FOCUS AREAS AND FIELDS OF
SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
NAME AND SURNAME:
STUDENT NUMBER:
CONTACT DETAILS:
MODULE: BSW2602
LECTURE: DR SL DHLUDHLU
ASSIGNMENT CODE: 660344
SEMESTER 1
SUBMISSION DATE: 19 APRIL 2024
,Table of Contents
Page Number
Question 1
1.1 Target groups identified as vulnerable groups in the “White Paper for Social Welfare” (1997) and the
“Framework for Social Welfare Services” (2013). 5
1.2 Basic rights of children as stipulated in section 28(1) of the Constitution of South Africa (1996) 5
1.3 Levels of intervention as identified by the South African government. 6
1.4 Definitions: 7
1.4.1 Social welfare
1.4.2 Social Development
1.4.3 Policy
1.4.4 Physical abuse
1.4.5 Sexual abuse
1.5 The five themes of the developmental approach, according to Patel (2015) 7-8
1.6 Ten different forms of family and family structurers in the South African context. 9-11
Question 2
2.1 Sections and subsections of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 and the Constitution of the Republic of
South Africa. 12
2.2 The different identities of the LGBTIAQ community definitions: 13
2.2.1 Lesbian
2.2.2 Gay
2.2.3 Bisexual
2.2.4 Transgender
, 2.2.5 Intersex
2.3 The acts or Legislations that a social worker should understand. 13
2.4 Seven family life cycles and the developmental task of each stage, as adapted from Kunz (2013).
13-15
Bibliography 16
SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
NAME AND SURNAME:
STUDENT NUMBER:
CONTACT DETAILS:
MODULE: BSW2602
LECTURE: DR SL DHLUDHLU
ASSIGNMENT CODE: 660344
SEMESTER 1
SUBMISSION DATE: 19 APRIL 2024
,Table of Contents
Page Number
Question 1
1.1 Target groups identified as vulnerable groups in the “White Paper for Social Welfare” (1997) and the
“Framework for Social Welfare Services” (2013). 5
1.2 Basic rights of children as stipulated in section 28(1) of the Constitution of South Africa (1996) 5
1.3 Levels of intervention as identified by the South African government. 6
1.4 Definitions: 7
1.4.1 Social welfare
1.4.2 Social Development
1.4.3 Policy
1.4.4 Physical abuse
1.4.5 Sexual abuse
1.5 The five themes of the developmental approach, according to Patel (2015) 7-8
1.6 Ten different forms of family and family structurers in the South African context. 9-11
Question 2
2.1 Sections and subsections of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 and the Constitution of the Republic of
South Africa. 12
2.2 The different identities of the LGBTIAQ community definitions: 13
2.2.1 Lesbian
2.2.2 Gay
2.2.3 Bisexual
2.2.4 Transgender
, 2.2.5 Intersex
2.3 The acts or Legislations that a social worker should understand. 13
2.4 Seven family life cycles and the developmental task of each stage, as adapted from Kunz (2013).
13-15
Bibliography 16
