Events
| PRETORIA BRANCH | |
| DATE: | 24 October 2018 - Workshop and Group Discussions |
| TOPIC: | “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Anxiety States: What Occupational Social Workers need to know”OCCUPATIONAL SOCIAL WORK WELLNESS: WORK-RELATED STRESS AND STRESS MANAGEMENT, BURNOUT AND RISK FACTORS AND SELF-CARE” |
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LT COL S.S. MONARENG Clinical Psychologist, Area Military Health Formation |
| VENUE: | Auditorium, SITA Building, Erasmuskloof, Pretoria |
| JOHANNESBURG BANCH | |
| DATE: | 31 October 2018 - Presentation and Group Discussion |
| TOPIC: | “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Anxiety States: What Occupational Social Workers need to know” |
| SPEAKER: | Dr Jan Chabalala Head of Psychiatry, 1 Military Hospital |
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Programme Developer and Trainer, SANCA National; and Lecturer at University Witwatersrand as part of the Masters programme in Occupational Social Work. |
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| VENUE: | Emthonjeni Centre East Campus, University of the Witwatersrand |
| PRETORIA BRANCH | |
| DATE: 18 October 2017 | - Presentation and Group Discussion |
| TOPIC: RISKY BUSINESS: SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS IN THE WORKPLACE FOR PROFESSIONALS | |
| SPEAKER: MS ADRIE VERMEULEN | |
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Programme Developer and Trainer, SANCA National; and Lecturer at University Witwatersrand as part of the Masters programme in Occupational Social Work. |
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| PLACE: Auditorium, SITA Building Erasmuskloof, Pretoria | |
| JOHANNESBURG BRANCH | |
| DATE: 25 October 2017 - Presentation and Group Discussion | |
| TOPIC: | DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH CARE USERS: A WORKING KNOWLEDGE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS. |
| SPEAKER: | DR J. CHABALALA |
| Head of Psychiatry, 1 Military Hospital. | |
| PLACE:Nedbank Lake, 16 Constantia Boulevard, Constantia Kloof, Roodepoort | |
SAOSWA Pretoria committee members organised a training event on 16 August 2017 that was attended by 55 social workers. The speaker, Ms D.D Du Toit from Military Psychological Institute (MPI), an industrial psychologist by profession, presented on “Inevitable Conflict Confronting Occupational Social Workers in the Workplace”. She indicated that conflict may occur between individuals, people and groups. Conflict refers to the opposition of persons or forces giving rise to some tension, or to a disagreement between two or more parties who are interdependent. She further stated that conflict can be functional (constructive) or dysfunctional (destructive). It is an everyday certainty with both benefit and costs. This means that conflict does not have to be a negative experience alone; it can serve as important and positive in the achievement of organization goals. In an organization or at the workplace, various types of conflict management styles can emerge among employees: competing, collaborating, avoiding, accommodating and compromising. Each employee may have a dominant conflict management style, while the situation may also influence the individual’s conflict management style. The potential positive outcomes of conflict include providing feedback, indicating the need for change, making supervisors and managers aware of problems and may serve to motivate the need to address perceived problems. Feedback received from workshop delegates indicated that the social workers found great value from the workshop. NOTE: The slide presentation can be found on the SAOSWA Web-site “Member Tab” which is reserved for members who paid membership fees.
JOHANNESBURG BANCH
On 29 August 2017 the Johannesburg Branch of SAOSWA organised a very successful training event in the form of a presentation and group discussion on the topic: “Risky Business – Substance Use Disorders in the Workplace for Professionals” It was attended by more than 35 members which indicated a strong interest in the topic. The speaker was Adrie Vermeulen, Program Developer and Trainer at SANCA National; and lecturer at Wits as part of the Masters in Occupational Social Work. She demonstrated her expertise in the field of Substance Use as well as a very a thorough knowledge of the impact it has in the workplace. She presented the topic in a very interactive manner with a variety of exercises which involved the audience and made the presentation very practical. The passion she has for the topic was definitely passed on to the participants. She also stimulated participants to broaden their knowledge on Substance Use and provided interesting new research and reading sources. The feedback from the participants was overwhelmingly positive. The experienced the event as the best for SAOSWA so far and requested a further presentation on specific Strategies in the workplace. NOTE: The slide presentation, hand-outs, exercises and research and theory links will be placed onto the SAOSWA Web-site under “Member Tab” which is reserved for members who paid their membership fees.
IT'S GAZETTED
On 14 July 2017 Council reported about clinical and forensic social work regulations which were signed in July by the Minister of Social Development for gazetting. Council is pleased to announce that these regulations are now gazetted and Council’s secretariat is busy finalising processes for registration, which will be published on all our platforms once finalised.
You can read more about these regulations here:
https://www.sacssp.co.za/links/clinic-social-work.html
https://www.sacssp.co.za/links/clinic-social-work.html
UPDATES & ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. The Professional Board for Social Work meeting will take place from 12 to 13 September 2017.
2. If you want to advertise with Council, please visit our website or follow this link for our rate card. https://www.sacssp.co.za/links/SACSSP-Advertising-Rate-Card_2017-09-08.html
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JOHANNESBURG BRANCH
JOINT EVENT FOR PRETORIA AND JOHANNESBURG BRANCHES28 JUNE 2017
THE HISTORY OF THE FIELD OF OCCUPATIONAL SOCIAL WORK
SAOSWA committee (Pretoria and Johannesburg) members organised a well-attended workshop. The speaker Prof Paul Maiden, University of Southern California, presented on “The History of the Field of Occupational Social Work”. He is an expert on the topic: has written books, has done work wrt substance abuse in the work place, violence in the workplace and runs an international Masters online degree in Occupational Social Work. He provided information concerning the history of EAP and Occupational Social Work in Britain and United States, specifically in the area of substance abuse. He set out the difference between EAP and Occupational social work, namely, EAP is a Multi-Disciplinary Team field of practice while Occupational Social work is a profession. He also provided context to EAP and Occupational Social Work today, reflecting how the economy has influenced EAP intervention. Furthermore, he described Occupational Social Work practice in the military and police settings in the USA. His presentation showed that, in comparison to USA, South Africa holds its own very well in terms of rendering Occupational Social Work services to members and families. For example, when South African military and police members retire, they are still entitled to free social work services as Veterans. His presentation was insightful and relevant to Occupational Social Workers. The participants gained knowledge and shared their experiences in group discussions which was then discussed with Prof Maiden.
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JOHANNESBURG BRANCH
29 March 2017“The Employing Organisation as a Client: Workplace Interventions”
Mrs Arista Bouwer
Private consultant and retired workplace specialist, DOD
PRETORIA BRANCH
22 March 2017“The Role of Social Workers in Palliative Care”
Ms Penelope Mathe
Hospice Witwatersrand (Soweto)
The SAOSWA Pretoria branch hosted a successful CPD presentation and group discussion on the topic, "The Role of Social Workers in Palliative Care ". The speaker, Ms Penelope Mathe, from Hospice Witwatersrand (Soweto) is experienced in both palliative care and play therapy. Social workers were equipped with unique and specialised knowledge, attitude and skills to be able to attend to any client/patient with life limiting illnesses. Ms Mathe emphasised social work ethical considerations, practical standards for social workers and also reminded social workers of their role in advocacy.
JOHANNESBURG BRANCH
26 October 2016 |