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Submission Number: 108
Submission ID: 904
Submission UUID: 2c7c9302-170e-43a9-960b-f42cc1cc8212
Submission URI: /2025/abstracts
Created: Wed, 04/30/2025 - 09:28
Completed: Wed, 04/30/2025 - 10:07
Changed: Tue, 05/06/2025 - 10:16
Remote IP address: 196.252.26.28
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
| Title | Dr. |
|---|---|
| Lastname | Manthosi |
| Firstname | Frans |
| Frans.Manthosi@nwu.ac.za | |
| Mobile | 0618922490 |
| Institution | North west university |
| Biosketch | Dr. Frans Lesetja Manthosi is a lecturer in Social Work at North-West University, Potchefstroom. His research focuses on foster care screening, child protection, and social work supervision. He holds a PhD in Social Work and has published in nationally accredited journals. A former German research fellow, he maintains an active international network. Dr. Manthosi developed a foster care model during his doctoral studies, which he seeks to apply in community engagement. His work aims to inform policy and practice, with a strong commitment to research that supports vulnerable children and strengthens professional social work practice. |
| Is there a Second Presenter? | No |
| Title of Presentatation | Towards development of guidelines for pre-service training of prospective foster parents: A scoping review |
| Theme Selection | THEME 2: Social Work and the Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
| Subtheme TWO Selection | SUB 2.3 Work with special and vulnerable populations (children, families, women, older persons, LGBTQIA+ etc). |
| Select your Presentation Type | Oral Presentation |
| Abstract | Pre-service training is mandatory in foster care services to ensure that the purpose of foster care is achieved. The aim of this scoping review was to establish what the existing guidelines are for pre-service training of prospective foster parents. The six steps of Arksey and O'Malley's framework were used. Thirteen databases were searched; of the 19 studies that met the sampling criteria, six were included in this scoping review. The sample criteria were English, full text, peer reviewed, open access studies conducted between 2017 and 2021 on guidelines for pre-service training of prospective foster parents. Data was analysed thematically. This study revealed that three pre-service training programmes are widely used in the USA, mostly delivered through in-person individual sessions, in-person group sessions or online, or a combination of all three, and all in-person sessions involved roleplays. There is a dearth of peer-reviewed research on pre-service training, which is mainly found in published dissertations and theses or unpublished reports. Therefore, further research is needed on this topic. The study contributes to SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) and SDG 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions) by addressing the quality and preparedness of foster prospective foster parents, which is essential for the well-being and protection of vulnerable children. Ensuring that foster parents receive appropriate pre-service training strengthens foster care system and safeguards children's rights |
| Title | Dr |
| Firstname | Emmi |
| Lastname | Muleya |
| Does the Abstract fit the selected Theme? | Yes |
| What Area does this Abstract Focus on? | Empirical Research |
| Status | Accepted |
| Title | Prof |
| Firstname | Ulene |
| Lastname | Schiller |
| Does the Abstract fit the selected Theme? | Yes |
| What Area does this Abstract Focus on? | Empirical Research |
| Status | Accepted |