Social Policy Training and Social Work: The South African Context

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Title:	Social Policy Training and Social Work: The South African Context
Authors:	Sewpaul, Visanthie Lombard, Antoinette Louw, Lionel Noyoo, N.
Year:	1999
Periodical:	Journal of Social Development in Africa (ISSN 1012-1080)
Volume:	14
Issue:	1
Pages:	5-18
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:	South Africa Southern Africa
Subjects:	social policy social work education Labor and Employment Law, Human Rights and Violence Education and Oral Traditions sociology Training social work curriculum Educational institutions
Abstract:	The major historical shifts that have occurred in South Africa, the radical transformation of the South African welfare sector, and the strategic positions that social workers are in to inform the policymaking process and to act as policy analysts, means that South African schools and departments of social work have to accord social policy prominence in the curriculum. As described in the article, social policy is regarded with varying emphases by different schools/departments across the country. The general trend is that social policy is being increasingly seen as an area that warrants special consideration in social work curricula. Bibliogr., sum.