Prof Veonna Goliath

Prof Veonna Goliath is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Development Professions. She lectures in the area of Addictions and other social issues; Introduction to Social Work; and Advanced Social Work Skills at the undergraduate level. She is the coordinator of the Clinical Social Work Masters Programme and lectures the Clinical Social Work Intervention Individual and Family Counselling Modules; and is also the Clinical Supervisor of the Clinical Masters Practicum students. Her research focus is on Addictions; Mental health and Wellness; School Social work; and Decolonisation. She has more than 17 years of experience in Academia and has supervised 31 Masters studies and 2 Phd studies. She examined postgraduate studies for more than 12 HEI’s and is on the review board of two Social work Journals.

She is part of several local, national and international collaborations; and has worked on two NRF-funded research and engagement projects respectively; completed three projects for non-degree purposes, and is in the final stages of completing the Masakhane Supported Employment Project for youth with intellectual disabilities. Her passion is Community Engagement, and she serves as the Departmental Community Engagement and Transformation Representative at the Faculty level and is an active partner in The Hope Revolution Vision (THRV) Engagement project, and coordinator of the Student Chapter of THRV and the URC Gelvandale THRV project. She works with the Social Work student society, and is the Departmental coordinator for Student Work integrated learning and training partnerships; CPD and Short Learning Programmes.

Designation:

Associate Professor

Email:

veonna.goliath@mandela.ac.za

Contact Number: 

0415042197

Faculty:

Health Sciences

Department:

Social Development Professions

Qualifications:

BSW; MA Clinical Psych; Phd Social Work

Professional Memberships:

South African Council for Social Service Professions; HPCSA: Professional Board of Psychology

Orcid ID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2134-5924

NRF Rating: 

N/A

Research Interests:

  • Addictions

  • Mental Health

  • School Social work

  • Decolonisation

  • Community Engagement

Current non-degree Research Projects:

  1. Masakhane Supported employment for youth with intellectual disabilities.

  2. Masakhane Supported employment Project.

Current Final Year Undergraduate/Honours Research Projects:

N/A

Number of currently supervised Masters and PhD candidates (2023 to 2024):

  • Masters: 7

  • PhD: 2

Research Output 2023 to 2024:

Manuscript Publications

  1. Teko, L., Goliath, V. & Abdulla, Z. 2023. The Role of Community-Led Support Groups in Facilitating Recovery for Young Adults with a Substance Use Disorder. Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development, 35(1): https://doi.org/10.25159/2708-9355/11666.

  2. Perumal, N., Goliath, V., Sithole, M., Nomngcoyiya, T., Nathane, M & Khosa, P. 2024. African Knowledge Production Incubators: Approaching Indigenous and Decolonized Social Work from the Ground Up Through Stories of Our Lived Experiences, Journal of Progressive Human Services, 35:1-2, 76-99, DOI: 10.1080/10428232.2024.2362469.

 

Conference Prsentations

  1. Perumal, N; Goliath, V., Nathane, M; Sithole, S., Khosa, P. January 2023. Imbizos and conference presentations in India on the African Knowledge Production Incubator.

  2. Goliath, V & Pastor J Nomdoe – Community based substance abuse prevention: THRV @ ASASWEI International conference , Durban September 2023.

  3. Perumal, N; Goliath, V., Nathane, M; Sithole, S., Khosa, P. Imbizo on the African Knowledge Incubators project. ASASWEI International conference. Durban, September 2023.

  4. SDP team Humanising Pedagogy conference @Mandela University: 2023.

  5. Goliath, V & Book Project team - Decolonisation Indaba @Mandela University, March 2024.

  6. Perumal, N; Goliath, V., Nathane, M; Sithole, S., Khosa, P. May 2024. Storytelling as research strategy in telling our stories as African Children. Rhodes Engagement Conference. May 2024.

  7. Goliath, V & Nomdoe, J. 2024. The Civic University: In Service of Society. Critical sustainable literacies: Inter-University Workshop funded by the NRF GSCCRP Grant. Nelson Mandela University Hybrid.

Current Research Collaborations within your Department or Discipline:

  1. Indlela Mental Health & Terres de Homes (tdh), Germany - The Masakhane Supported Employment project.

  2. The Hope Revolution Vision (THRV) - Collaboration with Engagement Office.

Current Inter-Disciplinary/Multi-Disciplinary/Trans-Disciplinary Research Collaborations:

  1. Indlela Mental Health & Terres de Homes; Masakhane Supported Employment Project.

  2. The Hope Revolution Vision Cape Town & Engagement Office, Stellenbosch Univ; Mangosutho University of Technology & TVET Freestate - Engagement collaboration.

  3. The Catholic University Ruzomberok Slovakia - Student & academic exchange programme funded by Erasmus + KA171 (2024/2025).

  4. Faculty of Education.