• Disrupting gender-based violence : the role of private security 

  Oeschger, Sarah; Nunlall-Hiralal, Reema; Steyn, Francois (University of Salento, 2024)

  South Africa suffers from pervasive gender-based violence that finds expression in, amongst others, domestic and intimate partner violence, rape, sexual harassment, and femicide. While the government and civil society ...
• Gender differences in adolescent sexting : towards a policy framework for secondary schools 

  Harris, Tara Farrer (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  The evolution of media technologies provides innovative opportunities for sexual exploration and intimate communication, one of which is sexting. Sexting refers to sending, receiving, and distributing self-generated ...
• The perceptions of social workers regarding service users with co-occurrence of opioid use and mental health disorders at the Community Oriented Substance Use Programme (COSUP) 

  Moshidi, Elizabeth (University of Pretoria, 2024-05)

  Co-occurring mental health disorders are a major public health concern globally. In South Africa, approximately 15% of individuals using substances have one or more mental health disorders, and this has overburdened the ...
• The roles of social workers and community volunteers in providing services to foster care children living with HIV in South Africa : a scoping review 

  Khosa, Jeffries Zwelithini; Gutura, Priscilla (Whiting and Birch, 2024-03)

  This paper discusses the role of social workers and community volunteers in providing services to foster care children living with HIV in South Africa. A literature review was undertaken of 14 qualitative studies conducted ...
• The experience of social workers providing mental health services at a mental health facility in Tshwane, South Africa 

  Poopedi, Lehlogonolo Kwena; Bila, Nontembeko Joyce (University of Stellenbosch, 2023)

  South Africa presents a high prevalence of mental health problems, with one in six South Africans being diagnosed with anxiety, depression and substance-use problems (excluding more severe conditions such as bipolar disorder ...
• A link to recidivism : excluding female offenders serving short sentences from rehabilitation programmes 

  Thornton, Jessica Leigh (Romanian Academy Francisc I Rainer Institute of Anthropology, 2023)

  OBJECTIVE. This study discusses the issue of rehabilitation and the lived reality of female offenders serving short-term sentences who are excluded from rehabilitation programmes. This exclusion ill-equips the women from ...
• Locked down in the rainbow nation : alleviating the loneliness of South African older persons 

  Geyer, Stephan; Chonody, Jill; Teater, Barbra (University of Stellenbosch, 2023-12-04)

  The literature on the biopsychosocial effects of COVID-19 on older persons has originated predominately from the Global North, with a dearth of studies focusing on the loneliness of older persons in the developing world, ...
• Towards an effective linkage system for HIV positive foster care children between social workers and community volunteers in the city of Johannesburg 

  Khosa, Jeffries Zwelithini (University of Pretoria, 2023-12-06)

  The goal of the study was to determine services provided to children in foster care living with HIV by social workers and community volunteers in the City of Johannesburg to develop an effective linkage system. Three ...
• The perceptions of social workers regarding service users with co-occurrence of opioid use and mental health disorders at the Community Oriented Substance Use Programme (COSUP) 

  Mateko, Shalyne Sithabile (University of Pretoria, 2024-07-04)

  Co-occurring opioid use and mental health disorders are a prevalent problem in South Africa. However, little is known about social workers’ perceptions of these co-occurring disorders. As such the goal of this study was ...
• A pre-experimental design evaluation of brief harm reduction interventions to improve coping self-efficacy of carers of people with substance use disorder 

  Swanepoel, Ilze; Crafford, Gretel; Geyer, Lourens Stephan; Marcus, Tessa S. (BMC, 2023-06-15)

  BACKGROUND : Globally, the rise in the number of people living with a substance use disorder (SUD) carries a multitude of individual and social health implications for carers and their families, often impacting negatively ...
• Retiring in a prison cell : the South African sentenced older adult male offender 

  Booyens, Karen; Geyer, Lourens Stephan; Masenge, Andries (Sage, 2023-03)

  The purpose of this study was to create a profile of the sentenced older adult male offender incarcerated in South African prisons. The findings of this investigation are based on face-to-face surveys with 88 older adult ...
• The Ford resource and engagement centre (FREC) programme's contribution to mitigate poverty : perspectives from participants 

  Ledwaba, Vuma Joyce (University of Pretoria, 2024-03-24)

  Many South Africans are living in poverty. Poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon that requires well formulated strategies for its mitigation. The goal of the study was to explore the FREC programme’s contribution ...
• Progress of the social service professions in South Africa's developmental social welfare system : social work, and child and youth care work 

  Gray, Mel; Lombard, A. (Antoinette) (Wiley, 2023-10)

  This paper examines the progress of the social service professions delivering developmental social welfare in South Africa, a subject we have followed closely over the last 20 years. Being policy-driven, developmental ...
• An exploration of the Vatsonga people’s markers of childhood 

  Simbine, Samuel Lisenga; Le Roux, Liana; Muridzo, Noel Garikai (Springer, 2023-06)

  Children are entitled to a host of rights cutting across the socio-economic and cultural fabric. These are contained in various international and regional conventions such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ...
• A student-informed sexual harassment policy framework for higher Educational institutions in South Africa 

  Nunlall-Hiralal, Reema (University of Pretoria, 2023-07)

  The study aimed to develop a student-informed sexual harassment policy framework for higher educational institutions in South Africa because it was recognised that students are voiceless in the policy-making process. The ...
• Caring for children during COVID 19 : the experiences of South African families with children in middle childhood 

  De Waal, Tanja (University of Pretoria, 2023-12)

  Abstract The COVID-19 disaster that began at the end of 20129, changed the way people all over the world functioned for a period of time. Families faced difficulties such as death of loved ones, financial difficulties ...
• A new path to cultivate human rights education at schools of social work in Africa from a decolonial lens 

  Giliomee, Cornelia Magrietha (Routledge, 2023)

  This article reports on a theoretical and empirical study exploring the nature and extent of human rights coverage in the curriculum in schools of social work at universities in Southern and East Africa. In a mixed ...
• Social work services with children in difficult circumstances living in remote areas in Zimbabwe. The case of Mutare district 

  Mushunje, Fungai (University of Pretoria, 2024-02-19)

  Social services appear to be more concentrated in urban areas of Zimbabwe, with little or no social work activities in remote parts of the country. Orphans and vulnerable children living in remote areas face high rates of ...
• The experiences of newly qualified social workers’ readiness in providing services to families and children in Gauteng 

  Degenaar, Leoné (University of Pretoria, 2023-12)

  The readiness of newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) for practice appears to be a growing area of research, however, there is little focus on the perspectives and experiences of NQSWs’ readiness to provide services to ...
• Perceptions of nyaope users regarding therapeutic services at private in-patient treatment centres in Gauteng 

  Zwane, Noxolo Chairmaine Minenhle; Geyer, Lourens Stephan (University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2023)

  National data indicate that young adults are increasingly vulnerable to the harmful use of nyaope – an illicit drug. Consequently, there is a need for appropriate treatment services. This study aimed to explore and describe ...

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