Browsing by Subject "Child protection"
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Children's participation in decision-making : engaging with foster parents to explore their perceptions and attitudes
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)Child participation and participation in decision-making is a phenomenon that has received much scholarly attention since the ratification of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. It is now 25 ... -
An evaluation of "Isolabantwana / Eye on the children" project in the North-West Province
(North-West University, 2007)Background: As a result of the high incidence and increase of child abuse and neglect cases, a community-based child protection programme was developed in 1999. In 2003 received Child Welfare South Africa permission to ... -
An evaluation of the role played by Kenyan independent churches in the protection of the fundamental human rights of children
(North-West University, 2010)This research aims to evaluate the role that Kenyan independent churches play in the protection of the fundamental human rights of children. It became apparent during the course of the research that Kenya's independent ... -
Exploring participation as a children's right in a child and youth care centre
(2014)In the last two decades, increasingly more research has been conducted on the process of participation as a children’s right both nationally and internationally. This includes research on children’s participation within ... -
The influence of specialised training on the experience of compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among social workers conducting child sexual abuse investigations
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2019)Compassion fatigue, burnout and compassion satisfaction are prevalent in social workers employed in all fields of social work, including social workers conducting child sexual abuse investigations. This study aims to ... -
The nature and extent of child care problems at the Department of Defence : Area Military Health Unit North West
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2019)Military Social Work (MilSW) is occupational in nature and is aimed at providing social work services for soldiers and their families to help them deal with their psychosocial problems effectively. According to the statistics ... -
The need for educational supervision as experienced by child protection social workers in the Department of Social Development, North West Province
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2021)Background: Supervision forms an integral part of social work and is ultimately intended to ensure that the profession and employer’s mandates are achieved through effective service delivery. It aims to empower social ... -
No strangers to adversity: resilience-promoting practices among South African women child protection social workers
(Sage, 2018)Globally the well-being of child protection social workers (CPSWs) is placed at risk by the taxing nature of their profession. In response, there have been international calls for the prioritization of CPSWs’ resilience. ... -
A pastoral response to child sexual abuse in Ghana : an interdisciplinary study informed by a relational view of the Trinity
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2021)Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a sin, and a crime. It has devastating and long-term adverse effects on the child, family, community, and the nation. In Ghana, the Children’s Act of Ghana 1998 (Act 560) defines children as ... -
Social work students' perceptions of child sexual abuse
(2015)Social workers are responsible for rendering services to children and families who have experienced sexual abuse. These services are to a large degree guided by legislation and organisational policy, but the question arises ...
