- Title
- The experiences of secondary traumatic stress among social workers who deal with traumatised populations : a case study of Buffalo City Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Creator
- Anyi, Marynet Ema Tangwe
- Subject
- Secondary traumatic stress Social workers -- Mental health Social service -- Psychological aspects
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- Social Work
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/9951
- Identifier
- vital:35207
- Description
- The aim of the research study was to investigate the experiences of secondary traumatic stress among social workers who deal with traumatised populations in the Buffalo City Municipality in the province of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Qualitative research methods were employed to collect data from thirty participants; twenty were interviewed and 10 participated in a focus group discussion. The most significant finding of this study was that there is a high rate of secondary traumatic stress among social workers, particularly among those who practice in nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), especially those social workers who work with children. The intensity of secondary traumatic stress among social workers appears to be growing steadily, owing to either inadequate or a complete lack of supervision and support on the part of the agencies concerned. The study concludes that social workers are highly at risk of experiencing secondary traumatic stress. The study therefore recommends that policies that are there to protect social workers should be implemented and institutions of higher learning which educate and train social workers need to implement courses in their syllabuses which prepare students for the stresses which they will inevitably encounter while working in the field of social work, particularly secondary traumatic stress.
- Format
- 183 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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