Assignment 1 - Pyc 3705

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PYC3705 Transformative Counselling Encounters Assignment One (1): 807147 “I declare that this assignment is my on work and that all sources quoted have been acknowledged by appropriate references”. Name: Date: 2014-03-16 1 The department that I engaged with is known as Employee Health and Wellness (EHW). EHW is a sub section that resorts under the Human Resource Department (HRM) within the South African Police Service (SAPS). I work for the SAPS and have been for the past fourteen (14) years. As such I decided to liaise with EHW. EHW deals with the spiritual, emotional, cognitive and physical well-being of all members with the SAPS. The members / employees working within the SAPS are regarded as their “community”. The set goal of the EHW is to enhance the ability of all SAPS Personnel to achieve their core mandate, namely “Fighting Crime”. The three (3) basic elements of EHW are as follows:  Improve the social functioning of employees;  Bring about change in the work environment; and  Address the health and wellness of all employees. EHW is divided into three (3) sections, namely Spiritual, Psychological and Social Work Services. These three sections work together to ensure that the basic abovementioned elements are in place to achieve the core mandate of the organization (SAPS). For the purpose of this assignment, I approached the Social Work Services Section as this section encompasses a broader scope of counselling. The objectives of the section are indicated in the pamphlet below: Figure 1 - SWS Pamphlet 2 The main focus areas / objective of Social Work Services (SWS) are:    Enhancement of Individual Wellness; Enhancement of Organizational Wellness; and Ensuring dynamic work-life balance and productivity. The above mentioned objectives are attained through the following Interventions:  Restorative Interventions whereby individual
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