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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

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Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
Title Dr.
Lastname Moganedi
Firstname Matshemo
eMail [email protected]
Mobile +27 (035) 902 6578
Institution University of Zululand
Biosketch 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.
Is there a Second Presenter? Yes
Title Ms.
Lastname Simelane
Firstname Smangele
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Mobile +27 (035) 902 6578
Institution University of Zululand
Biosketch 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.
Is there a Third Presenter? No
Title of Presentatation Mental wellbeing and multiple bereavements: The experiences of social workers working in Employee Assistance Programme.
Theme Selection THEME 1: Promoting stakeholder partnerships that protect, support and enhance resilience during adverse events and trauma
Subtheme ONE Selection SUB 1.1The role of psychosocial services during adverse events and resultant trauma from a Human rights perspective
Select your Presentation Type Oral Presentation
Abstract 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.
Title Dr
Firstname Nkosiyazi
Lastname Dube
Does the Abstract fit the selected Theme? Yes
What Area does this Abstract Focus on? Empirical Research
Status Accepted
Title Dr
Firstname Peggie
Lastname Chiwara
Does the Abstract fit the selected Theme? Yes
What Area does this Abstract Focus on? Empirical Research
Status Accepted
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