EFFECTS OF FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES ON FAMILY COHESION: VIEWS OF FAMILY HEADS

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https://doi.org/10.15270/59-4-1167

Keywords:

child protection servics, family, family cohesion, family preservation services, social work, family care

Abstract

Family preservation services are considered essential and allow children to be with their families, which by implication, avoids their placement outside family care. This article presents the views of family heads on the effects of family preservation services, such as time spent together and connectedness. The findings of the study emerged from the qualitative approach, which entailed conducting semi-structured interviews with 20 family heads. Adverse circumstances such as travelling distances, lack of communication from professionals and fear of communal judgement faced by families during family preservation services are also addressed. The study nevertheless concludes that family preservation services are a mechanism to rebuild families.

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Zibonele Zimba, University of Johannesburg

University of Johannesburg, Department of Social Work and Community Development, Johannesburg

Pius Tanga, University of Fort Hare

University of Fort Hare, Department of Social Work/Social Development, Alice

Zintle Ntshongwana, University of the Witwatersrand

University of the Witwatersrand, Department of Social Work, Johannesburg

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Published

2023-12-04

How to Cite

Zimba, Z. ., Tanga, P. ., & Ntshongwana, Z. . (2023). EFFECTS OF FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES ON FAMILY COHESION: VIEWS OF FAMILY HEADS. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 59(4), 260–281. https://doi.org/10.15270/59-4-1167

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Vol. 59 No. 4 (2023)

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