MANAGEMENT TASKS OF SOCIAL WORKERS SUPERVISING EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD) CENTRES: IDENTIFYING THE AREAS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
| Title: | MANAGEMENT TASKS OF SOCIAL WORKERS SUPERVISING EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD) CENTRES: IDENTIFYING THE AREAS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
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| Authors: | Jessica Ronaasen, Lambert K Engelbrecht |
| Source: | Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, Vol 59, Iss 2 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: | Stellenbosch University, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Subject Terms: | early childhood development, department of social development, department of basic education, management skills, functions and tasks, Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology, HV1-9960 |
| More Details: | Early Childhood Development (ECD) has become a priority area of social work, in both developed and developing countries. In this article, the term ECD supervisors refers to the social workers working with ECD centres in the capacity of supervisor. These social workers can provide valuable insight into the unique management tasks and associated professional development areas uniquely required when working in the ECD sector. The goal of this conceptual article is to identify these professional development areas of management tasks required from social workers who supervise ECD centres. Ultimately, these management tasks are synthesised into three categories, namely tasks which require technical, relational and administrative skills respectively. This is an attempt to preserve the institutional memory of South African social workers, given the current shift of ECD governance functions from the Department of Social Development to the Department of Basic Education. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | Afrikaans English |
| ISSN: | 0037-8054 2312-7198 |
| Relation: | https://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1124; https://doaj.org/toc/0037-8054; https://doaj.org/toc/2312-7198 |
| DOI: | 10.15270/59-2-1124 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/346ec6a691bf402e88dab8f71770abcc |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.346ec6a691bf402e88dab8f71770abcc |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 00378054 23127198 |
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| DOI: | 10.15270/59-2-1124 |
| Published in: | Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk |
| Language: | Afrikaans English |