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Submission Number: 45
Submission ID: 45
Submission UUID: e11b57ca-4e52-4f75-bb87-eaa990d70eaf
Submission URI: /2023/abstracts
Created: Sat, 05/20/2023 - 16:10
Completed: Sat, 05/20/2023 - 16:24
Changed: Tue, 08/01/2023 - 20:04
Remote IP address: 105.186.163.188
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
Presenters
Dr.
Bredell
Sandra
Hugenote Kollege
Dr Sandra Bredell is a lecturer at Hugenote Kollege, Wellington. Her PhD research focussed on social work as a profession in the South African context, the subjective wellbeing and work-life balance of social workers. She co-presented a paper at the ASASWEI conference and presented a paper at the SWESD conference in 2022. She co-authored a chapter on "Fieldwork practice for social work students during COVID-19 pandemic" in "Resilience in a VUCA world: Reflections on teaching, learning and health in turbulent times."(2022)
Yes
Prof.
Engelbrecht
Lambert
Stellenbosch University
Prof Lambert K Engelbrecht is the Editor in Chief of the Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk journal. He publishes widely on topics related to social work, social development, management, supervision, and the impact of a neoliberal discourse on social welfare in both a global and South African context. He is a B-rated researcher by the NRF, editor of “Management and supervision of social workers: Issues and challenges within a social development paradigm” (2014; 2019), and co-editor of “The Routledge international handbook of social work supervision” (2021).
No
Abstract
A WORK-LIFE PERSPECTIVE ON THE SUBJECTIVE WELLBEING OF SOCIAL WORKERS
THEME 4: Quality management and enhancement of social services
SUB 4.6 Supporting the mental wellbeing of social service professionals working with adversity under adverse conditions
Oral Presentation
During the COVID-19 pandemic an array of situations needed the attention of frontline social workers, who already faced high caseloads and who were expected to push aside their own families’ challenges to render services in often unsafe environments in uncertain times. This paper reports on a study, which seeks to gain an understanding of the subjective wellbeing of social workers from a work-life perspective. In this qualitative study, a semi-structured interview schedule was used to interview 11 frontline social workers and 12 supervisors. Key findings suggest that participants felt stressed and overworked and they do not receive adequate supervisory support, other than related to work issues, and they admitted to struggling with work-life balance. Recommendations focussed on a connection between the subjective wellbeing of social workers in both their work and life domains within eight dimensions of wellness, namely emotional, financial, social, spiritual, occupational, physical, intellectual and environmental dimensions.
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Reviewer ONE Feedback
Dr
Ntandoyenkosi
Maphosa
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
Reviewer TWO Feedback
Prof
Veonna
Goliath
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
