Vacancies Available at Western Cape Social Development

Minimum Requirements

• Grade 1; Grade 12; Registration and proof of current registration with the South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP) as Social Auxiliary Worker; Valid Driver’s License B

Key Performance Areas

• 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; Continuous professional development; Perform administrative support functions in support of social workers as required of the job.

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Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12 (Senior Certificate or equivalent qualification).

Key Performance Areas

• Render a logistical support service: Place orders for goods; Receive and verify goods from suppliers; Capture goods in registers databases; Receive request for goods from end users; Issue goods to end users; Maintain goods register; Update and maintain register and suppliers.
• Render demand and acquisition clerical support:Update and maintain a supplier (including contractors) database; Register suppliers on LOGIS or similar system;  Request and receive quotations; Capture specification on the electronic purchasing system; Place orders;  Issue and receive bid documents; Provide secretariat or logistical support during the bid consideration and contracts conclusion process; Compile draft documents as required.
• Maintain records and information management in: Control the safekeeping of records and information within the division, in compliance with records management prescripts; Adhere to the implementation of a subdirectorate operations management system for knowledge management and organisational learning in the subdirectorate; Provide input into the directorate's information management systems and databases.

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Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12 (Senior Certificate or equivalent qualification).

Key Performance Areas

• Render demand and acquisition clerical support:Update and maintain a supplier (including contractors) database; Register suppliers on LOGIS or similar system;
• Request and receive quotations; Capture specification on the electronic purchasing system;  Place orders; Issue and receive bid documents;  Provide secretariat or logistical support during the bid consideration and contracts conclusion process; Compile draft documents as required.
• Render a logistical support service: Place orders for goods; Receive and verify goods from suppliers; Capture goods in registers databases; Receive request for goods from end users; Issue goods to end users; Maintain goods register; Update and maintain register and suppliers.
• Maintain records and information management in: Control the safekeeping of records and information within the division, in compliance with records management prescripts; Adhere to the implementation of a subdirectorate operations management system for knowledge management and organisational learning in the subdirectorate; Provide input into the directorate’s information management systems and databases.

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Minimum Requirements

• Formal 4-year degree/diploma in social work; registration and proof of current registration with the South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP);
• 10 years of appropriate/recognizable experience in social work after registration, of which 5 years are experience in social work policy development (has this been left out intentionally); valid Code B driving license.

Key Performance Areas

• Uniform Funding Cycle (UFC) Process: Monitor and evaluate NPOs' compliance against signed Transfer Agreement (TPA) and compliance against legislative programs. Specific norms and standards/regulatory frameworks;
• Rapid following complaints/enquiries about NPOs, or a concern raised by a programme, region, executive authority or head department; Registration facilities in terms of the legislation; Monitoring program-specific services per relevant legislation; Stakeholder management (international, national, provincial, local and regional); 

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Minimum Requirements

• A  formal 4-year degree/diploma in social work; registration and proof of current registration with the South African Council for Social Service Professional (SACSSP); A valid Code B driving license (or higher)

Key Performance Areas

• Facilitate policy alignment services within the department: Analyze and review existing social welfare and community development policies to ensure the alignment of policies within the department. Monitor, interpret, and review legislation, policies, and procedures. Facilitate the implementation of transversal social welfare and community development policies and legislation;
• Manage the policy register; Provide advice and support on transversal matters that impact policy development: Develop proposals to amend/maintain the relevant policies and procedures to ensure they align with the transversal policy imperatives; P
• rovide input into the development of new social welfare and community development policies: Assess line-specific and other draft policies using assessment templates, the policy register, and other available legislation. People Management: Participate in the recruitment and management of staff to ensure the achievement of the component’s business plan. Financial Management: Actively participate in the budgeting process at the directorate level.

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Minimum Requirements

• A 4-year tertiary qualification in Social Work (Degree/Diploma) that allows registration with SACSSP; Registration and proof of current registration with the South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP). A minimum of 7 years appropriate experience in social work after registration as Social Worker with the SACSSP.

Key performance areas/daily duties: 

• To ensure that a social work service with regard to the care, support, protection, and development of vulnerable individuals, groups, families, and communities through the relevant programs is rendered: Attend to any other matters that could result in, or stem from, social instability in any form. Supervise employees engaged in these functions; This would include the following actions: Conduct assessments, that are problematic for supervisees, aimed at identifying conditions in individuals, groups, families and communities that justify relevant interventions. Ensure that the appropriate recommendations and interventions required to address the conditions are identified. Ensure the development and planning of programmes to render the recommended interventions efficiently, effectively and economically.
• Ensure that the recommended interventions are implemented by supervisees by providing continuous support, counselling, guidance and advice to supervisees. Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the recommended interventions; Ensure reporting on progress and identify further/amended interventions to address the identified conditions; Study, interpret, apply and give guidance on legislation and policies in the identified work fields to supervisors and other role players/stakeholders.
• Perform statutory functions that are problematic for supervisees relating to the relevant function, compile court reports and attend to court enquiries and the other tasks emanating from these matters. Ensure that records of social work interventions, processes and outcomes are produced and maintained. Ensure implementation and compliance with all standard operating procedures and sector norms and standards.

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Minimum Requirements

• A 4-year tertiary qualification in Social Work (Degree/Diploma); Registration and proof of current registration with the South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP),A minimum of 7 years appropriate experience in social work after registration as Social Worker with the

SACSSP

Key Performance Areas

• To ensure that a social work service with regard to the care, support, protection, and development of vulnerable individuals, groups, families, and communities through the relevant programs is rendered. Attend to any other matters that could result in, or stem from, social instability in any form. Supervise employees engaged in these functions. This would include the following actions: Conduct assessments that are problematic for supervisees, aimed at identifying conditions in individuals, groups, families, and communities that justify relevant intervention.
• Ensure that the appropriate recommendations and interventions required to address the conditions are identified; Ensure the development and planning of programs to render the recommended interventions efficiently, effectively, and economically. Ensure that the recommended interventions are implemented by supervisees by providing continuous support, counseling, guidance, and advice to supervisees. Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the recommended interventions;
• Ensure reporting on progress and identify further/amended interventions to address the identified conditions; Study, interpret, apply, and give guidance on legislation and policies in the identified work fields to supervisors and other role players/stakeholders. Perform statutory functions that are problematic for supervisees relating to the relevant function, compile court reports, and attend to court inquiries and the other tasks emanating from these matters. Ensure that records of social work interventions, processes, and outcomes are produced and maintained. Ensure implementation and compliance with all standard operating procedures and sector norms and standards.