N\u00e1 \u2019n loopbaan van langer as 41 jaar in die gevangenisdiens op Worcester roep dr. Barry van der Westhuizen die departement van korrektiewe dienste vaarwel toe \u2013 maar net omdat hy moet.<\/p>\n
Van der Westhuizen tree vandag (Donderdag 30 Junie) af bloot omdat hy 60 is en aftree-ouderdom bereik het.<\/p>\n
Hy is op 5 Januarie 1981 ingevolge die destydse SA Gevangenisdienswet aangestel en s\u00ea hy het sy lang loopbaan baie geniet. <\/p>\n
Omdat hy dit as jong man as \u2019n loopbaan gekies en tot sy aftrede daarmee volgehou het, is baie van wat hy vandag weet en besit net aan di\u00e9 diens te danke. Dit is om di\u00e9 rede dat hy die departement en sy mense baie sal mis.<\/p>\n
Hy s\u00ea hy het in \u2019n baie unieke era vir korrektiewe dienste gewerk. Toe hy in 1981 by die Worcester-gevangenis begin het, was daar twee verskillende ingange na die administratiewe kantoor \u2013 een vir blanke beamptes en een vir nieblanke beamptes. <\/p>\n
Verskillende uniforms is gedra en wit en bruin was op verskillende salarisskale.<\/p>\n
Tydens Suid-Afrika se oorgang na demokrasie was hy die hoof van die personeelafdeling en dit het baie uitdagings teweeg gebring. Die vul van poste en behuising op die terrein is maar enkele voorbeelde van di\u00e9 uitdagings. Die kennismaking met vakbonde wat hierdie veranderings gedryf het, het hom ook gou laat besef dat verandering baie nodig was, maar ook baie omsigtig hanteer moes word.<\/p>\n
Nou, 41 jaar later, kan hy aftree uit \u2019n departement wat ten volle getransformeer is en wat moontlikhede vir alle werknemers bied, s\u00ea hy.<\/p>\n
Van der Westhuizen is trots om te kan s\u00ea dat hy \u201conder\u201d begin het en \u2013 deur nagdiens en span-diens te werk \u2013 deur die jare heen die leer geklim het tot waar hy vandag is. Dit was \u2019n harde en moeilike pad, maar uiteindelik die moeite werd.<\/p>\n
Kwalifikasies en benadering<\/strong> <\/p>\n Van der Westhuizen is aangestel die jaar nadat hy in 1980 aan die HTS Drostdy gematrikuleer het. Hy het in 1990 met sy BA-graad in kriminologie en penologie begin en dit in 1995 behaal.<\/p>\n Danksy sy persoonlike mikpunte het hy in 1997 sy honneursgraad, in 2000 sy meestersgraad en in 2005 sy doktorsgraad (DLitt et Phil) aan Unisa verwerf.<\/p>\n Op \u2019n persoonlike vlak het dit vir hom baie beteken, maar hy s\u00ea met sy verskuiwing van die personeelafdeling na die paroolraad het hierdie kennis en agtergrond hom daagliks gehelp om beter besluite te neem.<\/p>\n Van der Westhuizen s\u00ea in al die afdelings waar hy al gewek het, het hy altyd sy beste gegee en die werk \u2013 uitdagings en al \u2013 baie geniet. <\/p>\n Die laaste 17 jaar by die paroolraad was egter vir hom uitsonderlik. Hy s\u00ea misdaad in Suid-Afrika bly \u2019n baie komplekse en uitdagende kwessie. Hoe die land misdaad, misdadigers en slagoffers hanteer, sal hom altyd na aan die hart l\u00ea. Hy tree nou wel uit as \u2019n korrektiewe beampte, maar sal altyd \u2019n penoloog bly, met albei o\u00eb gerig op misdaadpatrone en die gepaste straf vir misdaad in Suid-Afrika.<\/p>\n Hy glo die jeug moet tot toekomstige leiers ontwikkel word, maar ook die opleiding van personeel, motivering om verder te studeer en die korrekte plasing van mense in poste, is van die aspekte wat aandag moet kry om die departement verder uit te bou.<\/p>\n Hy bedank al sy kollegas vir die getroue ondersteuning en vriendskap wat hy deur die jare beleef het en s\u00ea dit was \u2019n eer om een van die span te kon wees.<\/p>\n Hy het ook sy vrou, Annelise, bedank vir al die aande en naweke wat hy sy familie tweede moes stel om belangrike werk te kon voltooi. <\/p>\n \u201cAlle eer ook aan my Skepper wat my gesondheid en deursettingsvermo\u00eb gegee het om my roeping te volbring.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" N\u00e1 \u2019n loopbaan van langer as 41 jaar in die gevangenisdiens op Worcester roep dr. 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