IS THE DEVELOPMENTAL SOCIAL WELFARE APPROACH TO CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES WORKING? VOICES OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND SOCIAL WORKERS IN EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA
Decades of research have highlighted the challenges facing child protection services in a developmental approach. The aim of the article is to explore whether the developmental social welfare approach contributes to an improvement of child protection services. A descriptive case study design was app...
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| author | Marinei Herselman Ulene Schiller Pius Tanga |
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| description | Decades of research have highlighted the challenges facing child protection services in a developmental approach. The aim of the article is to explore whether the developmental social welfare approach contributes to an improvement of child protection services. A descriptive case study design was applied in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa. The findings revealed limited knowledge among social work practitioners about the implementation of the developmental social welfare approach. The findings also revealed an overwhelmed child protection system that lacks coordinated and integrated services. It is recommended that child protection services be divided into prevention, early intervention and statutory services. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c09b34f2a804451a9cbae6ac1067e9d2023-11-21T12:54:44ZafrStellenbosch UniversitySocial Work/Maatskaplike Werk0037-80542312-71982023-06-0159210.15270/59-2-1123IS THE DEVELOPMENTAL SOCIAL WELFARE APPROACH TO CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES WORKING? VOICES OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND SOCIAL WORKERS IN EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICAMarinei Herselman0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6621-5392Ulene Schiller1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7272-9082Pius Tanga2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1359-8729University of Fort HareUniversity of Fort HareUniversity of Fort HareDecades of research have highlighted the challenges facing child protection services in a developmental approach. The aim of the article is to explore whether the developmental social welfare approach contributes to an improvement of child protection services. A descriptive case study design was applied in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa. The findings revealed limited knowledge among social work practitioners about the implementation of the developmental social welfare approach. The findings also revealed an overwhelmed child protection system that lacks coordinated and integrated services. It is recommended that child protection services be divided into prevention, early intervention and statutory services. https://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1123vulnerable childrenchildren’s act of 2005child protection social workersdevelopmental social welfare approachstatutory social work |
| spellingShingle | Marinei Herselman Ulene Schiller Pius Tanga IS THE DEVELOPMENTAL SOCIAL WELFARE APPROACH TO CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES WORKING? VOICES OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND SOCIAL WORKERS IN EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk vulnerable children children’s act of 2005 child protection social workers developmental social welfare approach statutory social work |
| title | IS THE DEVELOPMENTAL SOCIAL WELFARE APPROACH TO CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES WORKING? VOICES OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND SOCIAL WORKERS IN EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA |
| title_full | IS THE DEVELOPMENTAL SOCIAL WELFARE APPROACH TO CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES WORKING? VOICES OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND SOCIAL WORKERS IN EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA |
| title_fullStr | IS THE DEVELOPMENTAL SOCIAL WELFARE APPROACH TO CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES WORKING? VOICES OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND SOCIAL WORKERS IN EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA |
| title_full_unstemmed | IS THE DEVELOPMENTAL SOCIAL WELFARE APPROACH TO CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES WORKING? VOICES OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND SOCIAL WORKERS IN EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA |
| title_short | IS THE DEVELOPMENTAL SOCIAL WELFARE APPROACH TO CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES WORKING? VOICES OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND SOCIAL WORKERS IN EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA |
| title_sort | is the developmental social welfare approach to child protection services working voices of children families and social workers in eastern cape south africa |
| topic | vulnerable children children’s act of 2005 child protection social workers developmental social welfare approach statutory social work |
| url | https://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1123 |
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