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Submission Number: 94
Submission ID: 126
Submission UUID: 016c91a6-7430-462c-9657-0c93be7ce0fa
Submission URI: /2023/abstracts
Created: Wed, 07/05/2023 - 12:28
Completed: Wed, 07/05/2023 - 12:41
Changed: Fri, 08/11/2023 - 04:28
Remote IP address: 169.1.120.47
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
| Title | Dr. |
|---|---|
| Lastname | Naicker |
| Firstname | Pat |
| [email protected] | |
| Mobile | 0824955455 |
| Institution | SASSA |
| Biosketch | Dr Pat Naicker is the General Manager: Monitoring And Evaluation at the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA). She completed her PhD at UNISA in 2022 with the title FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES OF SOCIAL WORKERS RENDERING FOSTER CARE SERVICES: A DECISION-MAKING MATRIX AS A GUIDELINE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS. |
| Is there a Second Presenter? | Yes |
| Title | Prof. |
| Lastname | Botha |
| Firstname | Petro |
| [email protected] | |
| Mobile | 0825547761 |
| Institution | UNISA |
| Biosketch | Prof Petro Botha is a professor at the Department of Social Work at UNISA. She was the supervisor for Dr Naicker's PhD titled: FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES OF SOCIAL WORKERS RENDERING FOSTER CARE SERVICES: A DECISION-MAKING MATRIX AS A GUIDELINE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS. |
| Is there a Third Presenter? | No |
| Title of Presentatation | Factors influencing the decision-making processes of social workers rendering foster care services |
| Theme Selection | THEME 4: Quality management and enhancement of social services |
| Subtheme FOUR Selection | SUB 4.2 Building professional capacity in social service professions through supervision, support, and development |
| Select your Presentation Type | Oral Presentation |
| Abstract | This paper examines the factors that influence the decision-making processes of social workers providing foster care services, with a focus on quality management and enhanced social services. Evidence shows that social workers adopt a mixed approach, leaning strongly toward intuition in decision-making. The study on which this paper is based is qualitative namely a case study design, informed by the explorative, descriptive and contextual designs. The populations of the study were social workers rendering foster care services in government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and their supervisors. Triangulation of data collection methods were utilised, namely, case file analysis and semi-structured interviews with social workers and supervisors. This paper aims to shed light on the decision-making processes of social workers in all phases of rendering foster care services, contributing to the improvement of services and outcomes in this critical domain. |
| Title | Dr |
| Firstname | Thabisa |
| Lastname | Matsea |
| Does the Abstract fit the selected Theme? | Yes |
| What Area does this Abstract Focus on? | Empirical Research |
| Status | Accepted |
| Title | Dr |
| Firstname | Varoshini |
| Lastname | Nadesan |
| Does the Abstract fit the selected Theme? | Yes |
| What Area does this Abstract Focus on? | Empirical Research |
| Status | Accepted |
