The feasibility of intensive family preservation services in South Africa
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Authors
Willson, Stella Ingrid
Issue Date
1998-11
Type
Dissertation
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Keywords
Intensive family preservation , Feasibility , Home based services , Family based prevention , Family based service , Attitude , Children at risk , Out of home placement
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Abstract
Children are being removed unnecessarily from their families and placed into substitute care because service programmes lack resources to keep families intact. There are overseas programmes, which provide home services to families, with children at risk of out of home placement. Although there has been an IFPS project there is no established intensive short-term programme in South Africa that deals with families at the brink of dissolution.The objective of the research is to investigate whether an Intensive Family Preservation Programme is feasible in South Africa. The researcher received training in the United States and met with leaders in the field, to discuss the development and implementation of the programme in South Africa. Surveys obtained the attitudes and opinions of the local social workers and commissioners of Child Welfare in Durban towards the programme. The results from opinion surveys indicate that an Intensive Family Preservation Programme is feasible in South Africa.
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Willson, Stella Ingrid (1998) The feasibility of intensive family preservation services in South Africa, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17863>