Social Auxiliary Worker Grade 1

📝 About the role

A permanent social auxiliary worker post at the Botlokwa One Stop Centre in Capricorn District. The role supports social workers in caring for and protecting vulnerable people.

✅ Key duties

• Provide assistance and support to social workers with the rendering of a social work service with regard to the care, support, protection and development of vulnerable individuals, groups, families and communities through the relevant departmental programmes
• Assist social workers to attend to any other matters that could result in, or stem from, social instability in any form
• Keep abreast with new developments in the social work and social services field
• Perform administrative support functions in support of social workers as required of the job

🎓 Requirements

• An appropriate recognized NQF level 4 (Grade 12) or equivalent qualification as recognised by SAQA and Social Auxiliary Certificate
• Current registration with the South African Council for Social Service Professions [SACSSP] as Social auxiliary worker
• Demonstrate basic understanding of the South African social welfare context, the policy and practice of development social welfare services also the role of social auxiliary worker within this context
• Define and demonstrate understanding of the purpose of social auxiliary work also with the role and functions of a social auxiliary worker in relation to a social worker within South African context
• Consistently reflect the values and principles contained in the Bill of Rights, and social work profession’s Code of Ethics in service delivery as a social auxiliary worker
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the South African judicial system, the legislations governing and impacting on social auxiliary work and social work