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The experiences and perceptions of newly qualified social workers on the significance of social work supervision in child protection services in Cape Town
No full textMagister Artium (Social Work) - MA(SW)The social work profession has been in existence for over a century and has enhanced many lives in South Africa. Supervision is an essential component of social work practice in South Africa and social work supervisors must be trained in the three functions of supervision, which are support, education, and administration. Research shows that supervision plays a vital role in the development of social workers, and the absence of supervision has been linked to burnout and staff attrition in social work agencies. The aim of this research was to explore and describe the experiences and perceptions of Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) on the significance of social work supervision in child protection services, in Cape Town. The study applied a qualitative research approach and an explorative research design
The experiences and perceptions of newly qualified social workers on the significance of social work supervision in child protection services in Cape Town
No full textMagister Artium (Social Work) - MA(SW)The social work profession has been in existence for over a century and has enhanced many lives in South Africa. Supervision is an essential component of social work practice in South Africa and social work supervisors must be trained in the three functions of supervision, which are support, education, and administration. Research shows that supervision plays a vital role in the development of social workers, and the absence of supervision has been linked to burnout and staff attrition in social work agencies. The aim of this research was to explore and describe the experiences and perceptions of Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) on the significance of social work supervision in child protection services, in Cape Town. The study applied a qualitative research approach and an explorative research design
Guidelines for social work interventions with children affected by HIV and AIDS
No full textPhilosophiae Doctor - PhDChildren affected by HIV and AIDS are often left without adult supervision when the parent or caregiver ultimately dies from HIV and AIDS-related illnesses, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation and in need of care. Children in need of care are required by law to be attended to by social workers who need to make sure that they design interventions that will be able to protect the rights of children. Various stakeholders across Africa have implemented a number of interventions in an attempt to support children affected by HIV. Still, these interventions do not clearly define the social worker's role. This study aimed to develop guidelines for social work interventions with children affected by HIV and AIDS. The study used an intervention mapping research design implemented over two phases using the Ecological Systems Theory
An investigation of burnout amongst medical social workers working in children's wards
Full text linkOn t.p.: Master of Arts in Social Work (Welfare Programme management)Thesis (MA(MW))--Stellenbosch University, 2004.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Medical social workers working in children's wards are more prone to
burnout because of the stressful nature of their work. Because social
work requires emotional involvement, it is not uncommon for workers
to be emotionally drained and frustrated, which might lead to
burnout. Stress amongst social workers is an important issue, as a
stressed workforce can negatively affect the quality of service. This
study was undertaken with the aim of providing guidelines for
handling stress amongst medical social workers working in children's
wards, in order to promote job satisfaction and enhance work
performance.
Chronically ill children who are hospitalised, often suffer from
behavioural and emotional problems that require social work
intervention, which in turn puts pressure on the social worker.
Concurrent stressors on the children and their families may exhaust
their normal coping capacity and further complicate the child's
adaptation to hospitalisation. The role of the medical social worker is
to provide social support to the child and the family in order to
promote positive coping in the child during and after hospital
treatment. The demands put on the social worker by hospitalised
children can cause stress, which could adversely affect their work
performance and job satisfaction.
Social workers therefore, have to carefully select an appropriate
practice framework when dealing with hospitalised children. This
entails the selection of appropriate perspectives, theories and models
to ensure effective intervention. These frameworks provide structure
and directive to social work intervention, and combined with
supervision, can promote job satisfaction amongst medical social
workers. The study was undertaken amongst medical social workers working in
paediatric wards within hospitals in the Cape Metropolitan area. The
empirical study focused on an investigation of factors, which might
contribute to the experience of burnout amongst the social workers.
Work-related stressors playa major role in increasing the likelihood of
burnout amongst social workers. If these stressors are not properly
dealt with they might lead to burnout amongst medical social workers,
which will have a direct bearing on the child's benefit from medical
services. A combination of both organisationally based and
individually based strategies should be implemented in order to
overcome job-related stress and to prevent burnout.AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Mediese maatskaplike werkers wat in kindersale werk, is meer geneig
tot uitbranding as gevolg van die stresvolle aard van hulle werk.
Maatskaplike werk vereis emosionele betrokkenheid. Dit is dus nie
ongewoon vir maatskaplike werkers om emosioneel gedreineerd en
gefrustreerd te voel nie. Laasgenoemde is kenmerke van uitbranding.
Oormatige stres by maatskaplike werkers kan 'n negatiewe uitwerking
op die kwaliteit van hul dienslewering hê. Hierdie navorsingstudie was
onderneem met die oog op die daarstelling van riglyne vir die
hantering van stres by mediese maatskaplike werkers, wat in
kindersale werk om sodoende werkstevredenheid en -verrigting te
bevorder.
Kroniese siek kinders wat gehospitaliseer word, presenteer dikwels
met gedrags- en emosionele probleme wat uiteraard tydens intervensie
addisionele druk op die maatskaplike werker plaas. Gepaardgaande
stressors kan daartoe lei dat pasiënte en hul gesinne afwyk van hul
normale funksionering wat weer die pasiënt se hanteringsvermoë en
aanpassing by die hospitaalopset belemmer. Die rol van die mediese
maatskaplike werker is om sosiale ondersteuning aan bogenoemde
partye te gee ten einde positiewe hanteringsvermoë tydens en na
mediese behandeling, by pasiënte te vestig. Die eise wat deur pasiënte
aan maatskaplike werkers gestel word kan stres veroorsaak wat hul
werksverrigtinge en tevredenheid negatief kan affekteer.
Maatskaplike werkers moet dus versigtig te werk gaan in die keuse
van 'n gepaste praktykraamwerk vir intervensie ten opsigte van
gehospitaliseerde kinders. 'n Verantwoordbare keuse van
perspektiewe, teorieë en modelle lê ten grondslag van effektiewe
maatskaplike werk intervensie. Hierdie raamwerke bied struktuur en
rigting aan maatskaplike werk intervensie. Laasgenoemde, tesame met
Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za
superviste kan werkstevredenheid onder mediese maatskaplike
werkers bevorder.
Stressors wat met werk verband hou, speel 'n groot rol in die toename
van uitbranding onder mediese maatskaplike werkers. Indien hierdie
stressors nie effektief hanteer word nie, kan dit tot uitbranding by
maatskaplike werkers ly wat dan weer die pasiënt se benutting van
mediese dienste negatief beïnvloed. Die ondersoekgroep het bestaan
uit tien mediese maatskaplike werkers wat werksaam was in
paediatriese sale in hospitale binne die Kaapse Metropool. Tydens 'n
empiriese ondersoek is gefokus op faktore wat moontlik aanleiding
kan gee tot die uitbranding van maatskaplike werkers.
Dit word dus aanbeveel dat 'n kombinasie van strategieë van beide die
orgarusaste en die persoon geïmplementeer moet word om
werksverwante stres te oorkom en dus uitbranding by mediese
maatskaplike werkers te voorkom.Master
“After 25 years of democracy we are still stigmatized and discriminated against…”: Health care experiences of HIV positive older black gay men in a township in South Africa
Full text linkOlder gay black men living with HIV and AIDS have been and continue to be an invisible part of the research landscape in South Africa, with the focus being on the younger LGBTQI+ cohort. Furthermore, aging and health care concerns of this population are ‘swept under the carpet’ due to stigmatization and homophobia. This qualitative study explored the aging and health-care experiences of older gay black men in a selected township in the Cape Metropole, with the purpose of finding strategies to deal with their real life concerns. The first author utilized in-depth interviews with 15 participants, 10 of which were a sample of self-identified gay men, aged between 43-77 and drawn from a selected township in the Cape Metropole in South Africa. Five health professionals working at the local clinic were also interviewed. Interviews were audio-recorded in the language of the participants (isiXhosa) and transcribed verbatim. They were then translated from isiXhosa to English before a thematic analysis was undertaken. One of the key findings of the study was that health-care professionals, particularly nurses at a local clinic, are stigmatizing older black men who are living with HIV and AIDS. This is exacerbated by the rejection by their families and the death of their life partners which leads to isolation, loneliness and depression. Due to comorbidities, COVID-19 has led to some participants passing away. Training of health-care professionals should be prioritized by social workers and workshops should be held in the township to educate families of older LGBTQI+ people on their aging concerns
A NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN AFFECTED BY HIV AND AIDS
Full text linkChildren are often left orphaned and without adult supervision when the parent or caregiver dies from HIV and AIDS-related illnesses. There is very little information available in South Africa on the type of interventions to reinforce the care and support provided to children affected by HIV and AIDS (CABHA). This study aimed to explore existing interventions provided to CABHA and the experiences of social workers in implementing interventions. Findings indicate that interventions are a continuous and collaborative process between social workers and stakeholders. A proper needs assessment should be done before implementing interventions to ensure that they benefit the children identified as needing intervention. Community-based interventions should not be underestimated as a significant source of support for CABHA
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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