Transforming Social Work Services in South Africa: Perspectives of NPO Managers

Patel, Leila; Schmid, Jeanette; Hochfeld, Tessa

doi:10.1080/03643107.2011.567321

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“…Increased government support in the future is unlikely, as the trend is to reduce such reliance on state funding, and state funding policies and practices have been fickle and inconsistent (Lotvonen. 2005;Smit, 2005;Patel, Schmid, & Hochfeld, 2012;Adams, 2006). The reliance on this source of funding by most of those surveyed is thus most concerning.…”

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confidence: 94%

Fundraising Efficacy and the South African Nonprofit Social Services Sector

Kilbey

Smit

2014

Human Service Organizations Management, Leadership & Govern

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T h is study analyzed fundraising efficiencies w ithin the South A frican nonprofit social services sec tor. E m ploying an electronic questionnaire, this quantitative study used a national database o f social service organizations as its sam ple. A secondary data analysis o f the o rganizations' audited amiual financial statem ents w as conducted. F undraising-related financial data was in m ost cases inaccurate w hich lim ited am ore extensive interrogation o f fundraising indicators. T he findings revealed inadequate fundraising m anagem ent w ith lim ited or no fundraising m onitoring and evaluation procedures. B etter inform ed fundraising leadership w as needed to alleviate o rganizations' reliance on state funding, w hich in its e lf w as also found to be problem atic.

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confidence: 94%

Fundraising Efficacy and the South African Nonprofit Social Services Sector

Kilbey

Smit

2014

Human Service Organizations Management, Leadership & Govern

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“…The developmental welfare approach and working from a strengths perspective regard the individual as someone with particular capacities whose challenges may be addressed through strengthening existing skills (Lombard, 2007;H¨olscher, 2008;Patel et al, 2012). Capacity building is an important aspect of the approach (Miley et al, 2009).…”

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“…Feedback from the centre management on the student involvement include that they observe a change in attitude and willingness to cooperate with the children who participated in the project and an improvement in well-being. This correlates with the developmental welfare approach where the individual is seen as someone with particular capacities whose challenges may be addressed through strengthening existing skills (Lombard, 2007;H¨olscher, 2008;Patel et al, 2012). Capacity building is an important aspect of the approach.…”

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Social Work Values and Principles: Students' Experiences in intervention with Children and Youths in Detention

Prinsloo

2014

Journal of Social Work Practice

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A project with children and juveniles in a detention centre confronts social work students with their own perceptions and experiences of being direct or indirect victims of crime, with their own values and with integrating the values and principles of social work. Within an ecological perspective, past and present issues in the country's context influence perceptions and personal values. The project challenges these perceptions and value systems. Feedback include that students realise they should not judge the young people; that these youngsters have dignity and worth in spite of where they come from and the crime they committed; that they deserve respect and should be accepted for who they are. The article discusses professional values and principles in social work and provides a case study of dealing with undergraduate social work students' fears, emotions and prejudices in teaching and integrating social work values and principles.

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“…Any strategy aimed at addressing the significant constraints facing professional social work in Africa needs to be informed by an in-depth understanding of the context in each country. However, much country-level analysis of the social work profession in Africa has focused on the South African case (see, e.g., Chikadzi & Pretorius, 2011;Collins & Millard, 2013;Gray & Lombard, 2008;Hochfeld, 2010;Patel, Schmid, & Hochfeld, 2012;Tshabalala, 1992), and very little is known about the historical development and current situation of the profession in other African countries.…”

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The development and management of social workers in Ethiopia: A situational analysis

Hailu

2013

Int J Soc Welfare

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Social protection has become a policy of choice to address rising vulnerabilities and inequalities in Africa. Successful implementation of social protection polices requires proliferation of competent social workers. This article first abstracts elements of an emerging international norm in a comprehensive system for the development and management of social workers and then reviews the extent to which Ethiopia has introduced these elements. It reveals that Ethiopia is in a very early stage in putting in place almost all identified elements of such a system. Recent measures that the Ethiopian government is taking to address this gap are highlighted by way of conclusion.

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Transforming Social Work Services in South Africa: Perspectives of NPO Managers

Cited by 21 publications

References 13 publications

Fundraising Efficacy and the South African Nonprofit Social Services Sector

Fundraising Efficacy and the South African Nonprofit Social Services Sector

Social Work Values and Principles: Students' Experiences in intervention with Children and Youths in Detention

The development and management of social workers in Ethiopia: A situational analysis

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