Understanding poverty and disability in Johannesburg
- Graham, Lauren, Selipsky, Lisa, Moodley, Jacqueline, Maina, Jennifer, Rowland, William
- Authors: Graham, Lauren , Selipsky, Lisa , Moodley, Jacqueline , Maina, Jennifer , Rowland, William
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Poverty , People with disabilities
- Type: Report
- Identifier: uj:6609 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8276
- Description: It is often difficult to ascertain how many people are living with a disability in South Africa, primarily due to a lack of awareness about certain types of disabilities (particularly learning disabilities); stigma that is sometimes associated with disability, and the fine line that exists between chronic illness and disability, particularly in relation to the disability grant in South Africa. In addition, as Schneider, Dasappa, Khan and Khan, (2009: 246) point out, “large differences in disability statistics are currently observed internationally due to a lack of consistency in what is being measured as ‘disability’.” Nevertheless estimates suggest that globally between 10% and 12% of the population is currently living with a disability.
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- Authors: Graham, Lauren , Selipsky, Lisa , Moodley, Jacqueline , Maina, Jennifer , Rowland, William
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Poverty , People with disabilities
- Type: Report
- Identifier: uj:6609 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8276
- Description: It is often difficult to ascertain how many people are living with a disability in South Africa, primarily due to a lack of awareness about certain types of disabilities (particularly learning disabilities); stigma that is sometimes associated with disability, and the fine line that exists between chronic illness and disability, particularly in relation to the disability grant in South Africa. In addition, as Schneider, Dasappa, Khan and Khan, (2009: 246) point out, “large differences in disability statistics are currently observed internationally due to a lack of consistency in what is being measured as ‘disability’.” Nevertheless estimates suggest that globally between 10% and 12% of the population is currently living with a disability.
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Development of social work education in southern and east Africa : research report.
- Hochfeld, Tessa, Selipsky, Lisa, Mupedziswa, Rodreck, Chitereka, Christopher
- Authors: Hochfeld, Tessa , Selipsky, Lisa , Mupedziswa, Rodreck , Chitereka, Christopher
- Date: 2009
- Subjects: Social work education , Social policy , Social development
- Type: Report
- Identifier: uj:6610 , ISSN 978-0-86970-669-5 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8277
- Description: It is widely accepted that a social development paradigm is both appropriate and necessary for the African context, and social development has significantly influenced social work theory, policy and practice on the continent (Cox and Pawar, 2005, Patel, 2005a, Gray and Fook, 2004). However, it is not always clear exactly what is being referred to with this term. What is also unknown is how much of this debate has positively influenced the training of new social workers across the region. Further, no data exists on how the social development approach is actually being used by the individual schools of social work in the region. In fact, very little is known about social work education in Africa at all. This research project therefore aimed to contribute to knowledge development in this field in Southern and East Africa through primary empirical research.
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- Authors: Hochfeld, Tessa , Selipsky, Lisa , Mupedziswa, Rodreck , Chitereka, Christopher
- Date: 2009
- Subjects: Social work education , Social policy , Social development
- Type: Report
- Identifier: uj:6610 , ISSN 978-0-86970-669-5 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8277
- Description: It is widely accepted that a social development paradigm is both appropriate and necessary for the African context, and social development has significantly influenced social work theory, policy and practice on the continent (Cox and Pawar, 2005, Patel, 2005a, Gray and Fook, 2004). However, it is not always clear exactly what is being referred to with this term. What is also unknown is how much of this debate has positively influenced the training of new social workers across the region. Further, no data exists on how the social development approach is actually being used by the individual schools of social work in the region. In fact, very little is known about social work education in Africa at all. This research project therefore aimed to contribute to knowledge development in this field in Southern and East Africa through primary empirical research.
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The design of a service outcome measure for SANCA
- Authors: Selipsky, Lisa
- Date: 2012-02-28
- Subjects: South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence , SANCA , Substance abuse treatment , Substance abuse relapse prevention
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:2091 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/4437
- Description: M.A. , The treatment of substance abuse remains a challenging process with relapse an ever-present risk. For those offering treatment within this field, such as the South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (SANCA), it is of cardinal importance to evaluate the outcomes of their interventions. Currently, there is no quantifiable and standardised method that SANCA can use to establish and assess how the actual outcomes of their programmes compare to their intended programme goals. Kranz and O’Hare (2006) argue for the evaluation of substance abuse treatment programmes through the use of scales to quantify various aspects of the treatment process which can then serve as a measure of its effectiveness. Effectiveness in this instance refers broadly to a patient’s maintenance of his/her sobriety for a period of 12 months or more, combined with an increase in his/her general functioning. Therefore, this study aims to demonstrate the technically complex process of developing a content valid framework for a scale on behalf of SANCA that adheres to their requirements for programme evaluation. The study is guided by an adapted model of ecometric scale development presented schematically by Faul and Hudson (1999). Through the use of a grounded theory approach, the study shows how to identify the expectations for a scale in the organisation and organise SANCA’s treatment strategy into a framework within which the areas of measurement can be placed. The study then demonstrates the construction of operational assessment areas through empirical data collection that adequately reflects such expectations. It also serves to test for content validity of the assessment areas, through the application of domain sampling theory. The study reveals the process undertaken to convert those assessment areas into constructs by conceptualising and operationalising them into working definitions. Lastly, drawing on those defined constructs, it populates a series of exemplar items designed for illustrative purposes.
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- Authors: Selipsky, Lisa
- Date: 2012-02-28
- Subjects: South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence , SANCA , Substance abuse treatment , Substance abuse relapse prevention
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:2091 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/4437
- Description: M.A. , The treatment of substance abuse remains a challenging process with relapse an ever-present risk. For those offering treatment within this field, such as the South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (SANCA), it is of cardinal importance to evaluate the outcomes of their interventions. Currently, there is no quantifiable and standardised method that SANCA can use to establish and assess how the actual outcomes of their programmes compare to their intended programme goals. Kranz and O’Hare (2006) argue for the evaluation of substance abuse treatment programmes through the use of scales to quantify various aspects of the treatment process which can then serve as a measure of its effectiveness. Effectiveness in this instance refers broadly to a patient’s maintenance of his/her sobriety for a period of 12 months or more, combined with an increase in his/her general functioning. Therefore, this study aims to demonstrate the technically complex process of developing a content valid framework for a scale on behalf of SANCA that adheres to their requirements for programme evaluation. The study is guided by an adapted model of ecometric scale development presented schematically by Faul and Hudson (1999). Through the use of a grounded theory approach, the study shows how to identify the expectations for a scale in the organisation and organise SANCA’s treatment strategy into a framework within which the areas of measurement can be placed. The study then demonstrates the construction of operational assessment areas through empirical data collection that adequately reflects such expectations. It also serves to test for content validity of the assessment areas, through the application of domain sampling theory. The study reveals the process undertaken to convert those assessment areas into constructs by conceptualising and operationalising them into working definitions. Lastly, drawing on those defined constructs, it populates a series of exemplar items designed for illustrative purposes.
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The implementation of the white paper for social welfare in the NGO sector
- Patel, Leila, Hochfeld, Tessa, Graham, Lauren, Selipsky, Lisa
- Authors: Patel, Leila , Hochfeld, Tessa , Graham, Lauren , Selipsky, Lisa
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: Non-governmental organisations , Social welfare - South Africa
- Type: Report
- Identifier: uj:6608 , ISSN 978-0-86970-664-0 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8272
- Description: South Africa adopted a developmental approach to social welfare in line with the United Nations World Declaration on Social Development in 1995 (United Nations 1996). This African experiment with developmental social welfare is an ambitious one given the country’s complex social, cultural, economic and political history, which has shaped the character of the welfare system. The welfare model inherited from the past was inequitable, discriminatory and relied on inappropriate and unsustainable methods of service delivery. It was ineffective in addressing mass poverty and in meeting the basic needs of the majority of the population (Patel, 2005). Social policy was modelled on Western European institutional or ‘welfare state’ policies for whites and a residual system for Blacks. A new national social welfare consensus was forged in the mid-1990s and the social development perspective to social welfare was adopted and implemented. The new policies brought together the positive strands of social welfare theory and practice locally and globally which were integrated with country specific conditions to produce a South African policy that is unique. The White Paper for Social Welfare set the developmental welfare policy framework and informed the redesign of the system (Department of Welfare and Population Development, 1997). Since the adoption and implementation of the new welfare paradigm, significant changes have been noted in the policy and legislative domain (Patel and Selipsky, forthcoming), in the ending of racial discrimination in access to services and benefits, and in the creation of an integrated social welfare system. Two key programmes, namely social security and welfare services, are mandated by the policy. The social grants system has been widely acclaimed as the country’s most effective poverty reduction programme in comparison with slower progress in the transformation of welfare services from a remedial and social treatment approach to a developmental one. Despite these positive developments, institutional challenges in the administration of social development continue to hamper effective service delivery. The gap between policy goals and aspirations and the actual achievement of tangible changes in the quality of the lives of the majority of South Africans remains a significant challenge. Rising unemployment, food prices and poverty coupled with the escalation of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and increasing levels of violence, crime and xenophobia place additional demands on welfare organisations to deliver services. The human development situation of the population as a whole is also impacted by the global economic and national down turn in the economy and by how current political changes in the society are managed.
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- Authors: Patel, Leila , Hochfeld, Tessa , Graham, Lauren , Selipsky, Lisa
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: Non-governmental organisations , Social welfare - South Africa
- Type: Report
- Identifier: uj:6608 , ISSN 978-0-86970-664-0 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8272
- Description: South Africa adopted a developmental approach to social welfare in line with the United Nations World Declaration on Social Development in 1995 (United Nations 1996). This African experiment with developmental social welfare is an ambitious one given the country’s complex social, cultural, economic and political history, which has shaped the character of the welfare system. The welfare model inherited from the past was inequitable, discriminatory and relied on inappropriate and unsustainable methods of service delivery. It was ineffective in addressing mass poverty and in meeting the basic needs of the majority of the population (Patel, 2005). Social policy was modelled on Western European institutional or ‘welfare state’ policies for whites and a residual system for Blacks. A new national social welfare consensus was forged in the mid-1990s and the social development perspective to social welfare was adopted and implemented. The new policies brought together the positive strands of social welfare theory and practice locally and globally which were integrated with country specific conditions to produce a South African policy that is unique. The White Paper for Social Welfare set the developmental welfare policy framework and informed the redesign of the system (Department of Welfare and Population Development, 1997). Since the adoption and implementation of the new welfare paradigm, significant changes have been noted in the policy and legislative domain (Patel and Selipsky, forthcoming), in the ending of racial discrimination in access to services and benefits, and in the creation of an integrated social welfare system. Two key programmes, namely social security and welfare services, are mandated by the policy. The social grants system has been widely acclaimed as the country’s most effective poverty reduction programme in comparison with slower progress in the transformation of welfare services from a remedial and social treatment approach to a developmental one. Despite these positive developments, institutional challenges in the administration of social development continue to hamper effective service delivery. The gap between policy goals and aspirations and the actual achievement of tangible changes in the quality of the lives of the majority of South Africans remains a significant challenge. Rising unemployment, food prices and poverty coupled with the escalation of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and increasing levels of violence, crime and xenophobia place additional demands on welfare organisations to deliver services. The human development situation of the population as a whole is also impacted by the global economic and national down turn in the economy and by how current political changes in the society are managed.
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