Tessa Hochfeld
Biographic Data
| ID | 4238396 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tessa Hochfeld |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tessa |
| FAMILY NAME | Hochfeld |
| SIGNATURE | HOCHFELD T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Johannesburg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Cash Transfers and Caregivers: Working Together to Reduce Vulnerability and Hiv Risk Among Adolescent Girls in Johannesburg, South Africa
In South Africa adolescent girls have the highest HIV incidence of any sex or age cohort. Scalable HIV-prevention interventions targeting this group are critical for epidemic control. Reaching 12.2 million children, the Child Support Grant mitigates the socio-structural drivers of HIV risk. This qualitative study of eight adolescents and their caregivers in Westbury, Johannesburg, explored how caregiving increases protective potential. ‘Caregivin…
‘That Child Support Grant Gives Me Powers’ – Exploring Social and Relational Aspects of Cash Transfers in South Africa in Times of Livelihood Change
This article builds on existing literature on the material effects of cash transfers. It explores people’s own perceptions of the role of unconditional cash transfers in building, maintaining, and transforming social relations in a small village in rural South Africa. Much of the literature studying the impacts of cash transfers in the global South relies on quantitative measures. Thus, there is a paucity of micro-level qualitative research on be…
Cash transfers for sustainable rural livelihoods? Examining the long-term productive effects of the Child Support Grant in South Africa
Cash transfers have received increased scholarly and policy attention, as a means of reducing poverty in the global South. While cash transfers are primarily intended to prevent impoverishment and deprivation, several studies suggest they can have 'productive' impacts, contributing to building sustainable livelihoods. However, pilot projects of unconditional cash transfers have often been too brief or too recent to determine how small, but regula…
Social Security and Gender Justice in South Africa: Policy Gaps and Opportunities
If gender is neglected in the design and implementation of mainstream social welfare models, unequal social and economic outcomes for men and women tend to be reproduced. This paper contributes to debates about how social protection can contribute to promoting gender equality by considering the gendered redistributive and transformative effects of three types of social security instruments in South Africa: social assistance, unemployment insuranc…
Perspectives of South African caregivers in receipt of Child Support Grants: Implications for family strengthening interventions
Cash transfers have delivered measurable benefits for poor and vulnerable children in low‐ and middle‐income countries. However, on its own, a cash transfer is insufficient to promote holistic child well‐being. In the quest for appropriate complementary family support services, known as ‘cash plus’ programing, this qualitative study sought to explore the perspectives of a group of South African caregivers, all of whom were in receipt of a Child S…
Social policy in South Africa: Navigating the route to social development
Does school breakfast make a difference? An evaluation of an in-school breakfast programme in South Africa
Developmental social work in South Africa: Translating policy into practice
Developmental social work is receiving increasing international recognition and much may be learnt from its application in different societal contexts. The article draws on empirical data from a South African study and provides valuable insight into how social workers conceptualize and translate developmental social work into practice
It buys food but does it change gender relations? Child Support Grants in Soweto, South Africa
A gender lens was applied in an empirical study to assess the dynamics and policy implications of one of South Africa's largest social protection programmes, the Child Support Grant (CSG). The findings are based on a household survey conducted in an urban community in Soweto, South Africa. They suggest that the grant supports women's ability to control and allocate resources, and that this has a positive impact on household food security. While t…
Dignity and Stigma among South African Female Cash Transfer Recipients
This study analyses impacts of social discourses on the outcomes of social policy, through the narratives of female cash transfer recipients in Soweto, South Africa. Their understandings of poverty and welfare are related in complex and dynamic ways. Cash transfers are revealed as a tool of survival which helps to alleviate stigma associated with poverty. While recipients acknowledge that negative mainstream discourses on grant receipt are unjust…
‘Influencing…it is our role, it is our duty’: How social workers unintentionally reinforce conservative ideas on the family
This article explores South African social workers' notions of family. Seven social workers based in Johannesburg were interviewed in a qualitative study and their understanding of families, motherhood and fatherhood was explored. This exercise revealed that how social workers understand families rests largely on their personal value system and experience. Consequently, social workers understand families in quite conventional ways. Motherhood is …
Participation, values, and implementation: Three research challenges in developing gender-sensitive indicators
This article critically1 1. Thank you to the director, staff, volunteers, and clients of FAMSA Pietermaritzburg for permission to use the data for this article and for working with us so co-operatively and openly. Thanks also to Terry Sacco for very helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper. reviews three key research challenges that emerged as a result of developing gender-sensitive indicators for an NGO in South Africa. The first chall…
Missed opportunities: Conservative discourses in the draft National Family Policy of South Africa
English The draft National Family Policy of South Africa contains pervasive conservative discourses which have a serious negative impact on both social welfare and the social work profession. The NFP promotes family self-reliance (resonating with neo-liberal welfare discourses internationally), reinforces gender inequalities and misses the opportunity to construct progressive notions of motherhood and fatherhood. French Le Projet de Politique Nat…
Developmental social work in South Africa: Translating policy into practice
Developmental social work is receiving increasing international recognition and much may be learnt from its application in different societal contexts. The article draws on empirical data from a South African study and provides valuable insight into how social workers conceptualize and translate developmental social work into practice
It buys food but does it change gender relations? Child Support Grants in Soweto, South Africa
A gender lens was applied in an empirical study to assess the dynamics and policy implications of one of South Africa's largest social protection programmes, the Child Support Grant (CSG). The findings are based on a household survey conducted in an urban community in Soweto, South Africa. They suggest that the grant supports women's ability to control and allocate resources, and that this has a positive impact on household food security. While t…
Social policy in South Africa: Navigating the route to social development
Dignity and Stigma among South African Female Cash Transfer Recipients
This study analyses impacts of social discourses on the outcomes of social policy, through the narratives of female cash transfer recipients in Soweto, South Africa. Their understandings of poverty and welfare are related in complex and dynamic ways. Cash transfers are revealed as a tool of survival which helps to alleviate stigma associated with poverty. While recipients acknowledge that negative mainstream discourses on grant receipt are unjust…
Missed opportunities: Conservative discourses in the draft National Family Policy of South Africa
English The draft National Family Policy of South Africa contains pervasive conservative discourses which have a serious negative impact on both social welfare and the social work profession. The NFP promotes family self-reliance (resonating with neo-liberal welfare discourses internationally), reinforces gender inequalities and misses the opportunity to construct progressive notions of motherhood and fatherhood. French Le Projet de Politique Nat…
Social Security and Gender Justice in South Africa: Policy Gaps and Opportunities
If gender is neglected in the design and implementation of mainstream social welfare models, unequal social and economic outcomes for men and women tend to be reproduced. This paper contributes to debates about how social protection can contribute to promoting gender equality by considering the gendered redistributive and transformative effects of three types of social security instruments in South Africa: social assistance, unemployment insuranc…
Cash transfers for sustainable rural livelihoods? Examining the long-term productive effects of the Child Support Grant in South Africa
Cash transfers have received increased scholarly and policy attention, as a means of reducing poverty in the global South. While cash transfers are primarily intended to prevent impoverishment and deprivation, several studies suggest they can have 'productive' impacts, contributing to building sustainable livelihoods. However, pilot projects of unconditional cash transfers have often been too brief or too recent to determine how small, but regula…
Perspectives of South African caregivers in receipt of Child Support Grants: Implications for family strengthening interventions
Cash transfers have delivered measurable benefits for poor and vulnerable children in low‐ and middle‐income countries. However, on its own, a cash transfer is insufficient to promote holistic child well‐being. In the quest for appropriate complementary family support services, known as ‘cash plus’ programing, this qualitative study sought to explore the perspectives of a group of South African caregivers, all of whom were in receipt of a Child S…
Participation, values, and implementation: Three research challenges in developing gender-sensitive indicators
This article critically1 1. Thank you to the director, staff, volunteers, and clients of FAMSA Pietermaritzburg for permission to use the data for this article and for working with us so co-operatively and openly. Thanks also to Terry Sacco for very helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper. reviews three key research challenges that emerged as a result of developing gender-sensitive indicators for an NGO in South Africa. The first chall…
Does school breakfast make a difference? An evaluation of an in-school breakfast programme in South Africa
Missed opportunities: Conservative discourses in the draft National Family Policy of South Africa
English The draft National Family Policy of South Africa contains pervasive conservative discourses which have a serious negative impact on both social welfare and the social work profession. The NFP promotes family self-reliance (resonating with neo-liberal welfare discourses internationally), reinforces gender inequalities and misses the opportunity to construct progressive notions of motherhood and fatherhood. French Le Projet de Politique Nat…
Participation, values, and implementation: Three research challenges in developing gender-sensitive indicators
This article critically1 1. Thank you to the director, staff, volunteers, and clients of FAMSA Pietermaritzburg for permission to use the data for this article and for working with us so co-operatively and openly. Thanks also to Terry Sacco for very helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper. reviews three key research challenges that emerged as a result of developing gender-sensitive indicators for an NGO in South Africa. The first chall…
‘Influencing…it is our role, it is our duty’: How social workers unintentionally reinforce conservative ideas on the family
This article explores South African social workers' notions of family. Seven social workers based in Johannesburg were interviewed in a qualitative study and their understanding of families, motherhood and fatherhood was explored. This exercise revealed that how social workers understand families rests largely on their personal value system and experience. Consequently, social workers understand families in quite conventional ways. Motherhood is …
It buys food but does it change gender relations? Child Support Grants in Soweto, South Africa
A gender lens was applied in an empirical study to assess the dynamics and policy implications of one of South Africa's largest social protection programmes, the Child Support Grant (CSG). The findings are based on a household survey conducted in an urban community in Soweto, South Africa. They suggest that the grant supports women's ability to control and allocate resources, and that this has a positive impact on household food security. While t…
Dignity and Stigma among South African Female Cash Transfer Recipients
This study analyses impacts of social discourses on the outcomes of social policy, through the narratives of female cash transfer recipients in Soweto, South Africa. Their understandings of poverty and welfare are related in complex and dynamic ways. Cash transfers are revealed as a tool of survival which helps to alleviate stigma associated with poverty. While recipients acknowledge that negative mainstream discourses on grant receipt are unjust…
Developmental social work in South Africa: Translating policy into practice
Developmental social work is receiving increasing international recognition and much may be learnt from its application in different societal contexts. The article draws on empirical data from a South African study and provides valuable insight into how social workers conceptualize and translate developmental social work into practice
Does school breakfast make a difference? An evaluation of an in-school breakfast programme in South Africa
Perspectives of South African caregivers in receipt of Child Support Grants: Implications for family strengthening interventions
Cash transfers have delivered measurable benefits for poor and vulnerable children in low‐ and middle‐income countries. However, on its own, a cash transfer is insufficient to promote holistic child well‐being. In the quest for appropriate complementary family support services, known as ‘cash plus’ programing, this qualitative study sought to explore the perspectives of a group of South African caregivers, all of whom were in receipt of a Child S…
Social policy in South Africa: Navigating the route to social development
Social Security and Gender Justice in South Africa: Policy Gaps and Opportunities
If gender is neglected in the design and implementation of mainstream social welfare models, unequal social and economic outcomes for men and women tend to be reproduced. This paper contributes to debates about how social protection can contribute to promoting gender equality by considering the gendered redistributive and transformative effects of three types of social security instruments in South Africa: social assistance, unemployment insuranc…
‘That Child Support Grant Gives Me Powers’ – Exploring Social and Relational Aspects of Cash Transfers in South Africa in Times of Livelihood Change
This article builds on existing literature on the material effects of cash transfers. It explores people’s own perceptions of the role of unconditional cash transfers in building, maintaining, and transforming social relations in a small village in rural South Africa. Much of the literature studying the impacts of cash transfers in the global South relies on quantitative measures. Thus, there is a paucity of micro-level qualitative research on be…
Cash transfers for sustainable rural livelihoods? Examining the long-term productive effects of the Child Support Grant in South Africa
Cash transfers have received increased scholarly and policy attention, as a means of reducing poverty in the global South. While cash transfers are primarily intended to prevent impoverishment and deprivation, several studies suggest they can have 'productive' impacts, contributing to building sustainable livelihoods. However, pilot projects of unconditional cash transfers have often been too brief or too recent to determine how small, but regula…
Cash Transfers and Caregivers: Working Together to Reduce Vulnerability and Hiv Risk Among Adolescent Girls in Johannesburg, South Africa
In South Africa adolescent girls have the highest HIV incidence of any sex or age cohort. Scalable HIV-prevention interventions targeting this group are critical for epidemic control. Reaching 12.2 million children, the Child Support Grant mitigates the socio-structural drivers of HIV risk. This qualitative study of eight adolescents and their caregivers in Westbury, Johannesburg, explored how caregiving increases protective potential. ‘Caregivin…
Political science (11 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Geography (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Cash (5 works) · Cash transfers (5 works) · Psychology (5 works)