Exploratory Study on Related and Unrelated Foster Care Placement

Social work as a profession has long been concerned with strategies for effectively helping troubled families. Some of these strategies are family preservation strategies. When these strategies are failed to work, one option available to social workers is the removal of children to substitute care. Deciding whether to remove a child from his or her biological parents into substitute care is one of the most difficult and sensitive responsibilities faced by Social workers and the children s court.

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BA(SW)University of the North(1983); BA(SW)HONS University of Zululand (1991) BA( Psy) Hons University of Zululand(2006); M.MED SC.SW University of Durban Westville(1999); D Phil (SW) University of Zululand(2003);Certificate in Project Management: Boston University; Certificate at a Masters Level on Service Learning University of Free State(2009)