Sambo, Juliet PatienceSibanda, Sipho2026-02-252026-02-252026Juliet Sambo & Sipho Sibanda (2026) Multi-Disciplinary Initiatives to Rendering Services to Women Survivors of Human Trafficking in South Africa, Journal of Social Service Research, 52:1, 4-14, DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2025.2468949.0148-8376 (print)1540-7314 (online)10.1080/01488376.2025.2468949http://hdl.handle.net/2263/108623The women survivors of human trafficking suffer diverse consequences that require service providers to be creative, well-coordinated, and to render services in a multi-disciplinary manner. For social services to be relevant to the needs of women, they should be conducted from an ecological systems approach. Based on a qualitative study conducted at five organizations in South Africa, this paper highlights the multi-disciplinary initiatives to rendering services to women survivors of human trafficking. Employing a phenomenological research design, data was collected from 14 social service providers through one-on-one interviews and analyzed using a thematic analysis. The findings indicate that social service providers make use of a multi-disciplinary approach in rendering services and that this has contributed toward building the resilience of the women, who now seem to have a hope to heal and restart a new life. However, there are challenges in working from a multi-disciplinary approach due to some stakeholders not delivering on their mandates. The conclusion is that social service providers are fully aware of the opportunities presented by the multi-disciplinary approach to rendering services. Future research should be conducted on designing programmes and interventions aimed at addressing the needs of women survivors of human trafficking.en© 2025 The author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution-noncommercial-noDerivatives license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Women survivorsSocial service providersEcological-systems perspectiveMulti-disciplinary approachHuman traffickingArticle