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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Community workers"”.
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The role of community workers in promoting service delivery in Nsikazi North, Mpumalanga
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Technology in Public Management at the Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2024.
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Informal and popular education in youth and community work : seeking insights for Australian theory and practice from theories and practices in Germany and Singapore
This thesis is a comparative study of youth and community work in three countries. Using field work in Australia and Singapore, and a study of German literature I examine the way youth and community workers in these three countries theorise about their educational practice. The following questions …
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Practice Bold as Love: ‘Professing’ Community Work
Community work is a values driven occupation committed to social transformation, human rights, equality, anti-discrimination, social and environmental justice through the processes of collective empowerment, and participation (Ledwith 2005; AIEB 2016). The story of community work in Ireland sees a …
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A theory evaluation and programme implementer decision analysis for two therapy-driven programmes operating in the disability and rehabilitation sector
… the Chaeli Campaign (CC), are aligned with the community-based rehabilitation model of service delivery. These programmes are implemented by personnel with a variety of qualifications, including community workers and occupational therapists. Key goals for programmes of this nature are to ensure …
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A survey of community social work agencies in greater Cape Town
A survey of sixteen community social work agencies in Greater Cape Town was conducted from December 1981 to June 1982. Community social work agencies were defined as voluntary associations that currently employed workers to practise the method of community work and whose community work could be …
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A descriptive survey based on the circumstances surrounding orphans in Ulundi Local Municipality
… should have a department that will employ community workers who will organise communities in order to form Non-Profit-Organisations (NPOs) that will focus on a holistic approach in meeting the needs of orphans. This means these NPOs should use programs that will meet the needs of orphans …
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Art therapy in mainstream primary schools in the United Kingdom and the United States of America : identifying connections with the Australian experience
… support and commitment from allied health and community workers as well as teachers and administrators working within a. school structure is also examined. The data analysis and conclusions reflect on the common and recurring themes which arise from the study of programs in the UK and USA. …
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Key worker housing : a demographic analysis of working families in eastern Massachusetts
… specifically, housing advocates worry that key community workers who build and sustain strong communities, like teachers, nurses, firefighters and police officers, cannot live in the communities they serve. This thesis intends to substantiate these claims as they relate to Eastern Massachusetts' …
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Coping with mental illness : a case study in initiating a support group in Mamre
… emerged over the nineteen sessions. Three community workers also joined the group at various stages and became regular participants in the group. The preliminary evaluation of the group revealed that the group is functioning within the working phase of group development, and that the group …
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Local Resources Mobilization Towards Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Tanzania: A Case of Kinondoni Municipality, Dar es Salaam City
… to solid waste management, where local community participation as a key dimension, was confirmed and recommended by the study. To this end, the study provides policy recommendations on five key issues, namely: institutionalising the policy framework for local resources mobilization, …
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Local Resources Mobilization Towards Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Tanzania: A Case of Kinondoni Municipality, Dar es Salaam City
… to solid waste management, where local community participation as a key dimension, was confirmed and recommended by the study. To this end, the study provides policy recommendations on five key issues, namely: institutionalising the policy framework for local resources mobilization, …
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Investigating the effects of employees’ motivation on performance at women and law in Southern Africa - Eswatini
… was 360 employees consisting of 350 temporary community workers and 10 full time employees. Simple random sampling was used to choose a sample of 50 participants. Quantitative data collection was collected through a 5-point Likert scale and qualitative data by interviews. Furthermore, all the …
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Community information and advice services in Aberdeen: a survey of provision and a study of interagency cooperation.
… agencies be formed, to share and disseminate community information. The formation of a law centre is also recommended. At a national level, the study recommends that any provision of a network of support for advice services should pay particular attention to the needs of neighbourhood advice …
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Effectiveness of the Prenatal to Three Parenting Classes: A Program Evaluation
<p>Background. Parenting practices, skills, and community involvement impact the parent/child relationship. Families of low socio-economic levels often lack access to parenting classes that educate parents about parenting skills, practices, and availability of community resources. Parenting classes …
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"Is there a way back to me, for me"? Older men's stories of Life, Loss, Connection and Community Development.
… older men do not connect in any real way with community work, are difficult to engage with, and are at risk of isolation. This narrative inquiry tells the story of six older men (55+) living on the margins of society in a public sheltered housing complex in Dublin and how they talk about their …
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The Social Organization of the Ontario Minimum Wage Campaign
… practices: union renewal and non-unionized workers-rights organizing in Canada and the US; feminist, anti-racist Marxian approaches to class relations as being racialized, gendered and bureaucratic; and, the institutional ethnographic method of inquiry into social reality. My empirical focus …
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A Subdued Palette of Subversion: Artistic Expression, Creativity, and Family Coping Strategies in Soviet Latvia
… of the author's family and immediate Latvian community. The chapter reveals how many Latvians, who cared deeply about their identity and the independence of their country, employed subverting and at times conflicting strategies in order to preserve their cultural identity, and artistic …
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Supporting Breastfeeding Among Women Residing In Homeless Shelters
… of services through surveys of shelter staff, community workers and residents who are breastfeeding. A program will be developed to support breastfeeding and piloted at one volunteer shelter. A needs assessment about breastfeeding support will be conducted by individual and/or small group …
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Contextualizing street homelessness in New Zealand: A case study approach
… Participants were recruited through experienced community workers at the Auckland City Mission. A case-based ethnographic approach was used to engage with participants through volunteer work, direct observations, biographical interviews, photo-production projects, and photo-elicitation …
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Reading In-Between the Lines: Exploring the Experience of Cultivating Cultural Awareness with White Teacher Candidates in a Liberal Arts University in Georgia
… need to work with learners, teachers, parents, community workers, administrators, and policy makers to support and encourage a culturally relevant pedagogy and to create culturally responsive and inspiring learning environments to engage all learners in an increasingly diversified world.</p>
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