Social Worker: Older persons , Ref No. DSD 59​/2026

Social Worker:
Older persons , . DSD 59/2026

Details

Closing Date 2026/09/07

Reference Number WCG
260722-1

Tracking Number DSD 59/2026

Job Title Social Worker:
Older persons , . DSD 59/2026

Department Social Development

Salary level OSD

Enquiries Ms V Damon at

Job Type Permanent

Location
- Country South Africa

Location
- Province Western Cape

Location
- Town / City Cape Town

Job Purpose

The Department of Social Development, Western Cape Government has opportuniies for a suitably qualified and competent Social Worker to provide social work services within the Service Delivery Areas through the promotion of social change, problem solving in human relationships and the empowerment and liberation of people to enhance social well-being.

A relevant 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;
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.

Recommendation

None

Key Performance Areas

• Render a social work service with regard to the care, support, protection and development of vulnerable individuals, groups, families, communities and organisations through the relevant programmes;
• Attend to any other matters that could result in, or stem from, social instability in any form;
• This would include the following actions;
• New application (Pre funding):
  
  On-Site Monitoring;
• Monitoring NPOs compliance against signed Transfer Payment Agreement (TPA);
• Evaluate NPOs compliance against Legislative, Programme Specific and Generic Norms and Standards;
• Case Work, Telephonic, Ministerial complaints process (Not appliable to ECD);
• Group Work (Not applicable to ECD);
• Community Work, Organisation;
• Monitoring of the implementation of the Service Delivery Improvement Plan where progress is unsatisfactory (including Foster Care Management);
• Rapid response following complaint/enquiries about NPOs, or a concern raised by a programme (including Foster Care Management);
• Ensure compliance with registration requirements of NPO’s (regulatory frameworks);
• 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.

Knowledge of the following:

• Supervision Framework for Social Workers;
• Human behavior 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…