SOCIAL WORKER GRADE 1

Reference Number : refs/023502
Directorate : SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES
Number of Posts : 5
Package : R 325 200 – 382 374 (within the OSD framework)
Enquiries : Ms C Dukwana Tel (011) 355 9502

Requirements :

Formal tertiary qualification in Social Work (e.g. Bachelor of Social Work) that allows professional registration with the SACSSP.

Registration with the South African Council for Social Service Professions as Social Worker.

Skill and Competencies:

Skills to challenge structural sources of poverty, inequality, oppression, discrimination and exclusion.

Knowledge and understanding of human behaviour and social systems, intervene at the points where people interact with their environments to promote social well-being.

The ability to promote, restore, maintain, advocate for and enhance the functioning of individuals, families, groups and communities by enabling them to accomplish tasks, prevent and alleviate distress and use resources effectively.

Duties :

Render a social work service with regard to the care, support, protection and development of vulnerable individuals, groups, families and communities through the relevant programmes.

Attend to any other matters that could result in, or stem from, social instability in any form.

This would include the following actions: Conduct assessments aimed at identifying conditions in individuals, groups, families and communities that justify relevant interventions.

Identify and make recommendations on the appropriate interventions required to address the identified conditions. Support social auxiliary workers and volunteers.

Perform all the statutory functions applicable to the relevant function, compile court reports and attend to court enquiries and the other tasks emanating from the courts.

Produce and maintain records of social work interventions, processes and outcomes.

This would, inter alia, entail the following: Monitor and study the social services legal and policy framework continuously. Perform all the administrative functions required of the job.
Notes :

Employer : Department of Social Development

Location : Central Corridor

Closing Date : 17-10-2025