Child-headed households and community social networks in Hogsburg area, South Africa: dynamics and implications for social work interventions
- Mabemba, Tafadzwa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1631-1594
- Authors: Mabemba, Tafadzwa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1631-1594
- Date: 2016-11
- Subjects: Children's rights. , Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. , Social work administration -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/29577 , vital:77992
- Description: Child-headed households consist of children who stay alone below the age of 17. The eldest child is responsible for another sibling‟s support and care rather than by an adult who is responsible for the wellbeing of children. This study aimed to explore the dynamics of child-headed households and community social networks as well as the implications for social work interventions. The work was guided by resilience theory and sustainable livelihoods approach. The study adopted a qualitative research design using purposive and theoretical sampling. The data was specifically drawn from the Hogsburg area through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. The participants for the study were child-headed households from the age of 10 to 17 years, community members, and social workers. An analysis of in-depth interviews and focus group discussions shows that child-headed households in the Hogsburg area face various challenges including social, economic, psychological and mental problems, which affect their livelihoods. The findings revealed that child-headed households encounter various challenges as a result of inadequate provision of community social networks and social work interventions. It was, therefore, concluded that in order for child-headed households to have an improved way of living, there is a need for partnership and collaboration between informal and formal community social networks. It is recommended that the government through the social development department and civil organizations working with children should enhance a good working relationship that contributes to the development of child-headed households. Additionally, non-governmental organizations should be linked and allowed to work with child-headed households in the Hogsburg area regardless of the area‟ 's political affiliations. , Thesis (MSoc. Sci.) -- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2016
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- Authors: Mabemba, Tafadzwa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1631-1594
- Date: 2016-11
- Subjects: Children's rights. , Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. , Social work administration -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/29577 , vital:77992
- Description: Child-headed households consist of children who stay alone below the age of 17. The eldest child is responsible for another sibling‟s support and care rather than by an adult who is responsible for the wellbeing of children. This study aimed to explore the dynamics of child-headed households and community social networks as well as the implications for social work interventions. The work was guided by resilience theory and sustainable livelihoods approach. The study adopted a qualitative research design using purposive and theoretical sampling. The data was specifically drawn from the Hogsburg area through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. The participants for the study were child-headed households from the age of 10 to 17 years, community members, and social workers. An analysis of in-depth interviews and focus group discussions shows that child-headed households in the Hogsburg area face various challenges including social, economic, psychological and mental problems, which affect their livelihoods. The findings revealed that child-headed households encounter various challenges as a result of inadequate provision of community social networks and social work interventions. It was, therefore, concluded that in order for child-headed households to have an improved way of living, there is a need for partnership and collaboration between informal and formal community social networks. It is recommended that the government through the social development department and civil organizations working with children should enhance a good working relationship that contributes to the development of child-headed households. Additionally, non-governmental organizations should be linked and allowed to work with child-headed households in the Hogsburg area regardless of the area‟ 's political affiliations. , Thesis (MSoc. Sci.) -- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2016
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The challenges faced by orphans and vulnerable children in cluster foster homes in South Africa: the case of Ekhaya losizo in Grahamstown
- Authors: Nyamutinga, Dudzai
- Date: 2014-06
- Subjects: Foster home care -- South Africa , Social work with children -- South Africa , Orphans -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/27402 , vital:67291
- Description: The aim of the study was to investigate the challenges faced by orphans and vulnerable children in cluster foster homes . The case of Ekhaya losizo Cluster home. The study intended to bring out the challenges that children who have been abandoned, neglected and orphaned face after they are found in need of care and protection and then are placed in institutional care. The first objective was to explore the different kind of challenges that orphans and vulnerable children encounter in a cluster foster home. The research study concluded that children face physical, emotional and psychological challenges. The research also examined the effects of these physical, social and emotional challenges on the wellbeing and welfare of these orphans and vulnerable children. According to the research study, most children in the cluster home faced a number of social, emotional and psychological wellbeing which affect normal development. The research focused on investigating the kind of support that is offered by community members to such orphans and vulnerable children. According to the findings, children are provided with emotional support, financial, social and educational. The study findings revealed that there is much support provided by the community. The last objective which is the fourth one is aimed at examining services that are offered by social service practitioners in the care of orphans and vulnerable children in cluster foster care. The study findings managed to document that social workers are very much instrumental in the welfare of children. This is because they are involved in identifying the child in need of care and protection as stipulated in the Children’s Act 38 of 2005, they do placements of children in cluster homes, monitoring and also identifying suitable caregivers who are able to provide proper nurturance to children. Psychologists are also instrumental in providing counselling to these children. They help those children that are traumatized, orphaned, abandoned and those that are having adaptation challenges as well as attachment challenges. The study utilized a qualitative method in order for the researcher to understand the challenges faced by orphans and vulnerable children. Purposive sampling which is non- probability was used with both in-depth interview as well as focus group discussion. The researcher purposely selected those people who are relevant in providing the relevant information for the research. The study utilized an in-depth interview guide as well as focus group discussion to gather information from respondents. , Thesis (MSoc) -- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2014
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- Authors: Nyamutinga, Dudzai
- Date: 2014-06
- Subjects: Foster home care -- South Africa , Social work with children -- South Africa , Orphans -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/27402 , vital:67291
- Description: The aim of the study was to investigate the challenges faced by orphans and vulnerable children in cluster foster homes . The case of Ekhaya losizo Cluster home. The study intended to bring out the challenges that children who have been abandoned, neglected and orphaned face after they are found in need of care and protection and then are placed in institutional care. The first objective was to explore the different kind of challenges that orphans and vulnerable children encounter in a cluster foster home. The research study concluded that children face physical, emotional and psychological challenges. The research also examined the effects of these physical, social and emotional challenges on the wellbeing and welfare of these orphans and vulnerable children. According to the research study, most children in the cluster home faced a number of social, emotional and psychological wellbeing which affect normal development. The research focused on investigating the kind of support that is offered by community members to such orphans and vulnerable children. According to the findings, children are provided with emotional support, financial, social and educational. The study findings revealed that there is much support provided by the community. The last objective which is the fourth one is aimed at examining services that are offered by social service practitioners in the care of orphans and vulnerable children in cluster foster care. The study findings managed to document that social workers are very much instrumental in the welfare of children. This is because they are involved in identifying the child in need of care and protection as stipulated in the Children’s Act 38 of 2005, they do placements of children in cluster homes, monitoring and also identifying suitable caregivers who are able to provide proper nurturance to children. Psychologists are also instrumental in providing counselling to these children. They help those children that are traumatized, orphaned, abandoned and those that are having adaptation challenges as well as attachment challenges. The study utilized a qualitative method in order for the researcher to understand the challenges faced by orphans and vulnerable children. Purposive sampling which is non- probability was used with both in-depth interview as well as focus group discussion. The researcher purposely selected those people who are relevant in providing the relevant information for the research. The study utilized an in-depth interview guide as well as focus group discussion to gather information from respondents. , Thesis (MSoc) -- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2014
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