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The progress of developmental social welfare : a case study in the Vhembe district, Limpopo
Dissertation (MSW)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/46179 The progress of developmental social welfare : a case study in the Vhembe district, Limpopo Lombard, A. (Antoinette) Ntjana, Ngwanamontjane E. UCTD Social development Developmental social welfare Developmental social welfare services Developmental social work Strategies for developmental social services in the Vhembe district Dissertation (MSW)--University of Pretoria, 2014. In 1994 the new democratic South Africa called for the shift in legislation and policies. Social welfare service delivery post-1994 has to be aligned with the principles and key themes of developmental social welfare heralded by the RDP (1994), the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, as well as the Copenhagen Commitments to Social Development (1995). In the social welfare sector, the White Paper for Social Welfare of 1997 was adopted as social welfare policy for South Africa. The White Paper for Social Welfare is embedded in a developmental approach and charted a new path for social welfare in the promotion of national social development. Developmental social welfare is a pro poor strategy which strives to promote a welfare system that facilitates the development of human capacity and self-reliance within a caring and enabling socio-economic environment. The goal of this study was to determine the progress of social welfare service delivery towards a developmental social welfare approach in the Vhembe district, Limpopo. A qualitative research approach was used for this study and the research design was an instrumental case study. The sample for the study was selected purposively and included 28 social workers and four supervisors from four sub-districts in the Vhembe district. Data was collected through four focus group interviews with social workers and one-on-one interviews with the supervisors. Research findings indicate that developmental social welfare service delivery in this district has progressed in terms of protective services to families and children. However, in terms of poverty reduction and sustainable livelihoods, the social service sector still lags behind. The overall conclusion is that the progress of social welfare service delivery towards the developmental approach is slow and unsatisfactory. The recommendations of this study are captured in strategies that social workers could use to promote progress in developmental social welfare service delivery, strategies suggested for supervisors to promote progress in developmental social welfare service delivery, and lastly strategies on the creation of an enabling environment. tm2015 Social Work and Criminology MSW Unrestricted 2015-07-02T11:07:05Z 2015-07-02T11:07:05Z 2015/04/22 2014 Dissertation Ntjana, NE 2014, The progress of developmental social welfare : a case study in the Vhembe district, Limpopo, MSW Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46179> A2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46179 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Social development Developmental social welfare Developmental social welfare services Developmental social work Strategies for developmental social services in the Vhembe district The progress of developmental social welfare : a case study in the Vhembe district, Limpopo |
| title | The progress of developmental social welfare : a case study in the Vhembe district, Limpopo |
| title_full | The progress of developmental social welfare : a case study in the Vhembe district, Limpopo |
| title_fullStr | The progress of developmental social welfare : a case study in the Vhembe district, Limpopo |
| title_full_unstemmed | The progress of developmental social welfare : a case study in the Vhembe district, Limpopo |
| title_short | The progress of developmental social welfare : a case study in the Vhembe district, Limpopo |
| title_sort | progress of developmental social welfare a case study in the vhembe district limpopo |
| topic | UCTD Social development Developmental social welfare Developmental social welfare services Developmental social work Strategies for developmental social services in the Vhembe district |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46179 |