Social Work / Maatskaplike Werk (E-Journal)
Not a member yet
916 research outputs found
Sort by
THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF SPIRITUALITY AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: THEMES FOR EDUCATION
Get PDFSpirituality, social development and social work are not antithetical to each other. Theprofession’s earliest roots lie in the rich Judeo-Christian heritage (Leiby, 1985; Siporin, 1986).The Christian biblical command to love one’s neighbour was translated into a sense of moralresponsibility for social service and inspired the development of philanthropy and charityorganisations during the 19th century (Elliott, 1993; Furman, 1994). It was through the vehiclesof religious organisations that social helpers sought to establish orphanages, hospitals andschools, the values of the temple and church remaining dominant influences throughout theearly years (Holland, 1989)
THE LARYNGECTOMY PATIENT’S VIEW OF SOCIAL WORK SUPPORT SERVICES IN A HOSPITAL SETTING
Get PDFA laryngectomy is a surgical procedure entailing the removal of the entire larynx following adiagnosis of an advanced stage or recurrence of cancer of the larynx or hypopharynx (Casper &Colton, 1998:1; Silver & Ferlito, 1996:179; Stell, 1991:212). Severe smoking and alcohol use,especially in combination, can be seen as major risk factors for cancer of the head and neckarea, including larynx cancer (Byrne, Walsh, Farrelly & O’Driscoll, 1993:174; Depondt &Gehanno, 1995:33; Doyle, 1994:17; Stam, Koopmans & Mathieson, 1991:44; Terrell, Ronis,Fowler, Bradford, Chepeha, Prince, Teknos, Wolf & Duffy, 2004:402). People at greatest riskof contracting larynx cancer appear to be male smokers between the ages of 45 and 75 years(Ross, 2000:13). The disease usually occurs in late middle age (retirement) and can therefore beseen as a disease of the elderly (Belch & Beamish, 1992:61; Deshmane, Parikh, Pinni, Parikh &Rao, 1995:121; Frith, Buffalo & Montague, 1985:476; Renner, 1995:216; Ross, 2000:14). Thispattern is undergoing change, however, as an increasing number of women and youngerpersons are presently being diagnosed with cancer of the larynx (Belch & Beamish, 1992:61;Eadie & Doyle, 2005:122; Renner, 1995:216; Ross, 2000:13; Smithwick, Davis, Dancer, Hicks& Montague, 2002:206), mainly as a result of increased tobacco consumption or changes insmoking and drinking behaviour (Dhooper, 1985:217; Doyle, 1994:16; Smithwick et al.,2002:206
USING PERSONA DOLLS AS AN ANTI-OPPRESSIVE TECHNIQUE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIAL WORK CURRICULUM
Get PDFThe South African Constitution and Bill of Rights (1996) outlaws discrimination on the basisof race, culture, faith, gender and disability, etc. It addresses economic as well as human rights;however, we still live with discrimination, oppression and inequality. Xenophobic attacks havehighlighted the seriousness of the levels of discrimination that persist in our country. SouthAfrica is still a deeply divided and unequal society, where there is “race” and gender privilegeplus deep-seated structural inequalit
CLUSTER FOSTER CARE: A PANACEA FOR THE CARE OF CHILDREN IN THE ERA OF HIV/AIDS OR AN MCQ?
Get PDFThe ravages wrought by HIV/AIDS on child-care arrangements in the African context are welldocumented (Richter & Sherr, 2009; Sloth-Nielsen & Mezmur, 2008; Tsegaye, 2007; sourcescited there). Notably, these constitute the breakdown of traditional kinship structures whichwould ordinarily have accommodated orphans and other vulnerable children, a decrease in thecapacity of existing extended family structures to care for the numbers of children requiringalternative care, and the emergence of child-headed households. The topic of child-headedhouseholds, too, has emerged as a key concept in international child rights law (Couzens &Zaal, 2009; Sloth-Nielsen, 2004; Sloth-Nielsen in Skelton & Davel, 2010; UN Committee onthe Rights of the Child (UNCROC), General Comment No. 3 on HIV/AIDS and the rights ofthe child, 2003), and this phenomenon has been directly related to the onset of the pandemic
CIRCUMSTANCES OF FOSTER CHILDREN AND THEIR FOSTER PARENTS AFFECTED BY HIV AND AIDS
Get PDFProblems in families and children really begin when a member in the family becomes infectedwith the HI virus (Smit, 2007:8). According to Stine (2007:261), there does not appear to be animmediate end to either the spread of HIV infection or the devastation caused by AIDS. Africa,with about 10% of the world’s population, now accounts for 90% of all new HIV infections inthe world, while it was predicted that at the end of 2008 about 5.8 million South Africanswould be living with HIV and AIDS (Stine, 2007:285-287). According to the Department ofSocial Development (2003:4), HIV and AIDS are dramatically reshaping the South Africanpopulation structure. The number of orphans as a result of AIDS-related deaths is expected torise (Mason & Linsk, 2002:541). This situation places a heavier burden of care ongrandmothers, female relatives, children and community members (Frohlich, in Abdool Karim& Abdool Karim, 2005:351-354)
STAYING ALIVE WITH DANCE! SELF-CARE FOR WOMEN
Get PDFThis article reports on a two-phase study involving women, self-care and dance: the first phaseused a sample of women dancers and the second used aerobics instructors to illuminate whatwas found in the first phase
SOCIAL WORK RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS STRESS MANAGEMENT
Get PDFSocial work managers (the concept of manager here refers to a director of a social serviceorganisation, head of office or supervisor, or any person who has control over two or moreworkers) should create and maintain a work environment (Weinbach, 2003:5) that will beconducive to maintaining the health and wellbeing of workers and contribute to the effectivedelivery of services. Bergh (2004:440) states that “Organisational effectiveness and employeephysical and psychological wellbeing should be equally important and are interrelated”.Employees, therefore also social workers, should not leave their workplace in a worse state ofhealth than when they arrived there (Williams & Cooper, 2002:108)
RESEARCH FINDINGS AND IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES OF THE CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) POLICY FOR THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION IN SOUTH AFRICA
Get PDFThe principled decision taken by the South African Council for Social Service Professions(SACSSP) in July 2003, effective from 1 April 2010, was to adopt continuing professionaldevelopment (CPD) as a requirement for practising social work. The decision was based on awidely consultative process, which had commenced early in 2001, continuing through variousphases and drafts, and culminating in the final CPD policy in July 2009 (Lombard, Pruis,Grobbelaar & Mhlanga, 2010)
A DESCRIPTION HIGHLIGHTING THE PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY LEARNERS IN THREE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE WESTERN CAPE
Get PDFThis paper provides a description of the psychosocial problems experienced by learners in threesecondary schools in the Western Cape. This research aimed at eliciting the personalexperiences of learners and then describing these data in comparison with current theoreticalknowledge. The results of this research have been used as the scientific underpinning for thedevelopment of a multidisciplinary support service to learners in Western Cape secondaryschools: the primary aim of the Community Keepers (CK) organisation
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN PRACTICE: AN EXPLORATIVE INVESTIGATION
Get PDFThe paper starts with a brief autobiographical reflective narration of my own experience as asocial worker. The purpose is to demonstrate and contextualise the interaction, change andinherent ambivalences in relation to my own experience of post-qualifying learning. I qualifiedas a social worker in 1978. My first employment was with the Department of Social Welfare(Coloured Affairs) in the Western Cape. During the first week of my induction I wasintroduced to two important people, my supervisor and the “In-service training manager”(ISTM). My supervisor was responsible for supervising my day to day workload. The ISTMwas exclusively responsible for guiding and testing me on the content of a thick lever-arch filecalled the in-service training manual. The latter contained all the relevant legislation, policiesand departmental procedures that I had to study and know before becoming a permanentlyemployed social worker and public servant. Every Friday I would religiously go to the inservicetraining guru to be tested on the contents of the file. The ISTM was also kept informedby my supervisor about my performance on the job and would comment on my progress asindicated by my “stats”. The latter was a record of how many clients I had seen and what theresults achieved on each of these were. This process would continue until the in-servicetraining was satisfactorily completed