Department of Social Work

Dr GB Bhuda

College of Human Sciences
School of Social Sciences
Department: Social Work
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 012 429 4807
E-mail: bhudag@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • MSW (Health Care) (UP, 2008)
  • PhD Social Work

Fields of academic interests

  • Leadership
  • Decolonisation
  • Africanisation
  • Theoretical approaches
  • Mixed method research

Field of Specialisation

  • Social work management
  • Social work supervision
  • Social work in health care

Journal articles

  • Abortion and contraceptives: An exploratory study. 2016. The Social Work Practitioner-Researcher, Volume 28, Issue 2

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • The Network for Social Work management
  • SACSSP
  • ASASWEI

Projects

  • Involved in the upliftment of high school learners of Madlayedwa Senior Secondary School, located in Pieterskraal -A in the Dr JS Moroka Municipality, Mpumalanga Province

Other

Gladys Bathabile Bhuda is a lecture in the Department of Social Work at the University of South Africa. She is involved in the teaching and learning of social work management, supervision and administration to the undergraduate students. Gladys is also involved in the supervision of postgraduate social work students with the focus on supervision management and health.

Gladys has conducted two major research projects titled “abortion and contraceptives: an exploratory study” and “Supportive supervision: a model for social work supervisor” for her master’s and PhD Degrees in Social Work respectively.