Officer (Social Worker) at City of Johannesburg

Minimum Requirements: 

• Grade 12 plus a 4-year BA Degree in Social Work; 
• 3 years’ experience in integrated Social Work Practice; 
• Must understand and interpret human behaviour; 
• Must have project management skills; 
• Must abide by the Code of Ethics in Social Work and maintain professionalism; 
• Registration with SACSSP (South African Council for Social Services Professions; 
• Must have a valid vehicle driver’s license. 

Primary function: 

• Implement an integrated and professional social work service aimed at enhancing the social work service aimed at enhancing the social functioning of individuals, families, groups and communities affected by social ills such as food insecurity, illiteracy, ill-health, low income levels and broken family structures and other poor living environments, substance abuse, lack of access to developmental support services and building resilience against modern day social challenges using the community as a base for effective program planning and design, linkages to developmental programs in pursuit of pro-poor development which provides meaningful redress. 

Key Performance Areas: 

• Social research and planning aimed at collecting demographic data, trends, patterns, assessing community needs and identifying assets within a given community to advocate and inform program planning. 
• Intake services aimed at collecting client information, case details and developing agreed-upon planned interventions to address the presenting problem of both primary and/or tertiary clients. 
• Group work aimed at addressing the common needs of the clients, through support groups, therapeutic and educational groups. 
• Community work services aimed at providing advocacy, empowerment, and developmental services to build community resilience. Integration and coordination of the provision of professional social work integrated methods within a multi-disciplinary approach aimed at the holistic development of the individual, family, groups, and community. 
• Crisis intervention of unplanned emergencies that require urgent attention or intervention as outlined in legislation like the Disaster Management Act, Social Assistance Act, Childcare Act, Older Persons Act, CoJ policies or frameworks. 
• Policy implementation actively participating and providing professional services including knowledge and expertise for effective program implementation in line with approved CoJ policies and SOP’s. 
• Social work student supervision forms part of continued professional development aimed at guiding students and social auxiliary workers in acceptable professional standards, ethics, and conduct. 
• Social work administration of professional and confidential data management as regulated.