Young peoples’ experiences and understandings of ‘home’ and ‘family’ living in safety homes, Khayelitsha, Cape Town : exploring the strengths and limits of the ‘social family’.

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dc.contributor.advisorSeekings, Jeremyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWoolley, Anyaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-03T18:11:18Z
dc.date.available2015-01-03T18:11:18Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation draws on qualitative research conducted in 2012 with foster mothers and young people living and having lived in three household-style ‘safety homes’ in the township of Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Unlike large formalised residential care facilities, with high staff turnover and high ratios of children to caregivers, these settings are intimate long-term spaces of care that provide stable parenting. This finding of stable parenting and of proper care of young people in the safety homes forms the crux of this thesis and challenges the dominant view that care other than within the biological family is inferior and ‘out of home’ and ‘out of family’ care. The research highlighted that the social (non-biological) family has both strengths and limitations.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWoolley, A. (2013). <i>Young peoples’ experiences and understandings of ‘home’ and ‘family’ living in safety homes, Khayelitsha, Cape Town : exploring the strengths and limits of the ‘social family’</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11168en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWoolley, Anya. <i>"Young peoples’ experiences and understandings of ‘home’ and ‘family’ living in safety homes, Khayelitsha, Cape Town : exploring the strengths and limits of the ‘social family’."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11168en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWoolley, A. 2013. Young peoples’ experiences and understandings of ‘home’ and ‘family’ living in safety homes, Khayelitsha, Cape Town : exploring the strengths and limits of the ‘social family’. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Woolley, Anya AB - This dissertation draws on qualitative research conducted in 2012 with foster mothers and young people living and having lived in three household-style ‘safety homes’ in the township of Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Unlike large formalised residential care facilities, with high staff turnover and high ratios of children to caregivers, these settings are intimate long-term spaces of care that provide stable parenting. This finding of stable parenting and of proper care of young people in the safety homes forms the crux of this thesis and challenges the dominant view that care other than within the biological family is inferior and ‘out of home’ and ‘out of family’ care. The research highlighted that the social (non-biological) family has both strengths and limitations. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Young peoples’ experiences and understandings of ‘home’ and ‘family’ living in safety homes, Khayelitsha, Cape Town : exploring the strengths and limits of the ‘social family’ TI - Young peoples’ experiences and understandings of ‘home’ and ‘family’ living in safety homes, Khayelitsha, Cape Town : exploring the strengths and limits of the ‘social family’ UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11168 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11168
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWoolley A. Young peoples’ experiences and understandings of ‘home’ and ‘family’ living in safety homes, Khayelitsha, Cape Town : exploring the strengths and limits of the ‘social family’. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11168en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Social Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherDevelopment Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleYoung peoples’ experiences and understandings of ‘home’ and ‘family’ living in safety homes, Khayelitsha, Cape Town : exploring the strengths and limits of the ‘social family’.en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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