Freddy Skobi

Freddy Skobi is a social work supervisor. Mr. Skobi trained as a generalist social work practitioner at the University of Limpopo. He worked in public service for 14 years with the sole goal of preserving dysfunctional families. Mr Skobi holds a Master’s degree in the subject of social work from the University of South Africa (UNISA). A PhD candidate with the University of Johannesburg (UJ). He served as a member of various collaborative research projects and his interest was in social work services and teenage pregnancies. His research focus is on children, young adults and families.

Research:

Freddy Skobi, Mankwane Makofane. (2017). REFLECTION OF SOCIAL WORKERS ON THE EXPERIENCES OF PREGNANT TEENAGERS DURING GROUP WORK SESSIONS.

Mmaphuti Mamaleka and Skobi Freddy. New intervention strategies in rendering social work services to families amidst the pandemic crisis. A social work perspective. Editors: Nina Weimann-Sandig and Ronald Lutz. Spring Nature Publishers. Submitted the first review on the 31st of May 2023 and editor’s target to publish by December 2023.

Specialities: Family preservation

14 years of experience rendering social work casework, groupwork and community. Five years of experience supervising social work students from three Universities (UNISA, UL and UNIVEN). Further, in 2008 I spent six months coordinating 101 practicum at UL. 

PhD (Social Work) candidate

MA (SW)