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POST 10/584 : SOCIAL WORKER: SOCIAL WORK SERVICES (VARIOUS LOCATIONS),

🏢 PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION: WESTERN CAPE 📍 Department of Social Development, Western Cape Government ⏳ Closes: 13 Apr 2026 🧾 Post: 10/584 # Ref: . DSD 12/2026

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Key details

Salary

R325 200 – • per annum

Centre

Department of Social Development, Western Cape Government

Reference

. DSD 12/2026

Closing date

13 Apr 2026

Job Highlight

Overview

Join our team to provide care, support, and protection to vulnerable individuals and communities while supervising Social Auxiliary Workers and managing administrative tasks.

Requirements

Competencies

Knowledge of the following: Supervision Framework for Social Workers
Human behaviour and social systems and skills to intervene at the points where people interact with their environments in order to promote social well-being
Social work theory and interventions
Information and Knowledge Management
Protocol and professional ethics
Relevant legislations, policies and prescripts (norms and standards)
Social dynamics, work values and principles
Developing and empowering others. Skills in the following: Challenge structural sources of poverty, inequality, oppression, discrimination and exclusion
Written and verbal communication
Report-writing
Self-management
Motivation
Good planning and organizing
Problem solving and analytical
Computer literacy
Presentation and facilitation
Client orientation and customer focus
Ability and competence to assist, develop, advocate for, and empower individuals, families, groups, organisations and communities to enhance their social functioning and their problem-solving capabilities
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
Understanding and ability to provide social work services towards protecting people who are vulnerable, at risk and unable to protect themselves
Ability to mentor and coach Social Workers Grade 1.

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 (Case work, groupwork and Community work).Attend to any other matters that could result in, or stem from, social 371 instability in any form; Supervise and Support Social Auxiliary Workers; Continuous Professional Development.

Keep up to date with new developments in the social work and social welfare fields; Perform all the administrative functions required of the job.