Research
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The Department has six research focus areas:
- Social development
- Child and family welfare
- Mental health and substance misuse
- Management, supervision and leadership
- Teaching and learning
- Cultural practices
These research focus areas are underpinned by various context-related, cross-field research areas.
Each permanent staff member of the Department specialises in one or more of the Department's research focus areas.
RESEARCH FOCUS AREAS
| ? ??????? ?? ? ? ? ? | 1 Social development | 2 Child and family welfare | 3 Mental health and substance misuse | 4 Management, supervision and leadership | 5 Teaching and learning | 6 Cultural practices | |
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| ???????? ? ? ? ? ?? Cross-field research? areas ?? |
Contexts: global; continental; local; urban; rural ? ? ? ? ? | ||||||
Service providers: national government; provincial government; local government; NGOs; CBOs; FBOs; private entities ? ? ? ? ? | |||||||
? Service users: governments; organisations; institutions; managers; supervisors; supervisees; educators; learners; communities; families; groups; individuals – children, youth, women/men, older persons, disabled people, mentally and physically ill, HIV & AIDS effected and affected. ? ? ? ? ? | |||||||
Legislation: laws; statutory documents; treaties; policies applicable to social work ? ? ? ? ? | |||||||
Theories, models and perspectives: applicable to social work ? ? ? ? ? | |||||||
Core values and principles: applicable to social work ? ? ? ? ? | |||||||
Methods: individual; group; community; policy level; applicable to teaching and learning ? ? ? ? ? | |||||||
Processes: applicable to social work intervention; management; supervision; policy formation; teaching and learning ? ? ? ? ? | |||||||
Intervention: promotion; protection; probation; rehabilitation; continuing care ? ? ? ? ? | |||||||
Levels: prevention; early intervention; statutory; residential; reconstruction, after care; alternative care; mandatory; voluntary ? ? ? ? ? | |||||||
Social problems/issues and challenges: engagement with people; structures; recourses and organisations to address life challenges and to enhance wellbeing and optimal functioning | |||||||
