Masters Degrees (Social work)
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University of KwaZulu-Natal third-year male Social Work students’ experiences of group work practice with school children.
(2020)The Social Work profession in South Africa has been generally dominated by females. However, various studies have evidently revealed that over the recent years men have been slowly occupying this female dominated female ... -
Experiencing social work interventions: understanding the perspectives of caregivers labelled neglectful in a selected local community, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2019)The problem of child neglect in South Africa remains complex in terms of causes, forms, and required interventions. In the process of rendering services, including sometimes removing children from their homes, some caregivers ... -
Exploring re-alignment of social welfare services as an enhancement of service delivery at municipal levels: a case study of uMgungundlovu District Municipality.
(2019)This study aims at exploring the social workers’ understanding of the re-alignment of social welfare services as an enhancement of service delivery at the local municipal level. The study was undertaken in both rural and ... -
The lived experiences of Zimbabwean migrants raising children under conditions of irregularity in South Africa.
(2018)This study explored the lived experiences of Zimbabwean migrants parenting under conditions of irregularity in South Africa and the role of social work in the lives of irregular migrant parents. The concerns that prompted ... -
An explorative study of the child protection system within the welfare sector in Phoenix: a systems approach perspective.
(2018)Care and protection of children presents an ongoing challenge. Post 1994 there has been a significant shift in South Africa towards a formalised, child protection system characterised by comprehensive and sustainable ... -
Factors influencing women’s parenting practices : a study of three different family structures in Selebi Phikwe, Botswana.
(2019)The majority of women in Botswana continue to be primary parenting players despite research findings that, compared with men, women in the country are more impoverished, are prone to abuse, and that their rate of ... -
An explorative study of the construction of fatherhood in South Africa: the case of unmarried black African parents in eThekwini Municipality, KZN.
(2019)South Africa has a high number of absent fathers especially among unmarried black African parents who live apart. A number of factors have been found to have contributed to this phenomenon including apartheid policies such ... -
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.
(2017)Abstract available in PDF file. -
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 ...
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