Our Department has 21 full-time staff members: 12 social work lecturers, seven criminology lecturers and two administrative officers. The practical and professional training of our social work students are being done under the supervision of nine practice lecturers.
We place a strong emphasis on integration of theoretical and practical training and have the facilities to conduct laboratory sessions to achieve this. This includes a well-equipped play therapy unit, video equipment, a one-way mirror studio, facilities for individual and group work sessions and modern electronic equipment for our staff. Students are divided into small groups for their practical training. The demographic position of the University makes it readily accessible to the welfare organisations where students are placed for their practical training.
Our Department collaborates with partners in training from many institutions and disciplines. Some of our partners and alliances include:
- Institute for Security Studies
- Jacaranda Childrens Home
- Laudium Mental Health
- Laerskool Pierneef
- Laerskool Constantia Park
- Kalafong Hospital
- Respublica
- Restorative Justice Centre
- Queenswood Primary
- Christian Social Council
- Stabilis Centre
- South African Council for Social Service Professions
- South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (SANCA)
- South African Police Service (SAPS)
- Steve Biko Academic Hospital
- Suid Afrikaanse Vrouefederasie (SAVF)
- Unchain our Children
- The Careways Group
- Tracy Harper & Associates
- Weskoppies Hospital
- Participate, Envision and Navigate (PEN)
- People Opposed To Woman Abuse (POWA)
- Pretoria Academic Hospital
- Pretoria West Hospital
- Business Against Crime
- Department of Correctional Services (DCS)
- Dynamic Women for Children
- Care at Midstream
- Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation
- Child Welfare Tshwane
- Christelik-Maatskaplike Raad (CMR)
- Community Oriented Substance Use Programme (COSUP)
- CSIR Crime Prevention Centre
- CR Swart High School
- Department of Social Development (DSD)
- Echo Youth
- Future Families
- Generaal Beyers Primary School
- Human Sciences Research Council
- Human Rights Commission
- Inter Trauma Nexus
- Magalies Special School
- METT Centre
- National Institute for Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation of Offenders (NICRO)
- Ons Tuis
- Patch UP SA
- Pretoria Child Welfare Society