Unisa has committed to helping students who have outstanding modules in its phased-out Bachelor of Social Work program, while activists highlight the increasing need for social workers.
Unisa has committed to assisting students with outstanding modules in its phased-out Bachelor of Social Work while activists warn of a greater need for social workers .
ACVV child protection national manager Nicolette van der Walt said there is a dire need for social workers in child protection. These are against the backdrop of rapid national, regional and global transitions of an increasingly integrated global order, which affect the lives and livelihoods of people in profound ways.
Notwithstanding this, the qualification must demonstrate an appropriate balance between theory and practice, with suitable alignment from the first to the final year of study, it says.Parliament’s portfolio committee on social development discussed a petition on 1 November 2023 from the unemployed social workers, which
For 2024/5, the report states that 5,290 more workers are required at an estimated R1.5-billion towards the 2030 target.In that statement, Minister Lindiwe Zulu wished social workers a “Happy Social Workers Day”.“In response to this, Cabinet approved the Sector Strategy for the Employment of Social Service Practitioners,” it reads.
They also provided counselling, advocacy and help in accessing resources such as healthcare, housing and education. In her experience, child protection was the most challenging field of social work. But, the profession was also one of the most rewarding. These, she said, included that most students paid for their own studies, some are single mothers, and others had to take out loans, including herself.
The CHE’s chief executive, Dr Whitfield Green, said the letter submitted by the student covered a range of areas, some of which were outside the mandate of the CHE. “Further to this, the university implemented the following additional measures to ensure that students remained up to date with the message and related support offered by the university.”
Unisa said extensions of the teach-out plan were motivated and supported at various teaching and learning committees within the university in order to accommodate students who have outstanding modules to complete.Based on information brought to the attention of the university by some of the stakeholders as well as its own assessment, Unisa said it arrived at the view that there are still students who have outstanding ancillary and major modules to complete the phased-out programme.
“The request will form part of the university’s response to a letter received from the CHE on 22 February 2024 requesting Unisa to advise how it intends addressing the issues raised by the affected students who are keen to complete the old BSW. The university’s response in this regard is due by 22 March 2024.”
The university added: “Once we have concluded these engagements, we will communicate with all affected stakeholders, the students included, utilising the existing channels of communication to students.”contacted other universities to find out whether they offered BSW and about the implications of the review.
“I cannot say with certainty what this is about but anecdotally more students want to do social work because of South Africa’s increasing psychosocial challenges. Our students report deep feelings of concern about where our society is at and every student says they would like to make a difference and contribute to the healing of our country,” Williams said.
“The CHE requested that all programmes be aligned with the Qualification Standard for the BSW issued by the CHE. Amendments were made to the programme as part of the general programme review and renewal process, encouraged by the CHE and supported by SU to constantly identify areas where the programmes can be improved.”
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