STATUTORY SOCIAL SERVICES: AN INTEGRAL PART OF DEVELOPMENTAL SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICE DELIVERY1

Authors

  • Antoinette Lombard Department of Social Work and Criminology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
  • Willemien Kleijn Department of Social Work and Criminology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15270/42-3-295

Abstract

The adoption of a developmental approach to social welfare in South Africa in 1997 earmarked a
commitment by the South African government and the social welfare sector to transform social
welfare services within the context of the broader transformation agenda of South African society.

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Lombard, A., & Kleijn, W. (2014). STATUTORY SOCIAL SERVICES: AN INTEGRAL PART OF DEVELOPMENTAL SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICE DELIVERY1. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 42(3). https://doi.org/10.15270/42-3-295

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