AN INTERGENERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS IN MULTI-PROBLEM POOR FAMILES LIVING IN CAPE TOWN
At the time of the research the first author was employed as a social worker at a welfare organisation in the Cape Peninsula with a case load of over 300 clients. About 30 of these cases were multi-problem families who had been receiving social work services over at least three generations. The conc...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Afrikaans |
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Stellenbosch University
2013-05-01
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Series: | Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk |
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Online Access: | http://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/49 |
Summary: | At the time of the research the first author was employed as a social worker at a welfare organisation in the Cape Peninsula with a case load of over 300 clients. About 30 of these cases were multi-problem families who had been receiving social work services over at least three generations. The concern was that these multi-problem poor families seemed to be immobilised and found it difficult to break out of the cycle of poverty and welfare dependency |
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ISSN: | 0037-8054 2312-7198 |