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The influence of teenage pregnancy on education: perceptions of educators at a secondary school in Tembisa, Gauteng	4376	109	31	4516
A critical review of resilience theory and its relevance for social work	3917	404	7	4328
Factors contributing to divorce among young couples in Lebowakgomo	1491	67	8	1566
Relationship building during the initial phase of social work intervention with child clients in a rural area	1352	111	1	1464
Challenges facing ex-offenders when reintegrating into mainstream society in Gauteng, South Africa	1230	89	5	1324
Factors enabling and hampering social welfare services rendered to street children in Pretoria: Perspectives of service providers	1246	29	0	1275
Developing the notion of Ubuntu as African theory for social work practice	1176	81	4	1261
African spirituality: unearthing beliefs and practices for the helping professions	965	31	6	1002
The impact of youth gang violence on the educational attainment of male high school learners in Khayelitsha	861	96	5	962
Youths in gangs on the Cape Flats: if not in gangs, then what?	643	89	1	733
The role of stokvels in improving people's lives: The case in orange farm, Johannesburg, South Africa	790	31	7	828
The challenges experienced by Zimbabwean social workers practising in Gauteng townships	801	23	2	826
Factors that affect social workers' job satisfaction, stress and burnout	722	45	0	767
Parental responsibilities and rights of unmarried fathers: court decisions and implications for social workers	701	44	15	760
The fourfold neoliberal impact on social work and why this matters in times of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond	583	59	3	645
Teenagers' sexual activities on school grounds: a need for social work support	594	2	1	597
Reflections of social workers on the experiences of pregnant teenagers during group work sessions	573	18	1	592
Employee assistance programmes and occupational social work: interrelated with distinct features	524	21	1	546
The perspectives of South African legal professionals on restorative justice: an explorative qualitative study	463	40	2	505
A theory-based school violence prevention programme for high school learners in the Tshwane South District, Gauteng Province, South Africa	445	22	3	470
Japanese mental health care in historical context: why did Japan become a country with so many psychiatric care beds?	418	30	2	450
Working on trauma - a systematic review of TF-CBT work with child survivors of sexual abuse	366	60	3	429
Field instruction: is the heart of social work education still beating in the Eastern Cape?	399	10	1	410
The current landscape of child protection services in South Africa: a systematic review	373	29	5	407
The legal and ethical obligations of school social workers	352	43	5	400
Fostering Awareness of Self in the Education of Social Work Students by Means of Critical Reflectivity	347	49	3	399
Intervention strategies used by social workers in emergency child protection	336	58	2	396
Challenges faced by social workers working in child protection services in implementing the Children's Act 38 of 2005	354	29	1	384
Some challenges in policing domestic violence	342	22	6	370
Social work students' experience and management of countertransference	332	34	0	366
The role of social workers in curbing girl marriages: a FAMSA case study	220	2	0	222
Historiography of South African social work: Challenging dominant discourses	304	25	0	329
Intervention strategies used to address alcohol abuse in the North West province, South Africa	305	20	2	327
Global agenda for social work and social development: A path toward sustainable social work	303	21	1	325
Substance abuse, dependence and the workplace: A literature overview	244	74	0	318
The effects of family conflict on the psychological needs and externalising behaviour of preadolescents	305	12	1	318
Let's talk about divorce - men's experiences, challenges, coping resources and suggestions for social work support	278	36	3	317
The use and value of a child assessment tool (CAT) in social work child assessments	301	16	0	317
Factors that could Contribute to Substance Misuse and Criminal Activity Amongst Adolescents: An Ecological Perspective	172	113	11	296
Towards the creation of a developmental welfare state in Zimbabwe: an inside perspective on the Department of Social Development	272	14	6	292
Factors contributing to elder abuse and neglect in the informal caregiving setting	232	48	0	280
Social work forensic reports in South African criminal courts: Inevitability in the quest for justice	219	42	0	261
Challenges faced by parents raising adolescents abusing substances: parents' voices	237	14	1	252
Fathers' experience and perceptions of parent alienation in high-conflict divorce	190	56	5	251
Parents and adolescents in the post-divorce period: the effects on adolescent psychosocial development	207	35	4	246
Barriers affecting effective monitoring and evaluation of poverty alleviation projects within Waterberg district	217	24	2	243
The dilemma faced by Npos in retaining social workers: a call to revisit the retention strategy	143	92	7	242
Challenges faced by social workers in rendering services to nyaope substance users	229	13	0	242
The foundations and nature of South African school social work: an overview	150	20	0	170
Police social work in South Africa	226	12	1	239
Child abandonment and protection of abandoned children in Lesotho: Prevention strategies	227	9	1	237
Relational aspects of family functioning and family satisfaction with a sample of families in the Western Cape	212	16	2	230
Exploring the barriers that prevent practitioners from implementing motivational interviewing in their work with clients	214	11	5	230
Violation of human rights of older persons in South Africa. The case of Lavela Old Age Centre, Ntselamanzi, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa	200	19	2	221
"A license to leave South Africa": a qualitative study of South African parents' narratives of their children's reasons for emigration	122	5	4	131
Challenges faced by professionals working in child sexual abuse multi-sectorial forums: a case of the victim-friendly system in Zimbabwe	188	27	1	216
The role of mindfulness in the relationship between life satisfaction and spiritual wellbeing amongst the elderly	195	19	1	215
The utilisation of the child support grant by caregivers: the case of Ba-Phalaborwa municipality in Limpopo Province	202	11	2	215
Homeless in observatory, Cape Town through the lens of Max-Neef's fundamental human needs taxonomy	190	19	5	214
Adolescents' lived experiences of their pregnancy and parenting in a semi-rural community in the Western Cape	190	20	1	211
A conceptual analysis of the label "street children": Challenges for the helping professions	148	60	0	208
"Not all men are fathers": Experiences of African women from families with absent fathers	179	24	1	204
The perceptions of childless women on surrogacy as an Assisted Reproductive Technique (ART) in Lebowakgomo, Capricorn district, Limpopo Province	161	4	1	166
Homelessness and mental illness in Hillbrow, South Africa: A situation analysis	161	24	7	192
The Life Esidimeni crisis: why a neoliberal agenda leaves no room for the mentally ill	173	14	1	188
Social work 4.0? The Fourth Industrial Revolution and social work education: a South African perspective	167	21	0	188
Challenges of statutory social workers in linking foster care services with socio-economic development programmes	147	34	4	185
Caregiver burden as depicted by family caregivers of persons with physical disabilities	160	12	2	174
Experiences and challenges related to residential care and the expression of cultural identity of adolescent boys at a Child and Youth Care Centre (CYCC) in Johannesburg	148	24	1	173
Stakeholder engagement: asset-based community-led development (ABCD) versus the traditional needs-based approach to community development	146	19	7	172
Transforming social work: contextualised social work education in South Africa	152	15	5	172
Challenges for rehabilitation of sentenced offenders within the framework of unit management in the Department of Correctional Services: Bethal Management Area	150	12	4	166
Risk factors for relapse among young African adults following in-patient treatment for drug abuse in the Gauteng Province	140	23	2	165
"It doesn't matter how many (cases) you got, if you love the job, you can manage everything": management strategies utilised by frontline social workers	114	42	5	161
The experiences of social workers in the provision of family preservation services	147	13	0	160
Burnout and engagement in fourth-year social work students: why we should be concerned	146	12	1	159
Experiences and challenges faced by families dealing with delinquent children in Botswana	151	7	1	159
Falling through the cracks: Young adults' recollections of exposure to domestic violence during childhood	99	56	1	156
Challenges faced by unaccompanied minor-refugees in South Africa	141	12	1	154
The social development approach to social work in health care	139	10	5	154
Against the odds: Strengths displayed by abused women	148	3	2	153
Substance abuse amongst the youth in Grabouw Western Cape: Voices from the community	131	21	0	152
The effects of a father's alcohol misuse on the wellbeing of his family: views of social workers	146	4	2	152
Operationalising cluster foster care schemes as an alternative form of care	142	8	1	151
Consequences experienced by women survivors of human trafficking in South Africa	133	14	2	149
The aftercare needs of Nyaope users: implications for aftercare and reintegration services	129	18	1	148
A group intervention programme for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse	78	66	1	145
Social exclusion and marginalisation of homeless people: a clarion social work call for the spirit of ubuntu to reign	121	23	1	145
Social workers' experiences of working with children and youths at child and youth care centres in Durban	134	11	0	145
842 re-positioning social work in the agenda to deal with violence against women and South Africa's triple challenges	108	32	1	141
The roles of social auxiliary workers in drop-in-centres: addressing the biopsychosocial needs of children living with HIV	133	3	3	139
Community engagement within a social work programme in rural India	133	4	1	138
Mothers caring for children living with cerebral palsy: Suggestions for psycho-social support	126	11	0	137
Enhancing Social Interventions by Informal Peace Committees in Zimbabwe: A Developmental Social Work Perspective	117	13	3	133
Witness protection programme: the views of witnesses and staff members on how children are affected by the admission of their parents into the programme	123	8	2	133
She's not a victim! she's my wife! intimate partner violence: Fuelled by dangerous perpetrator attitudes	116	13	0	129
The life experiences of adolescent sexual offenders: Factors that contribute to offending behaviours	108	19	0	127
Factors contributing to the breakdown of foster care placements: The perspectives of foster parents and adolescents	113	12	2	127
Substance abuse and the workplace: a situation analysis	115	7	1	123
The social functioning of women with breast cancer in the context of the life world: a social work perspective	102	13	3	118

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