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Submission Number: 203
Submission ID: 1324
Submission UUID: 04f31608-9f8b-41e6-b610-596ebe92ea87
Submission URI: /2025/abstracts
Created: Fri, 06/27/2025 - 07:56
Completed: Fri, 06/27/2025 - 09:57
Changed: Fri, 08/01/2025 - 09:59
Remote IP address: 164.151.196.130
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
| Title | Mr. |
|---|---|
| Lastname | Mzimela |
| Firstname | Patrick mzokhona |
| mzomzimzimela@gmail.com | |
| Mobile | 0335011620 |
| Institution | Greenfields cycc |
| Biosketch | Mr. Mzimela has dedicated over 20 years of his professional, career to child and youth care work, serving as a Child & Youth Care Supervisor at DSD KZN in the Greenfields CYCC. His extensive experience in this fields underscores his commitment to the well-being and development of children and youth. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Child & Youth Development from Durban University of Technology, equipping him with foundational knowledge and practical skills in supporting young people. Furthering his expertise Mr. Mzimela earned a Master's Degree in Child Care and Protection from the University of KwaZulu/ Natal. |
| Is there a Second Presenter? | No |
| Title of Presentatation | CHILD AND YOUTH CARE WORKERS’ SUPPORT OF GRANDPARENTS RAISING ORPHANED GRANDCHILDREN |
| Theme Selection | THEME 1: Green Social Work and Climate Resilience: Supporting Vulnerable Communities in the Face of Environmental Crises |
| Subtheme ONE Selection | SUB 1.3 How social workers support resilience, adaptation, and recovery in affected communities. |
| Select your Presentation Type | Oral Presentation |
| Abstract | An increasing number of grandparents in South Africa are raising their orphaned grandchildren. Many, particularly those that live in rural areas, lack the resources required to care for both their grandchildren and themselves. While support is available at various ecological levels, this is often inadequate, especially in rural communities. In the South African context, the emerging profession of child and youth care work can close the gaps in caregiving, and child and youth care workers (CYCWs) can offer extensive support to grandparents. The main aim of the study was thus to examine how CYCWs in rural communities, support grandparents who raise orphaned grandchildren This was a desktop based study that employed primary and secondary sources (international and domestic laws, court judgments, and research in the social sciences and law). A number of challenges faced by grandparents who are raising orphaned children and discussed the provision of social services by CYCWs who work with vulnerable families. These challenges are financial constraints; their own and their grandchildren’s health problems; mental stress; social isolation; family issues; housing issues, legal challenges and educational concerns. While international and domestic law requires the state to provide social services to the elderly, when older persons take on a caring role for orphaned grandchildren, a greater duty rests on the state to step up. The services currently provided to the elderly by social workers in South Africa are inadequate for this task. The statutory regulation of CYCWs and the role they play in children’s lives, which could be extended to grandparent caregivers with further training. “Child and Youth Care Practice is based on helping people live their life differently as they are living it. The primary task of CYCWs is to work in the life space of the child, considering his or her developmental requirements, and how that relates to his or her family and caregivers. |
| Title | Ms |
| Firstname | SELLOANE |
| Lastname | PHOOFOLO |
| Does the Abstract fit the selected Theme? | Yes |
| What Area does this Abstract Focus on? | Practice |
| Status | Accepted |
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| Status | Pending Review |