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Social Development: Government Information: Library Guide: Social work profession

A guide to finding government information for Social Development students.

Council

South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP)

"The South African Council for Social Service Professions is the guiding body which has the primary focus of developing as well as protecting the integrity of the social service professions as well as the interest of the public at large. The SACSSP is established in terms of section 2 of the Social Service Professions Act No. 110 of 1978 (as amended)."

Frameworks

South Africa. Department of Social Development. Supervision framework for the social work profession in South Africa. Pretoria : Department of Social Development, February 2012.

Studies

Supply & Demand Model of Social Practitioners in South Africa: Desktop Review. Pretoria: Department of Social Development, circa 2017.  (Support provided by the e United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the President's Emergency Plan.) 

Policies

South Africa. Department of Social Development. Policy for Social Service Practitioners. Pretoria: Chief Directorate Communication, Department of Social Development, 2017. 

Strategies

Sector Strategy for the Employment of Social Service Practitioners approved by Cabinet in March 2024. 

South Africa. Department of Social Development. Recruitment and retention strategy for social service practitioners, 2017. Pretoria: Department of Social Development, 2017.

South Africa. Department of Social Development. Recruitment and retention strategy for social workers. Pretoria: Department of Social Development, [2009.] (RP 18/2009)

Legislation

The relevant act is the Social Service Professions Act No. 110 of 1978, as amended. You will find the Act and the subsidiary Regulations in the database Netlaw. Search with "Social Service Professions Act " in the Act/Regulation Title field. Also in the open access University of Pretoria database: Laws of South Africa: Consolidated Legislation. Choose Current Legislation, then Professions. 

Guidelines

South African Council for Social Service Professions.    Policy guidelines for course of conduct, code of ethics and the rules for social workers.   [Pretoria :   South African Council for Social Service Professions,   2005?]. G 68 E.SOCI.05.POLI