Browsing by Subject "Social work"
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‘All quiet on the social work front’: experiences of Zimbabwean day labourers in South Africa
(Sage, 2017)Migration, particularly when triggered by economic or political hardship, has significant psychological and socio-economic consequences for the individuals concerned. While an impressive amount of research has been ... -
An asset-based participatory community analysis of natural hazards in Naphuno, Greater Tzaneen Municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa
(OASIS, 2020)Natural hazards disrupt the daily lives of people and communities. Consequently, social workers, like any other stakeholders, deal with community predicaments arising from the effects of natural hazards. The social relief ... -
Challenges faced by social workers in foster care services : a case of John Taolo Gaetsewe District, Northern Cape Province
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2022)Foster care services are in high demand in South Africa because so many children country-wide are exposed to orphan hood. Reasons can include the death of biological parents, parents abandoning children or even the ... -
Circumstances that influence the finalisation of child sexual abuse cases in Tembisa
(North-West University, 2011)Child sexual abuse is a major problem in Africa. There are a large number of child sexual abuse cases which are opened on a monthly basis. Child sexual abuse is a very sensitive issue and therefore trained professionals ... -
Complicated grief in the South African context: a social work perspective
(Oxford University Press, 2013)Social work in South Africa in the last decade has been shaped by the White Paper for SocialWelfare (Ministry forWelfare and Population Development, 1997) which promotes developmental social services and constitutes both ... -
The development of agency in professional youth work with girls and young women in the Netherlands
(Sage, 2019)Young people living in north-west European welfare states are challenged to develop their individual strength. This is especially difficult for girls living in vulnerable circumstances, because they face a form of ... -
The effect of the human relations and health maintenance components of the SAPS self-management programme
(North-West University, 2006)Background: The success achieved with the South-African Police Service’s generic Personnel Capacity-Building Programmes contributed to a 2003 decision by the National Commissioner that a similar type of intervention should ... -
Die effek van die besluitnemings- en lewensdoelkomponente van die SAPD se selfbestuur personeelkapasiteitsbouprogram
(North-West University, 2005)Background: In 2003, the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service gave instructions that all the new student constables should undergo a personnel capacity-building programme as part of their basic training. ... -
The emergency removal and safety placement of children at risk : a model for planning interventions
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Child abuse remains a major problem within communities, despite all efforts to date to try to intervene with children and families. There have been countless policies drawn up which aim to protect children’s rights and ... -
'n Evaluasie van die substansafhanklikheids-program van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens
(North-West University, 2004)Background: As result of the restructuring of the South African Police Services during 1994 as well as other factors, Police Social Work Services decided to shift the focus from reactive services to more proactive, personnel ...