SOCIAL WORKER POLICY DEVELOPMENT: GRADE 1: REF NO: PS11/2025/02
SOCIAL WORKER POLICY DEVELOPMENT: GRADE 1: REF NO: PS11/2025/02
Permanent Grant Post: Elementary Education & Development Directorate
SALARY :
R453 201 – R506 868 per annum (OSD). A basic annual salary
CENTRE :
Bloemfontein Head Office
REQUIREMENTS :
Formal Tertiary Qualification in Social Work (e.g. Bachelor of Social Work) that
allows professional registration with the South African Council for Social
Service Professions, Compulsory registration with SACSSP as a Social
Worker, A minimum of 8 years appropriate experience in Social Work after
registration as a Social Worker with SACSSP. A valid driving license.
Grade 2: A minimum of 18 years appropriate experience in social work after registration as Social Worker with the SACSSP of which 10 years must be appropriate experience in Social Work Policy Development.
Recommendations: Must be able to generate ideas and innovative approaches in order To contribute solutions to problems. Must be able to work effectively and cooperatively with persons of diverse backgrounds. Must be able to write formal documentations (ie, reports) and communicate verbally through the selection of relevant delivery mechanisms. Must be able to identify, define problems, analyze
situations, apply critical thinking and develop solutions.
Must be able manage and build cohesive work teams , work effectively within teams including social work teams, multidisciplinary teams and multi- sectoral teams. Must be able to operationalize and implement the strategic imperatives and policies. Must be able to build and maintain a network of professional relations. Must be able to plan and organize the work of the work unit and groups.
Must be able to plan and manage projects in order to deliver on time, within cost and at the required quality level. Must demonstrate social work values and the principles of human rights and social justice.
DUTIES :
Key Responsibilities: Develop, implement and maintain social work policies,
Ensure that supervisees challenge structural sources of poverty, inequality,
oppression, discrimination and exclusion. Demonstrate an in depth
understanding of complex and advanced human behaviour and social
systems. Intervene efficiently and effectively at the points where people interact
with their environment in order to promote social wellbeing.
Assist, advocate and empower individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities to enhance their social functioning and their problem-solving capacities, prevent and alleviate distress and use resource efficiently and effectively. Provide social work services towards protecting people who are vulnerable, at risk and unable to protect themselves. Conduct social work research.
Monitor, evaluate and quality assure all policies and legislation. Provide support to stakeholders. Review, develop, interpret, apply, provide guidance, analyze impact on social work policies, legislation, related legal and ethical social work practices and ensure that new policies are understood and implemented.
ENQUIRIES :
Mr L Tladi Tel No: (066) 0159 086
APPLICATIONS :
erecruitment2@fseducation.gov.za