Browsing Masters Degrees (Social work) by Title
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The effect of resettlement on the livelihoods of the Folweni traditional community.
(2010)Resettlement is a change process where people are involuntarily relocated from one place to another. In most cases, it causes drastic environmental, social, political and economic changes. If planned and implemented ... -
The effectiveness of social work intervention in promoting parental involvement in formal pre-school teaching.
(1987)The study aimed firstly to explore whether there were any differences in the quality of parent-child interactions in those children who scored high and those who scored low on the Pupil Behavior Rating Scale. Sixty-five ... -
Empowering volunteer caregivers working with foster families : the design, implementation and evaluation of a training programme.
This study aimed to design, implement and evaluate a training programme to empower volunteer community caregivers working with foster families in the rural area of Ndwedwe, KwaZulu-Natal. The location of the study was ... -
Empowerment towards poverty alleviation.
(2002)Recent changes to welfare policy in South Africa advocated the need for social workers to adopt social development as a paradigm for service delivery. Within this policy framework empowerment is touted as the model to ... -
Establishing and sustaining community-based youth organisations : a study of the experiences of community youth workers.
(2001)No abstract available. -
An evaluation of community partipation in attempts to start a community garden project in the Shakashead community.
(2000)The purpose of the study was to describe and analyse community participation in attempts to start a community garden project in the Shakashead community. A key focus of the study was to identify the level of participation ... -
The evaluation of the AIDS care pilot project at Durban's Children Society as a model of care for HIV infected orphans in Durban.
(2003)The HIV/AIDS orphan crisis is one of the humanitarian and developmental challenges facing the global community. Providing a home, medical care, education, psychosocial support and basic needs for these children is part of ... -
An evaluation of the bereavement programme for adolescents at Durban Children's Home.
(2009)Many children are affected by the loss of a parent. In South Africa this is exacerbated by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Therefore the Durban Children's Home responded by developing a Bereavement Programme for children who lost ... -
An evaluation of the implementation of the national case management model for children orphaned as result of HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe.
(2015)HIV and AIDS continues be a major challenge in Zimbabwe and a huge drawback to the country’s socio-economic development trajectory. Its impact is exacerbated by the protracted socio-economic and political crisis the country ... -
An evaluation of the implementation of the South African skills development policy in the Amaoti area.
(2010)The skills shortage and unequal standards of training in South Africa provided the stimulus for the Skills Development Policy. The purpose of the study was to analyze and appraise the Amaoti Vegetable Farming Learnership ... -
The exclusion of children with visual impairment from early childhood development provisioning in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2014)There is global recognition of the significance of Early Childhood Development (ECD). South Africa’s commitment to ECD was evident in 2004 when the Office of the Premier declared ECD a national priority and directed ... -
Experiences and challenges of youth heading households in Port Sheptone.
(2013-11-26)After the death of their parents many youth resume full parental responsibility in taking care of their orphaned siblings. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and challenges of youth fostering their siblings ... -
The experiences and needs of returning refugees to Kigali, Rwanda and the role of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in their repatriation.
(2014-05-29)The study was designed to understand the experiences and needs of returning refugees to Kigali, Rwanda and the role of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in their repatriation. The study adopted a ... -
The experiences and perceptions of unemployed people who participated in the skills development programme : a case study of KwaCeza.
(2009)South Africa is currently experiencing a paucity of skills in certain occupations and high rate of illiteracy. In order to address these challenges, the government promulgated legislations such as the Skill Development ... -
Experiences of caregivers caring for children with different special needs in a cluster foster care village in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2017)Cluster foster care schemes emerged in South Africa to cater for the growing numbers of children in need of care due to lack of non-relative prospective foster parents volunteering to take care of these children. This study ... -
The experiences of children who are heads of households in Hammarsdale.
(2007)This dissertation is an exploration of the experiences and challenges faced by children who are heads of households, and are obliged to head families, which entails caring for their siblings, assuming adult roles and taking ... -
Experiences of male migrant labourers at Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife.
(2017)The literature on male migrant workers indicates that the migrant labour system has a negative impact on the stability and well-being of the family, including children. For instance children coming from households with ... -
Experiences of patients on haemodialysis and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in end stage renal disease : an exploratory study at a tertiary hospital in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2008)This study looked into paients’ experiences of end stage renal disease (ESRD) and renal replacement therapy (RRT). A qualitative me thodology was employed involving fifteen patients between the ages of 20 – 60 years that ... -
The experiences of social workers as supervisors of social work students field placements.
(2013-12-02)Universities in South Africa endure the challenge on an annual basis to secure field placements for the growing number of social work students. Field practice together with the required supervision is a critical component ...