Abstract
This special issue of Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk appears on the eve of the 34th Congress of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) to be held in Durban, South Africa next month. As the main theme of the Congress is Transcending Global-Local Divides: Challenges for Social Work Education and Practice, this issue is intended to expose our readers to strategic thinking about social welfare issues with articles by some of the conferees as well as prominent researchers and practitioners in South Africa. The special issue introduces researchers’ responses to challenges for social work during a period of socio-economic transformation
Highlights
This special issue of Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk appears on the eve of the 34th Congress of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) to be held in Durban, South Africa month
In setting strategic direction for social welfare, the South African government has adopted a developmental social welfare approach to social service provision. This is in line with the Constitution (Act No 108 of 1996), the Reconstruction and Development Programme (African National Congress, 1994) and the White Paper for Social Welfare (Ministry for Welfare and Population Development, 1997)
This model incorporates community awareness and prevention, early intervention, statutory intervention and alternative care arrangements for those with special needs. The introduction of this model happened at a time when the social development sector was faced with enormous social challenges resulting from structural poverty, unemployment, inequality and other social ills such as HIV and AIDS associated with such phenomena
Summary
This special issue of Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk appears on the eve of the 34th Congress of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) to be held in Durban, South Africa month. As the main theme of the Congress is Transcending Global-Local Divides: Challenges for Social Work Education and Practice, this issue is intended to expose our readers to strategic thinking about social welfare issues with articles by some of the conferees as well as prominent researchers and practitioners in South Africa.
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