Relate your Research - a social work podcast

This episode is a personal reflection on the first Season of Relate Your Research. IT has been such a privilege to preserve research in a fun and conversational way. In 2022 I had a baby - and completed my Phd! What a journey! This episode features some tips and practical tools that helped me manage and complete the year with two of my life greatest achievements. Some useful tools and referrals: Richard Baker - Podcast Production and Mixing https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-baker-325409111/ Lisa Gouws - Proof Reading, Editing & Reference Support lglinguistique@gmail.com Gloria Cooper - Transcription Services https://transcriptions-services.co.za

In our final episode of the season we tackle a relevant topic for 2020, Gender Based Violence (GBV). Lauren Jacobs relates her research on this controversial topic on how our communities are responding to GBV, specifically in faith-based communities. Lauren describes herself as a Literary Artist, Professional Author, Radio Host 729AM, Ordained Minister, Journalist and Equality Advocate. Some noteworthy achievements include; Desmond Tutu - Gerrit Brand Award Winner 2017, Ted x Cape Town Speaker 2018, Next Generation Award Winner (Washington, U.S.A) 2019, Global Women's Empowerment Summit Speaker (Sandton) 2021. She completed her B.A degree - UNISA | Post graduate Honours | Master in Divinity - Therapeaia Bible College | Link Up: Website: https://laurenjacobs.co.za/ Instagram: @profuselyprofound https://www.cbeinternational.org/persons/aliyah-jacobs

Basic financial concepts are vital for facilitating social development in South Africa. In a recently completed study by Adriaan Jordaan a Stellenbosch University graduate shares his Masters research. Adriaan describes his investigation into the perceptions of social workers on the role of financial literacy education in facilitating social development. Financial literacy education has been understudied in South Africa and studies (in countries with similar socio-economic challenges to SA) have shown financial literacy education initiatives can act as effective mediums to help buffer clients against poor socio-economic circumstances. Endorsed by Stellenbosch University Department of Social Work Linkedin Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriaan-jordaan-9455351b7/

This episodes merges the worlds of research and community intervention with Catherine Ward, a researcher and Professor from University of Cape Town in the Department of Psychology. She shares her research journey and interest in parenting as well as violence prevention in South Africa. This episode focuses on the Parenting for Lifelong Health programmes for Young Children which is a package of open access, non-commercialised parenting programmes to prevent violence in low-resource settings. Link to online resources & programme: https://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/child/plh/en/ Youtube link about PLH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g553h4KGKR8

We are joined by Catherine Langsford, National Chairperson of Literacy Association of South Africa who shares with us more about the role of Literacy in early childhood development. She also shares on the development of this association and the role research have played, and an continue to play in the education sector. This episode is part of our ECD series, bridging the ECD sector with research and those in the field. LITASA Website: https://www.litasa.org.za Literacy in SA Research: https://www.litasa.org.za/research LITASA Conference 2020 Youtube Playlist: http://shorturl.at/qNQW0

Relate your Research - A social work podcast — The aim to this discussion is to talk about how we build our community through support, trust and role modelling while sharing knowledge and experiences about HIV, child health and parenting. Early Childhood is time of great potential but also for many mothers is a time of risk if positive health practices are not prioritised particularly if the mother or the child is HIV positive. In this episode we talk about a Participatory Action Research Initiative in the Eastern Cape with Teresa Wilson, Community Dietitian and postgraduate researcher. Links to resources for community engagement can. be found at : https://sakhaesethu.com

Relate your Research - A social work podcast — During the first 6 years of life nutrition and health are vital elements to ensure optimal development. Previous research has shown the prevalence and impact of non-communicable diseases in underprivileged communities in South Africa. However, there is limited research on the impact of non-communicable diseases in caregivers raising children. Living with a non- communicable disease presented to have a huge influence on parenting. Living in an underprivileged community has been found to have an influence on the management of non-communicable disease as well as raising a child aged 0-6 years old. Teresa Wilson from Department of Health & Nelson Mandela University shares her project exploring the link between nutrition and diseases of lifestyle. Links from Episode: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresa-wilson-37a4085b/ This podcast is supported by the DG Murray Trust.

Relate your Research - A social work podcast — ECD Forums are formal or informal gatherings of Principals, Practitioners and community members with the function role of connecting with each other in areas or communites. Jessica Blom shares her research highlighting the value of a collective experience and shared knowledge which is strengthening the ECD sector in a number of ways. Links from Episode: https://cecd.org.za/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-blom/ https://www.facebook.com/CentreForEarlyChildhoodDevelopment/ Thesis still to be published online *Link to follow* This episode was supported by the DG Murray Trust

Relate your Research - A social work podcast — The South African 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Birth to 5 Years: Results From the Stakeholder Consultation Featuring both, Catherine Draper, Senior Lecturer at Wits University and Simone Tomaz, University of Stirling who both worked on the development of the Movement Guidelines for South Africa.. Useful Tools: https://www.ssisa.com/news/movement-guidelines-children/ https://ilifalabantwana.co.za/7476-2/ Articles & Related Research: Draper, C.E., Tomaz, S.A., Stone, M., Hinkley, T., Jones, R.A., Louw, J., Twine, R., Kahn, K. and Norris, S.A., 2017. Developing intervention strategies to optimise body composition in early childhood in South Africa. BioMed research international, 2017. Tomaz, S.A., 2018. Physical activity and gross motor skills in rural South African preschool children (Doctoral dissertation, University of Cape Town). Draper, C.E., Tomaz, S.A., Stone, M., Hinkley, T., Jones, R.A., Louw, J., Twine, R., Kahn, K. and Norris, S.A., 2017. Research Article Developing Intervention Strategies to Optimise Body Composition in Early Childhood in South Africa. Jones, S., Hendricks, S. and Draper, C.E., 2014. Assessment of physical activity and sedentary behavior at preschools in Cape Town, South Africa. Childhood Obesity, 10(6), pp.501-510. This ECD Series is supported by the DG Murray Trust

Relate your Research - A social work podcast — Why do people protest? Should social workers be involved in social protests? We hear from Hilary Chibaya a social work Phd researcher at Stellenbosch University looking at social action & protests in South Africa Masters Research: THE EXECUTION OF INDIVIDUAL REFLECTIVE SUPERVISION SESSIONS: EXPERIENCES OF INTERMEDIATE FRONTLINE SOCIAL WORKERS: http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/103336

Relate your Research - A social work podcast — Atmore is the director of the Centre for Early Childhood Development and his thesis focused on an in-depth analysis of the South African Early Childhood Development policy. This episode starts off our ECD series by looking at the pathway and progress of ECD policy in South Africa and the implications of this in the ECD sector. Centre for Early Childhood Development: https://cecd.org.za Atmore, E., 2019. An Interpretive Analysis of the Early Childhood Development Policy Trajectory in Post-apartheid South Africa. https://scholar.sun.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10019.1/105968/atmore_childhood_2019.pdf?sequence=1 Van Niekerk, L. Ashley-Cooper, M and Atmore, E. (2017) Effective early childhood development programme options meeting the needs of young South African children. Cape Town: Centre for Early Childhood Development. https://cecd.org.za/news/ http://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/343631/eric-atmore-completes-groundbreaking-phd-at-62 This Podcast Series is supported by the DG Murray Trust

Relate your Research - A social work podcast — This episode is part of our ongoing ECD series in 2020, this series aims to benefit society by covering a range of social topics from ECD to health and parent support and social development. In this episode we speak to postgraduate research, Eric Midigo who worked on a ECD focussed study exploring the lunchboxes provided at ECD centres in the Eastern Cape. Nutrition & Growth monitoring interventions for ECD Practitioners is important for ECD in South Africa. *Please note that he was in Kenya during this call. This episodes is relevant to young people, early career researchers, social workers, practitioners working in the social development context and civil society. Links from the episode: South African paediatric food-based dietary guidelines: http://www.adsa.org.za/Portals/14/Documents/FoodBasedDietaryGuidelinesforSouthAfrica.pdf Midigo, O.E., 2019. Improving the nutrient content of the lunch boxes of children in Early Childhood Development Centers in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa through parent programs: Baseline nutrition survey results. American Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 5(1), pp.18-20. Useful ECD Resource: Nutrition Colouring in Book https://sakhaesethu.com/s/4-Nutrition-Activity-Book-Printable-version.pdf Additional Resources: https://sakhaesethu.com/new-page This ECD Series is supported by the DG Murray Trust

Relate your Research - A social work podcast — What do we really know about the lived experiences of people who are unemployed? In this episode, Dr Melinda Du Toit passionately describes her journey and doctoral research which focused on the qualitative inquiry into the experience of unemployment of individuals living in South African townships. Melinda is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Development in Africa (CSDA) at the University of Johannesburg Recent article in the Conversaiton.com: https://theconversation.com/south-africans-describe-the-pain-of-unemployment-130250?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton&fbclid=IwAR3hxKnycXDTB19wSs0Oz9jyZsTQ2BImNfSafN8bYBXPRhWmP3SOM0hhFDE https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14330237.2018.1454575 Contextual factors and the experience of unemployment: A review of qualitative studies: http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2222-34362018000100055 Exploring experiences of unemployment in South African townships [PhD (Industrial Psychology): http://repository.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/31643

Relate your Research - A social work podcast — Part 2 of 2 This episode denatures the doctoral research exploring the contemporary issues facing NGOs today. Termed the 'neoliberal tenants', this study presents the voices of South African, NGO-based frontline social workers. We talk NGO sector funding, burnout and the challenges that social workers are facing in an ever growing global economy. Links from the episode: https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5552 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/438f/dcb7d9d92bdf97e7a99eabf99235a3285aea.pdf http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-80542018000300003&lng=en&tlng=en https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-global-social-work-definition%3A-Ontology%2C-and-Ornellas-Spolander/c9bfd715d24349d293910874733b7d0d4fdf52f6

Relate your Research - A social work podcast — Part 1 of 2 Episodes with Abigail Ornellas, Post Doc Fellow& Researcher from Stellenbosch University. In Part 1, we hear the personal journey and the road to becoming a social work research as well as the stories behind wanting to leave an impact in South Africa through research and academia. Part 2: The Unseen neoliberal implications on social work :voices of South African Social workers with Abigail Ornelles [Link to come] Links from Episode: https://www.blacksash.org.za/index.php/media-and-publications/media-statements/625-sassa-s-decommissioning-process-has-devastating-consequences-on-social-grant-beneficiaries https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-10-08-rural-social-grant-beneficiaries-bear-the-brunt-of-closed-sassa-pay-points/ https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=5552 https://www.linkedin.com/in/abigail-ornellas-a2991b65/

Relate your Research - A social work podcast — In South Africa, health issues such as HIV/AIDS are a reality for many. Different cultures tackle and cope with these challenges in different ways, one of which is traditional healing. Dr Zibonele Zimba explores these issues in some of his research and shares his experiences as a social work researcher. Links from the episode SU Staff Profile: http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/arts/social-work/Pages/Staff/Zibonele-Zama.aspx Challenges faced by traditional healers when treating people living with HIV and AIDS: the case of Intsika Municipality, Eastern Cape province. Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1015357 Zimba, Z. and Tanga, P.T., 2014. Challenges faced by traditional healers when treating people living with HIV and AIDS: the case of intsika municipality, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Studies on Ethno-Medicine, 8(3), pp.269-275. Zimba, Z.F., 2017. The impact of family preservation and family reunification services on families in South Africa: a case study of Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province. Link : http://hdl.handle.net/10353/3088

Relate your Research - A social work podcast — Living with physical disabilities can be a challenge for anyone, and caregivers of persons with disabilities are a unique group of people who require support, resources and knowledge to care adequately for the challenges that arise when caring for people with special needs. In this podcast call, Noreth Muller-Kluits, lecturer from College of Cape Town an PhD Candidate from Stellenbosch University shares her findings, resources and research related to caring for people with disabilities. Links from Episode Informability Blog: https://informability.blog/about/ Masters Research Thesis: http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/102919

Relate your Research - A social work podcast — Social Work Supervision is a field of interest for social workers and managers working in the social service sector. Supervision is a valuable tool to foster growth and professionalism in organisations, what is interesting is that barriers exist that hinder social workers and leave them vulnerable to inadequate and even harmful supervision. Social worker and postgraduate researcher, Thea Wynne shares with us her research lessons, findings and reflections on her Masters Study titled: The potential factors contributing to harmful supervision of social workers. For research outputs: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/62 Stellenbosch University Social Work Department: http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/arts/social-work