Masters Degrees (Social work)
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Exploring social workers’ experiences of providing mental healthcare services in hospital-based setting; the case of medical social workers in Mpumalanga Province.
(2018)The discourse of mental illness is construed as an inaudible epidemic throughout with prevalence in most countries of the world; it affects millions of people directly and indirectly. Due to the rising burden of these ... -
Parenting their children : the experiences of young women at Kwa-Makhutha township in Kwazulu-Natal.
(2019)Globally, studies have shown higher fertility rate amongst young women compared to other age groups. The challenges of early parenthood often have negative consequences for young women, including disappointment from parents, ... -
Perceptions and experiences of taxi drivers on fatherhood in Wentworth, Durban.
(2017)South Africa has one of the highest rates of absent fathers globally with many children growing up without fathers. This has prompted many studies to be undertaken in South Africa to understand fathers’ absence with few ... -
Implementation of diversion services for young offenders within the Emnambithi/Ladysmith Municipal area : the experiences and perceptions of key role-players.
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Understanding sexuality of persons with disability in residential facilities in Gauteng, South Africa : perceptions of service providers and people with disabilities.
(2017)This study explored the realities of people with disabilities living in institutions in Gauteng, South Africa. The study focused on perspectives of service providers and people with disabilities. There is limited research ... -
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 ... -
Young unmarried fathers in the Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality : experiences and perceptions of fatherhood.
(2016)South Africa has a high number of unmarried and absentee fathers which includes young unmarried fathers. A number of factors have contributed to this phenomenon. For example, apartheid policies such as the migrant labour ... -
Challenges experienced at NGO crisis shelters for women in the eThekwini region : perspectives of centre managers and social workers.
(2016)This qualitative research study used data source triangulation incorporating in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with Centre Managers and Social Workers respectively to explore intra-organisational and structural ... -
Understanding social workers' experiences of using play therapy techniques with children.
(2017)The motivation to conduct this study arose from the researcher’s experience of working with children suffering emotional distress emanating from challenges such as abuse and family violence. It was found that, in the absence ... -
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 ... -
A sustainable liverlihood approach to poverty reduction : participatory experiences of women involved in art and craft co-operative in Bhambayi, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2016)This study is an extension of a pilot study that was conducted by Raniga and Ngcobo (2014) in a predominantly informal settlement in Bhambayi, which revealed, single parents from low-income communities surface social and ... -
Child and youth care workers’ perceptions of inappropriate sexual behaviours among boy children in child and youth care centres.
(2016)Childhood sex and sexuality is a sensitive topic, and one that people are often reluctant to discuss. The denial of childhood sexuality is still pervasive, and many cultures want to believe that children are non-sexual. ... -
Understanding needs and wants in context : the lived experiences of adolescents from low income households in Newlands West, Durban.
(2016)The starkly contrasting socio-economic classes embedded in South African communities imply that whilst some can be considered good consumers others will be excluded. As a result, pressures mount on adolescents to consume-not ... -
Understanding the bio-psychosocial effects of whoonga use by youth in KwaMashu Township, north of Durban.
(2016)Drug addiction is a chronic disease with users suffering bio-psycho and social effects. Whoonga is a relatively new addition to the drug market. The devastating effects on the lives of young people using whoonga have not ... -
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 ... -
Old versus new : a South African Police Service culture attitudinal comparison.
(2016)Contemporary ethnographers (Cockcroft, 2013; O’Neill, Marks & Singh, 2007; Sklansky, 2005) argue that new developments in policing have changed the police, and that traditional understanding of police culture, as a ... -
Perceptions concerning the effectiveness of aftercare programmes for female recovering drug users.
Drug addiction is a chronic disease and it needs effective long term treatment for one to overcome the habit. The road to recovery is a strenuous effort. This is because biological, psychological, social and spiritual ... -
Understanding the experiences of young widows in rural KwaZulu-Natal.
The collapse of apartheid in South Africa meant the end of gender discrimination and power imbalances against women as a minority population. Currently, South Africa is undergoing a process of fundamental transformation ... -
School of applied human sciences : understanding the lived experiences of teenage parents in a designated secondary school in a Durban township.
Irrespective of age, parenthood can be a life-changing event, which is filled with mixed feelings of anxiety and excitement for the journey ahead. There is increased anxiety and pressure for school-going teenagers that ... -
Cross-cultural divorce mediation by social workers : experiences of mediators and clients.
The study focused on the experiences of social work mediators and clients in cross-cultural divorce mediation. Currently there is minimal research available in the South African context. The context of the study was Durban ...
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