Social auxiliary workers and community-based child protection: A case study of orphaned children awaiting foster care placement
• Social auxiliary workers support orphaned children while they await foster care. • Social auxiliary workers expand child protection beyond formal systems. • Lack of follow-up after foster care reduce Saws ‘impact on children. • Policies must formalize SAWs for lasting care after foster care placement.
Authors
- Jeffries Zwelithini Khosa
Institutions
- University of Johannesburg (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Child Protection and Practice
- Published
- 2026-03-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chipro.2026.100306
- Primary Topic
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00