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Submission Number: 130
Submission ID: 178
Submission UUID: 58da9dcb-23db-4095-90b9-3d3f5bebf8ef
Submission URI: /2023/abstracts
Created: Fri, 07/14/2023 - 09:36
Completed: Fri, 07/14/2023 - 09:44
Changed: Wed, 08/16/2023 - 14:00
Remote IP address: 102.182.104.27
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
Presenters
Dr.
Moganedi
Matshemo
University of Zululand
Dr Matshemo Joyce Moganedi was born in Limpopo and advanced herself to Gauteng Province. She is a professional social worker, graduated in 2001 from UNISA. She proceeded to her Masters in HIV and AIDS, in the same Institution. She further did her PhD with the University of Limpopo in 2021. Her experiences are Occupational Social work, Policy Development, implementation, and evaluation. Her areas of interest are gender-based violence, victim empowerment, Skills development programme, teenage pregnancy, sheltering services, and male victims. Her passion has been Academia and she has joined the University of Zululand in 2022, KwaZulu-Natal Province as a Lecturer in Social Work Department.
Yes
Ms.
Simelane
Smangele
University of Zululand
Mrs Smangele Nomkhosi Simelane was born in KwaZulu Natal and worked in different organizations in both private and public sector. She is an Employee Health and Wellbeing Specialist at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU). Her qualifications are Honors Degree in Social Work (UNIZULU), master’s degree in social work from the University of Pretoria in 2007, Post Graduate Diploma in Public Admin and HR from UKZN in 1999 and Advance Programme in Organizational Development from UNISA in 2017 and currently a PhD candidate in Social Work from the University of Zululand. She is a seasoned Employee Wellbeing Specialist with 23 years of experience in the industry from stakeholders’ management, design, implement and monitoring employee wellbeing programmes. She is passionate about integrating employee wellbeing into the organizational culture through aligning it with identified risks of the organization. Her special interest is bereavement, addictions, mental wellbeing, and integration of employee wellbeing solutions.
No
Abstract
Mental wellbeing and multiple bereavements: The experiences of social workers working in Employee Assistance Programme.
THEME 1: Promoting stakeholder partnerships that protect, support and enhance resilience during adverse events and trauma
SUB 1.1The role of psychosocial services during adverse events and resultant trauma from a Human rights perspective
Oral Presentation
Social Workers who work in Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) are members of the Employee Assistance Professionals Association of South Africa (EAPA-SA). They address a range of issues, such as work-life balance, mental health, and addiction in the workplace. While dealing with some of these issues, social workers in EAP had to deal with multiple bereavements caused by COVID-19 pandemic including their own bereavements. This qualitative study seeks to explore the mental wellbeing experiences of social workers in dealing with multiple bereavements. Purposive sampling will be used to sample the participants and semi-structured interviews will be employed for data collection. Thematic Analysis will be used for data analysis. It is evident that COVID-19 has left social workers to deal with complicated grief and mental wellbeing challenges. This study will assist with the development of a strategy on how to care for the caregivers which may be used for future handling of pandemics.
Reviewer ONE Feedback
Dr
Nkosiyazi
Dube
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
Reviewer TWO Feedback
Dr
Peggie
Chiwara
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
