Social workers' experiences of the utilisation of the child support grant by beneficiaries
- Authors: Nobadula, Luyanda David
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Child support , Child welfare
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/6334 , vital:21074
- Description: The Child Support Grant was introduced to address poverty alleviation in the sense of supplementing the provision of basic needs of children. When the grant was initiated it catered for children under the age of seven, and is currently assisting children up until 18 years of age. Even though the children are supposed to be benefitting from the grants, reports from social workers and selected research findings question whether some children do indeed receive the benefits of the grant. Previous studies have predominantly focused on the experiences of caregivers/beneficiaries. The goal of this exploratory-descriptive study was to explore and describe selected social workers’ experiences regarding the utilization of the child support grant by beneficiaries. The population comprised of social workers who have two years of experience working with families receiving the Child Support Grant and who work for the Department of Social Development and Special Programmes, Afrikaanse Christelike Vroue VerenIging, and Child Welfare South Africa in Somerset East.
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- Date Issued: 2015
Adult adjustment and independent functioning in individuals who were raised in a children's home
- Authors: Bond, Susan Jane
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Child welfare , Foster children -- Counseling of , Children -- Institutional care , Adjustment (Psychology)
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:9994 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1008161 , Child welfare , Foster children -- Counseling of , Children -- Institutional care , Adjustment (Psychology)
- Description: Children are placed in a children’s home when a Presiding Officer finds them to be in need of care and when there is no viable community placement alternative. The body of literature on children’s homes focuses primarily on the negative effects and outcomes of such statutory placement. The assertion that children who grew up in children’s homes will continue to use the services of welfare organisations in adulthood, is supported by the researcher’s observation as a practicing social worker. This, and the study of available literature, resulted in this qualitative, exploratory-descriptive and contextual research study with the following goal: to enhance the understanding of how intervention programmes at children’s homes can contribute to adult adjustment and independent functioning of those children in their care. A purposive sampling method was used to identify ten participants who had spent at least 2 years in a children’s home and who had been discharged from the children’s home at least 5 years ago (to the date of data collection). The sample was drawn from clients at non governmental social welfare agencies who fitted the sampling criteria. The data was collected via semi-structured interviews using an interview guide, which were recorded, transcribed and then analysed using a thematic content analysis approach. The results of the study may be used to develop and implement meaningful intervention strategies for individuals placed in children’s homes.
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- Date Issued: 2010
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
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- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/44024 , vital:25372 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7269
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
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- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/43871 , vital:25353 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7261
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
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- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/44033 , vital:25373 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7210
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
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- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/46462 , vital:25614 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7217
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
- Type: still image
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/46471 , vital:25615 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7218
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
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- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/44047 , vital:25375 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7211
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
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- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/44056 , vital:25376 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7212
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
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- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/46485 , vital:25616 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7219
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
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- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/49480 , vital:25895 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7220
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
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- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/44070 , vital:25377 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7213
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
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- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/46504 , vital:25619 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7221
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
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- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/44079 , vital:25378 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7214
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
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- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/44093 , vital:25379 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7215
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
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- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/46515 , vital:25620 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7222
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
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- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/46531 , vital:25621 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7223
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
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- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/44102 , vital:25380 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7216
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
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- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/46540 , vital:25622 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7224
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- Subjects: Foster children -- South Africa , St Peter Claver's Nursery School (Grahamstown, South Africa) , Fingo Village (Grahamstown, South Africa) -- Social conditions , Child welfare
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- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/44121 , vital:25382 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , PIC/M 7217
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