Abstract

In this issue two articles address the need for sustainability in organisations and in a child welfare workforce, and two look at challenges related to the working conditions of social workers and to continuous professional development. Four articles focus on issues in child and family welfare such as family preservation, parenting skills, needs and circumstances of adolescent orphans in foster care, and adolescent girls who present with suicidal behaviour.

Highlights

  • Nyandeni and Ross explore how values and principles, as well as human resources and funding strategies underpinning service delivery in the Johannesburg Jewish Helping Hand Society, might have contributed to the sustainability of the organisation during a time of reduced funding

  • In this issue two articles address the need for sustainability in organisations and in a child welfare workforce, and two look at challenges related to the working conditions of social workers and to continuous professional development

  • Four articles focus on issues in child and family welfare such as family preservation, parenting skills, needs and circumstances of adolescent orphans in foster care, and adolescent girls who present with suicidal behaviour

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Introduction

Nyandeni and Ross explore how values and principles, as well as human resources and funding strategies underpinning service delivery in the Johannesburg Jewish Helping Hand Society, might have contributed to the sustainability of the organisation during a time of reduced funding. In this issue two articles address the need for sustainability in organisations and in a child welfare workforce, and two look at challenges related to the working conditions of social workers and to continuous professional development. Four articles focus on issues in child and family welfare such as family preservation, parenting skills, needs and circumstances of adolescent orphans in foster care, and adolescent girls who present with suicidal behaviour.

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