1. Indigenous cultural and social work practices creating inequalities among foster care adolescents in decision-making processes.
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Schiller, Ulene and de Wet, Gideon
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FOSTER home care , *CHILD welfare , *COMMUNICATION , *CONCEPTUAL structures , *CONSUMER attitudes , *DECISION making , *DISCOURSE analysis , *EXPERIENCE , *FOCUS groups , *HUMAN rights , *INDIGENOUS peoples , *INTERPERSONAL relations , *INTERVIEWING , *MANAGEMENT , *PHENOMENOLOGY , *RESEARCH methodology , *PUBLIC welfare , *SOCIAL justice , *SOCIAL services , *PATIENT participation , *PROFESSIONAL practice , *JUDGMENT sampling , *CULTURAL awareness , *CULTURAL values , *WELL-being , *ADOLESCENCE , *PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
Indigenous cultural as well as institutional social work practices often contribute towards the perpetuation and creation of inequalities. This article explores the experiences of South African foster care adolescents regarding participatory decision-making and the role of indigenous culture and social work practices. The theoretical framework adopted in this article is the developmental social welfare approach augmented by selected elements of the systems theory. A phenomenological study was conducted, and a major finding concluded that the cultural value system of foster adolescents, the institutional social work practices and the developmental approach are in conflict. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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