John Victor Rautenbach-National Representative of South Africa

John Victor Rautenbach-National Representative of South Africa

 Profile Details

Name: Dr John Victor Rautenbach

Email: jrautenbach@ufh.ac.za

Position within Board of Directors and Terms of Serving:

• National Representative of South Africa
• 2015 – 2019
• Co-chair of the governance task force
• Chair of the Standing Committee on the World Census of Social Work Programs
• Member of the Budget and Finance Committee.

Affiliation and Position (other than IASSW):

• Executive Committee Member of the Association of South African Social Work Education Institutions (ASASWEI).

Membership of organisations (other than IASSW):

• Registered Social Worker with the South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP)
• Human Services Information Technology Association – member

Educational Qualification/s: (Degrees):

• Doctorate – DPhil (Social Work): Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
• Master of Social Science (Social Work) – M.Soc Sci (SW): University of Fort Hare
• Bachelor of Social Science (Social Work) – B. Soc Sci (SW): Rhodes University
  (Social Work, Psychology, Industrial Sociology)

Languages written and spoken:

• English and Afrikaans

Interest Areas (social work teaching, research and practice):

• Clinical Social Work and Casework.
• Relationships, Marriage and Family Transitions and Life Course Perspective.
• Youth at Risk, Restorative Justice and Child Justice Act.
• Community Development and Entrepreneurship.
• Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis, Concept Analysis and Evidence Based Practice.

Current Activities (social work teaching, research, practice, others):

• Lecturing and facilitation
• Post graduate supervision
• Academic writing
• University service and administration
• Community engagement
• Internationalization