To render a school social work service to Public Ordinary and Public Special Schools within the Education District.
Social Worker Grade 1
R 294 411
Grade 1: R 294 411 – R 338 712 per annum; Grade 2: R 359 520 – R 410 289 per annum; Grade 3: R 432 348 – R 500 715 per annum;
Grade 4: R 530 010 – R 647 325 per annum . Salary depending on years of experience after registration with the professional body.
A formal tertiary qualification in Social Work (Bachelor of Social Work) that allows professional registration with the South African Council for Social Service Professions as Social Worker; Registration with the South African Council for Social Service Professions as a Social Worker, and proof of payment of registration for 2023-2024 ; Grade 1: No experience; Grade 2: A minimum of 10 years appropriate experience in Social Work after registration as a Social Worker with the South African Council for Social Service Professions; Grade 3: A minimum of 20 years appropriate experience in Social Work after registration as a Social Worker with the South African Council for Social Service Professions; Grade 4: A minimum of 30 years appropriate experience in Social Work after registration as a Social Worker with the South African Council for Social Service Professions..
Recommendations: Valid Code B or higher Drivers License. Experience in the field of child and youth care.
Implement social work capacity building programmes for the early identification of and interventions relating to social, emotional and behavoural barriers to learning: Train teachers, parents, and support staff in the early identification of social, emotional and behavioural barriers. Train teachers, parents, and support staff to manage identified learners who experience social, emotional and behavioural barriers (e.g. Individual Support Plan (ISP)/Group Support Plan (GSP). Develop and implement preventative programmes for learners, parents and School Governing Body?s (SGBs) that address and/or prevent social, emotional and behavioural barriers to learning. Implementation of Inclusive Education Policies including the Screening Identification and Assessment Support (SIAS) Policy. o Provide direct social work services when necessary. Participate in inter- and intra-sectoral networks and collaborations: Promote inclusive schools as centres of Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL) and use this framework to co-ordinate the support from other sectors. Collaborate on social work matters with the multi-disciplinary teams. Provide specialised social work support to strengthen District- and School-based support teams (DBSTs/SBSTs): Train, sustain and promote SBSTs in collaboration with the DBST in all Schools in understanding social context, legislation related to children and create an effective school-community partnership. Collaborate as multi-disciplinary teams with ISLES DBST to support learners who experience barriers to learning. Provide social work input for the district with regard to policy development and reviews. Conduct discipline specific research.
Inclusive Education Policies, guidelines and practices. Analytic, diagnostic, assessment tools, evaluation methods and processes (Social Worker). Social Work legislation related to children. Social work theory and interventions. Information and Knowledge Management. Protocol and professional ethics.
Organising and planning. Project Planning. Psycho social intervention. Communication and language (2 Official languages). Interpersonal. Report-writing. Computer literacy. Presentation and facilitation. Problem Solving and analysis. Client orientation and customer focus.