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    Relationship building during the initial phase of social work intervention with child clients in a rural area

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    2016
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    Marais, Cecilia
    Van der Merwe, Mariette
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    Establishing a helping relationship between child clients and social workers is essential to the successful outcome of social work intervention. This research qualitatively explored, with a case study design through semi-structured interviewing, the experiences of social workers and child clients regarding their initial contact-making in a rural Boland area. The themes that emerged concerned the rationale for relationship building, contextual factors, barriers to relationship building and the importance of the social worker’s professional attributes. Lastly, a pattern emerged regarding engagement of a child client during the initial session
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10394/23096
    http://dx.doi.org/10.15270/52-2-498
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