Community Development Workers Programme: Mentoring for Social Transformation in the Public Service in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Autor/inn/en	Geber, Hilary; Motlhake, Bona
Titel	Community Development Workers Programme: Mentoring for Social Transformation in the Public Service in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Quelle	In: International Journal of Learning and Change, 3 (2008) 2, S.177-195 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1740-2875
DOI	10.1504/IJLC.2008.023182
Schlagwörter	Community Development; Budgets; Mentors; Social Change; Foreign Countries; Local Government; Public Service; Public Sector; Grants; Delivery Systems; Professional Development; Poverty; Resource Allocation; Program Effectiveness; Career Development; Social Support Groups; Financial Support; Social Justice; Skill Development; Human Capital; Focus Groups; Racial Discrimination; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community; Development; Entwicklung; Finanzhaushalt; Sozialer Wandel; Ausland; Gemeindeverwaltung; Public services; Öffentlicher Sozialdienst; Öffentlicher Sektor; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Auslieferung; Armut; Ressourcenallokation; Berufsentwicklung; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Finanzielle Förderung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Humankapital; Racial bias; Rassismus; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The new public sector community development workers (CDWs) programme was established in 2004 following ineffective service delivery through chronic under-spending on annual budgets in post-apartheid South Africa. CDWs receive training in learnerships within the National Skills Development Strategy to ensure access to and spending of local government poverty alleviation funding allocated for housing, childcare grants, and pensions and other services. As learnership mentors are mandatory, this research investigates the formal mentoring of CDWs after learnership programmes. CDWs and their mentors from two large municipalities participated. The main findings show inadequate formal mentoring of CDWs despite legislative requirements. Crucial mentoring for career development and psychosocial support is patchy and uneven. Social transformation of communities and access to government services and grants is likely to take longer than anticipated if CDWs are not adequately mentored during their training and in workplace learning. (Contains 3 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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