Early social work in South Africa focused on individual and family therapy aimed at remediation and rehabilitation, whereas with limited resources post~apartheid policies focus on a community approach of development and prevention (Drower, 2002). In 1994, white South African social workers outnumbered ...
This article describes the results of the first Practice Research Network () survey conducted by the National Association of Social Workers, a collaborative project funded by the Center for Treatment. The objectives of the survey were to develop broad knowledge about social work practices and more ...
IMPLEMENTING ABCD TOOLS AND PROCESSES IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL WORK STUDENT PRACTICE Social workers tend to be apprehensive about macro-level work and community development, despite community development being a key strategy in developmental social welfare. All student social workers in South Africa are...
Innovations in the education of social workers: an investigation concerning the impact of changes in the curriculum that attempt to incorporate new models ... Innovations in the education of social workers: an investigation concerning the impact of changes in the curriculum that attempt to incorporate...
Social workers of children did not report a higher experience of burnout than social workers of adults in Israel. Both groups indicated, on average, a moderate intensity of burnout. However, significant differences emerged between the two groups on perceived work conditions and on support from the...
In addition, thesupervisors rendering social work supervision were in possession of a SocialWork Degree, which indicated that supervisors met the basic educationalrequirement to supervise social workers. Fifty eight percent of supervisors hadsix or more supervisees under their span of control. This is...
Attention is given to the way in which the routine organisation of sex workers' everyday working and living conditions, as well as the strategies they use to construct positive social identities despite working in the most stigmatised of professions, serve to undermine their confidence in their ...
Father-daughter incest (FDI) is one of the most prohibited sexual acts and is increasingly becoming a widespread problem in South Africa. Specifically, the study explored factors contributing to incest, how incidences of incest become known, different ways that incest affects the offender, the vic...
Social protection for workers posted to and from South Africa : a critical assessment : notesGiven the globalised nature of work in the twenty-first century, labour and social security law issues relating to worker-posting are sure to increase in the years to come. The purpose of this note ...
摘要: The data reported in Table 1 came from a series of focus groups with kinship caregivers and child welfare caseworkers/social workers or supervisors from the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) in Los Angeles County. Four focus groups were held with...