Abstract
According to the White Paper for Social Welfare (1997), one of the goals of child and familywelfare services in social work is to maintain and strengthen the functioning of high-riskfamilies in order to enhance their physical, social and emotional development. Familypreservation is a strategy to empower families to enhance the optimal development of childrenand to prevent the statutory removal of children from their families. To avoid this removal thefocus of social workers, when rendering family preservation services, must first be onprevention services, then on early intervention services and last on statutory services in order toimplement a developmental social service policy (Department of Social Development, 2006:20,Ministry for Welfare and Population Development, 1997:62).
Highlights
According to the White Paper for Social Welfare (1997), one of the goals of child and family welfare services in social work is to maintain and strengthen the functioning of high-risk families in order to enhance their physical, social and emotional development
The article will identify the views of social workers on where the emphasis in terms of the different levels of service rendering according to the ISDM (Department of Social Development, 2006:20) was placed in their situation
According to policy documents such as the ISDM (Department of Social Development, 2006:29) and the White Paper for Social Welfare (Ministry of Welfare and Population Development, 1997:62), social work must focus first on preventative services, on early intervention services and last on statutory services in order to implement a developmental policy for the delivery of social work services
Summary
According to the White Paper for Social Welfare (1997), one of the goals of child and family welfare services in social work is to maintain and strengthen the functioning of high-risk families in order to enhance their physical, social and emotional development. Preservation is a strategy to empower families to enhance the optimal development of children and to prevent the statutory removal of children from their families To avoid this removal the focus of social workers, when rendering family preservation services, must first be on prevention services, on early intervention services and last on statutory services in order to implement a developmental social service policy (Department of Social Development, 2006:20, Ministry for Welfare and Population Development, 1997:62). The article will identify the views of social workers on where the emphasis in terms of the different levels of service rendering according to the ISDM (Department of Social Development, 2006:20) was placed in their situation Their perspectives on the structural problems that were experienced during the implementation of family preservation services with a preventative focus are discussed. These aims correspond with the different levels of service rendering according to the ISDM (Department of Social Development, 2006:20)
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