Riglyne vir maatskaplike werkers by etnies-sensitiewe rouberaad met Xhosa-sprekende persone
[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:The purpose of the study was to establish guidelines for ethnic-sensitivebereavement counselling with Xhosa speaking people. These guidelines arespecifically aimed at Social Workers who do bereavement counselling withXhosa speaking people. In order to formulate the guidelines, both literaturereview and empirical studies were undertaken.The literature review consists of two chapters. In the first chapter the ethnicsensitiveperspective and bereavement counselling models are discussed andattention is given to the integration of the ethnic-sensitive perspective withbereavement counselling models. The second chapter deals with death andbereavement in the Xhosa culture, the role of the Social Worker asbereavement counsellor and the knowledge, values and skills required to dobereavement counselling.Through the literature review it was established that specific knowledge of aXhosa speaking person's bereavement process is essential for any SocialWorker who wishes to do ethnic-sensitive bereavement counselling with aXhosa speaking person. Skills and values must be tailored to the needs ofthe Xhosa speaking person in bereavement. During the literature review italso became clear that successful ethnic-sensitive bereavement counsellingcan only be done if the Social Worker is totally knowledgeable about hislherown experiences and attitudes in respect of the bereavement process as wellas in respect of another culture, for example the Xhosa culture.The empirical study was done to establish the needs of Xhosa speakingpeople in respect of bereavement counselling. The respondents consisted ofXhosa speaking individuals who were in the bereavement process. Themeasurement instrument consisted of a questionnaire with quantitative andqualitative questions and these were completed by ten respondents. Thesample of ten respondents were selected from amongst respondents whowere available and willing to participate in the research.The findings of the empirical study pointed to the unique needs of Xhosaspeaking people which must be considered during bereavement counsellingwith them. It was also confirmed that a Social Worker required specificknowledge of Xhosa speaking people's bereavement process in order todeliver ethnic-sensitive bereavement counselling. The finding establishes clear guidelines for Social Workers doing ethnic-sensitive bereavementcounselling with Xhosa speaking people.
[发布日期] [发布机构] Stellenbosch University
[效力级别] [学科分类]
[关键词] [时效性]