Reference no: EM133591992

Assignment:

Case example: The crisis of Nyaope in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga You are a social work supervisor at Child Welfare Emalahleni, and your office is located in Emalahleni. You manage 20 social workers and 20 auxiliary social workers. In your office workload statistics, you have noticed an increase in the number of reported cases of substance abuse among the youths between the ages of 13 -years and 22-years. As a manager, you subsequently conduct a statistical analysis of three consecutive months: July, August and September. Your analyses reveal that 67 cases were reported in July, 48 in August and 77 in September (192 in total).

In your assessment, you also review the client files - specifically the intervention strategies planned and implemented by social workers. In all the cases you discover that the social workers have applied for accommodation of these young people in various rehabilitation centres for treatment, but that only ten (10) of the 192 youths were admitted in October. In response to the crisis, you call a staff meeting during which you propose that, as an office, you develop a new rehabilitation centre in the area.

Question 1. Give reasons why Child Welfare Emalahleni should be regarded as a social service organisation.

Question 2. Discuss how you would apply the planning, organising, leading and controlling functions of management, as you undertake the project.