The Challenges of Social Work Field Training in Lesotho

Tanga, Pius T.

doi:10.1080/02615479.2012.741578

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“…Despite the importance of what field practicum represents in professional preparation, it faces many obstacles preventing it from achieving its objective. Tanga (2013) confirms that there are major challenges facing field practicum in "Lesotho". These challenges are represented in the lack of preparations of social work students towards Training.…”

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Applying a Preparatory Program for Developing the Professional Competencies of Field Practicum Female Students Within the Framework of the Generalist Practice of Social Work

Mohamed

2020

مجلة کلیة الخدمة الاجتماعیة للدراسات والبحوث الاجتماعیة

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Applying a Preparatory Program for Developing the Professional Competencies of Field Practicum Female Students Within the Framework of the Generalist Practice of Social Work

Mohamed

2020

مجلة کلیة الخدمة الاجتماعیة للدراسات والبحوث الاجتماعیة

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“…Nearly all the students interviewed (97%) opposed the consideration of indigenous theories. It is important to note that even though the majority of field supervisors (96%) encouraged local content in the courses, they questioned the contribution of indigenous knowledge in the field of globalized social work (Tanga, 2012). Unfortunately, African social work educational programs have been hindered by pressures from international bodies of social work education and practice that are supposed to integrate and support them.…”

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“…Resistance has been identified as often coming from social work academics, students, and field supervisors. A study Tanga (2012) conducted with lecturers, students, and field supervisors in Lesotho indicated that lecturers rejected the idea of using a culturally based model based on Basotho culture. Social work academics found the task of utilizing indigenous knowledge to be daunting.…”

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North–South social work partnership: strengthening the development of social work in Rwanda

King

Dudziak

Kalinganire

2014

Transnational Social Review

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Social work education in many parts of Africa is underdeveloped. Western theories dominate curricula and practices at the expense of indigenous knowledge. Canadian and Rwandan social work researchers created a partnership to strengthen social work education and practice at the University of Rwanda (UR). This paper reports the findings of a needs assessment that sought to identify the key issues facing Rwandans in the communities surrounding UR and professional needs in training competent undergraduate (Bachelor of Social Work) students. After reviewing the data, we identified collective trauma following the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, extreme poverty and substance abuse to be major issues. Professional needs included trained faculty and field supervisors and adequate means to support students' field placement. A group of academic and community stakeholders confirmed these findings and supported the creation of a center to facilitate training, practice, and research. The study results inform social work knowledge, education and practice in Rwanda and internationally.

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“…According to Tanga (2013), the National University of Lesotho's social work programme was based on the School of Social Work (Zimbabwe) model, which replicated Western value systems and models. However, like many other Global South universities there have also been curriculum indigenisation initiatives to be responsive to social problems in the country.…”

Section: Social Work and Poverty Alleviation In Lesothomentioning

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Embedding the developmental approach in social work education and practice to overcome poverty: The case of Southern Africa

Nhapi

Dhemba

2020

GSWR

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The article examines the extent to which social work education and practice in Eswatini, Lesotho and Zimbabwe has embedded the developmental approach to address the problem of poverty and to bring about socio-economic transformation in these countries. This is particularly significant as social work has gained traction internationally as a problem-solving profession. However, it is argued that that there is a lack of clarity conceptually about how the developmental approach should be operationalised in order to deal with the social problems afflicting African countries in general and Southern Africa in particular. Furthermore the chapter examines challenges in the implementation of the developmental approach in economically fragile contexts such as Eswatini, Lesotho and Zimbabwe. The gaps and constraints in mainstreaming developmental social work are also examined in the context of poverty, globalisation and impacts of natural disasters. Challenges experienced by frontline social workers in mobilising communities through the application of a repertoire of developmental social work approaches have also received attention. The article is based on personal experiences of the authors in teaching and practicing social work in the three countries and this is complemented by reviews and analysis of research studies and policy documents and reports on the mitigation of poverty and the developmental approach. Importantly, the article also offers pathways on the embedment of the developmental approach in social work education and practice to promote the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially the goal relating to the eradication poverty.

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The Challenges of Social Work Field Training in Lesotho

Cited by 15 publications

References 17 publications

Applying a Preparatory Program for Developing the Professional Competencies of Field Practicum Female Students Within the Framework of the Generalist Practice of Social Work

Applying a Preparatory Program for Developing the Professional Competencies of Field Practicum Female Students Within the Framework of the Generalist Practice of Social Work

North–South social work partnership: strengthening the development of social work in Rwanda

Embedding the developmental approach in social work education and practice to overcome poverty: The case of Southern Africa

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