Browsing by Subject "Social workers"
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An assessment tool for social workers to identify risk behaviour in foster children
(2014)Problem statement: Due to HIV and AIDS impacting on communities, devastating consequences have been predicted. The number of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in need of care is escalating, causing social workers’ ... -
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 ... -
Content validity of a Contact Planning Tool for social workers to determine contact between a foster child and biological parents
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)The amended Children’s Act (38 of 2005) provides a comprehensive definition for contact. In Section 23, it also allows for biological parents to apply for contact, and provides factors that a court can take into account ... -
Exploring social workers' utilisation of play based activities in child and youth care centres in Gauteng
(North-West University (South Africa). Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2018)Social workers’ main focus at a CYCC is the children. Social workers may specialise in play therapy. This study is guided by theories of play and play therapy. The aim of this study was to explore social workers’ utilisation ... -
Exploring social workers' utilisation of play-based activities for Tsonga children exposed to intimate partner violence in Tzaneen
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2019)Tsonga children who are exposed to IPV in Tzaneen are traumatized by the effects of intimate partner violence (IPV), and are therefore in need of care and protection. Social workers are primary professionals who help them ... -
Guidelines for social workers : detection of parental alienation during separation or divorce
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2021)Certain families may experience high conflict due to separation or divorce. This leaves families vulnerable to parental alienation which could have a devastating effect on the family. Parental alienation could have a ... -
Occupational stress, burnout and work engagement of social workers in the Limpopo Province
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)The rationale for the study was signs of occupational stress that had become noticeable amongst social workers in the Limpopo Province. Social workers were unhappy about time spent on complaints over lack of support from ... -
'n Ondersoek na die invloed van die belewenisse van maatskaplike werkers op die implementering van die statutêre verwyderingsproses
(2014)Statutory social work is a mode of intervention within social work which poses many emotional and physical challenges to social workers. Social workers execute the implementing of the Children's Act (Act 38 of 2005) through ... -
Perceptions of social workers regarding life story work with children in child and youth care centres
(2013)This study focuses on social workers‟ perceptions regarding life story work with children in child and youth care centres in South Africa. Life story work is an established form of intervention utilized by social workers ... -
Reasons for not finalising child sexual abuse cases in alternative care : social workers' perceptions
(2014)Dealing with child sexual abuse cases, is an integral part of the social workers job. Due to the nature of the abuse and the provisions made by the Children’s Act, 38 of 2005, as amended, to safeguard the child victim, ...