Disability facilitators' views of their work with children/youth with disability in South Africa

Hilda Mulligan, Lorna McCoy, Amanda Wilkinson, Jenny Hawke, Joanne Sullivan, Eliana Kirk, Kristin Hastings, Clara Ibrahim and Joanne Potterton

Children and Youth Services Review, 2017, vol. 82, issue C, 13-18

Abstract: Children and youth including those with impaired body function or structure, in under resourced areas, can be disadvantaged in terms of education and health care, and can experience social hardship. Within South Africa, personal, health and education support to individual children and their families in under-resourced areas is provided by care workers from the National Association of Child Care Workers. This organisation also provides training and support to their care workers to take on the role of Disability Facilitator, to extend their services to children with impaired body function or structure. This study established the views of Disability Facilitators about their work. Fourteen participants (aged 25–54years) were individually interviewed at their own worksite. Two themes were identified from the data - Empowerment and Burden of responsibility.

Keywords: Disability; Child and youth care workers; Child and youth; Child health services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.09.001

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