)This study is about community development in Kayamandi. The aim of the study was to describe the socio-economic conditions in Kayamandi and to investigate the ways in which the local community could be involved in creating ...
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Psychosocial needs, stressors and survival strategies of adolescent street children in Mzuzu, Malawi: A human development approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: When a developing country embarks on a pathway towards modernization and urbanization, one form in which poverty expresses itself is in the outgrowth of street children. In Malawi, the number of street ...
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Rehabilitation of drug addicted adolescent boys: The contribution of social workers who are employed by the Department of Social Development
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Illicit and legal drugs are a substantial threat to the public good, not only because they adversely affect public health, but also because they generate crime, disorder, family breakdown and community ...
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Challenges experienced by social welfare officers in the rehabilitation of incarcerated child offenders
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Children as estimated make up a third of the world population and Africa alone accounts for the highest percentage of children. However, it has been established that world over one million children are ...
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The views of social service providers on the use of parenting plans for adolescents of divorced parents
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03-17)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Like in other countries, divorce has also become a common trend in South Africa and many children are exposed to the distress related to it. When parents separate or divorce, decisions have to be made ...
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Psigososiale faktore wat 'n rol speel in die aanpassing van hersaamgestelde gesinne met kinders
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Gonzales (2009:149) explains that the prevalence of blended families is no longer the exception, but is has become a norm. Due to the growing divorce rate in South Africa, increasing numbers of nuclear ...
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The functioning of nuclear families affected by alcohol abuse of a father: The views of social workers
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Alcohol is a common substance for abuse among adults and teenagers, but most of all among the men in a household. In this study, the cause, effects and outcome of alcohol abuse by a father within a family ...
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The perceptions of social workers regarding the rights of children to care and protection
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In accordance with the White Paper for Social Welfare (Ministry of Welfare and Population Development, 1997), the Integrated Service Delivery Model (Department of Social Development, 2006), and the ...
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Social support needs of single mothers in low-income urban communities
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Poverty in Botswana is a challenge for female headed households who have been identified as one of the groups that has been highly affected. Whereas poverty is dominant in the rural areas there has been ...
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Opleidingsstrategiee vir praktykopleiers van voorgraadse maatskaplike werkstudente
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research investigates education strategies for field instructors working with undergraduate social work students. Social work students at the University of Stellenbosch receive practical experience ...
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Die rol van maatskaplike werkers in rehabilitasiesentrums vir alkohol-afhanklikheid : 'n ekologiese perspektief
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Alcohol is the substance that people throughout the world abuse most often. South Africa has one of the highest alcohol use level with more than 30% of the population struggling with alcohol-related ...
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Views of health service providers on the need for support services for HIV-positive mothers in the rural areas of Lesotho : an ecological perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: HIV/AIDS is one of the worst pandemics affecting the world today. It cuts across all boundaries and many people are infected as well as affected. The virus has reached all the corners of the globe, but ...
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The utilisation of support groups for non-biological caregivers of children with FASD
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Non-biological caregivers often take children into their care when their own biological caregivers have failed to provide them with a safe and loving home. These children are often also affected with Fetal ...
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Die sienings van proefbeamptes met betrekking tot die bydraes van afwentelingsprogramme vir manlike jeugoortreders om hermisdaadpleging te voorkom
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Adolescence is the developmental stage between childhood and adulthood. This indicates a growth process the goal of which is maturity. This growth process is regarded as a turbulent phase as there are ...
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The utilisation of group work by social workers at NGOs in the implementation of family preservation services
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Social workers that render child protection services are, according to The White Paper for Social Welfare (Ministry of Welfare and Population Development, 1997) and the Integrated Service Delivery Model ...
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Views of social workers on trans-racial adoptions of abandoned children
(2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Thousands of children are being abandoned in South Africa each year, consequently entering the child-care and protection system. The Children’s Act 38 of 2005, which governs all practices involving children ...
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Metodes van werwing, keuring en opleiding van pleegouers vir die doeltreffende versorging van sorgbehoewende kinders
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: According to the South African Constitution, every child has the right to parental care, family care or an approriate form of alternative care. In 2005 in South Africa over 3.4 million orphans did not ...
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Parent education programmes for early childhood development : reflections of practitioners
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Parent education programmes have been identified as intervention strategies which address numerous social problems in South Africa. This study aimed to highlight the importance of empowering parents through ...
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Maatskaplike werkers se funksionering as bestuurders van geloofsgebaseerde organisasies
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the earliest times the church or faith communities had been involved in charity work and as a result of the increasing social problems, demands and challenges that the church was confronted with, ...
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