Department of Social Work and Criminology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Taute, F.M., Department of Social Work and Criminology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
It is indispensable for social workers to evaluate their interventions to ascertain whether they are effective and lead to change. The Life Skills programme was implemented at a tertiary institution. In this quantitative research a quasi-experimental design with a one-group pre-test post-test experiment and a pre-test self-constructed questionnaire were administered to measure respondents' knowledge, skills and attitudes. Forty-six of the 71 respondents (65%) completed the post-test questionnaire six months after attendance of the programme. Results showed that Life Skills training could enhance adults' social functioning irrespective of age, gender, marital status or qualifications.