Degrees:BSocSc in Social Work (UCT); BSocSc (Honours) in Clinical Social Work (UCT); MSocSc in Clinical Social Work (UCT); PhD Candidate.

 

Brief Biography:

Cindee Bruyns (She/Her) joined academia in 2017, with a wealth of knowledge in the field of children and families, after 10 years of practice as a social worker in the field.  She worked in the fields of orphaned and vulnerable children, residential care, child sexual abuse, behaviour management and parenting in very impoverished communities, working with the children and their families as well as training other professionals.  She's worked at both grass roots level in communities and residential care and nationally within the Isibindi program and has presented at parliament in these matters for both the Children's act and the Sexual Offences Act. She currently doing her Phd on effective multidisciplinary team work between professionals working with orphaned and vulnerable children.

Research Interest Areas:

Children and adolescents – Vulnerable children, adolescents and their families; Behaviour management; Child and adolescent mental health; Alternative care & Residential care; Societal factors impacting on the child and family – Substance abuse & gangsterism, poverty,

Professional practice - Multidisciplinary practice in the Social Service Professionals working with children; Multidisciplinary support for abused and neglected children; Child and Youth Care Work; Social  Work practice; Best practice intervention in working with children and adolescents.

Teaching Areas:

SWK1013F - Families and Vulnerable children

SWK2001F - Foundations of the social service professions

SWK4000F - Social Research Methods

SWK5058S - Psychotherapy with Families

SWK5060S - Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents

Recent Publications:

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