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INTRODUCTION
The South African Department of Social Development produced the Draft National Family Policy (Department of Social Development, 2008a) and accordingly developed the 2008 Manual on Family Preservation Services (Department of Social Development, 2008b)1 with the aim of training social service professionals to deliver services to families from a family preservation perspective. In order for the programme envisaged by the developers of the Manual to be implemented efficiently, the Norms and Standards Policy on Developmental Social Welfare Services (Department of Social Development, 2007a:52-57) mandates the roll-out of the training and education by all provinces. Thus all social service professionals are mandated to implement family preservation services as stipulated by the Norms and Standards Policy on Developmental Social Welfare Services and the Draft National Family Policy.2
Family preservation is defined in the Manual on Family Preservation Services (Department of Social Development, 2008b) as a strategy, an approach or a philosophy based on the belief that family members need their family in order to develop to their full potential. It promotes the perspective that the best way of achieving permanency in the lives of family members is to allow them to be with their families and to work with them in preventing out-of-home placement (Department of Social Development, 2008b).
According to Helton and Jackson (1997:142), family preservation services are services that aim to preserve families over time, regardless of any disruption.
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 INTRODUCTION
1.2 RATIONALE FOR THE STUDY
1.3 PROBLEM FORMULATION
1.4 GOAL AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
1.4.1 Goal of the stud
1.4.2 Objectives of the study .
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS .
1.6 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
1.7 ETHICAL ISSUES
1.7.1 Avoidance of harm
1.7.2 Informed consent
1.7.3 Deception of respondents .
1.7.4 Violation of privacy
1.7.5 Actions and competence of a researche
1.8 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
1.9 DEFINITION OF KEY CONCEPTS
1.10 OUTLINE OF THE RESEARCH REPORT
CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: SYSTEMS THEOR
2.1 INTRODUCTION
2.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF A FAMILY SYSTEM
2.3 BOWEN’S FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY
2.4 CONCLUSION .
CHAPTER 3: FAMILY LIFE CYCLE
3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE FAMILY
3.3 LEVELS OF SERVICE DELIVERY .
3.4 THE FAMILY LIFE CYCLE .
3.5 DISCUSSION OF THE FAMILY LIFE CYCLE PHASES .
3.6 ADVANTAGES OF THE FAMILY LIFE CYCLE APPROACH
3.7 LIMITATIONS OF THE FAMILY LIFE CYCLE APPROACH
3.8 CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 4: FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES
4.1 INTRODUCTION
4.2 BACKGROUND .
4.3 AIMS OF FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES
4.4 KEY ELEMENTS OF FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES AND INTENSIVE FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES
4.5 LEVELS OF SERVICE DELIVERY FOR FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICE
4.6 FAMILY PRESERVATION BELIEFS
4.7 MODELS IN FAMILY PRESERVATION
4.8 CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 5: THE STAGES OF THE POLICY CYCLE
CHAPTER 6: OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT NATIONAL FAMILY POLICY AND THE MANUAL ON FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES .
CHAPTER 7: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
CHAPTER 8: EMPIRICAL FINDINGS
CHAPTER 9: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ..
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A: INFORMED CONSENT FORM
APPENDIX B: INTERVIEW SCHEDULE
APPENDIX C: CHECKLIST
APPENDIX D: SUBMISSION TO REQUEST APPROVAL TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL RESEARCH STUDY.
