The Department of Social Development intends on introducing the Social Service Professions Bill in Parliament during 2008 to replace the outdated Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978).

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The draft Bill envisages to:

(a) provide for the establishment of a South African Council for Social Service Professions;

(b) control the registration of social workers, student social workers, social auxiliary workers and persons practicing other professions in respect of which professional boards have been established; and

(c) deal with other related matters.

Request for Comments:

Please read the draft Social Service Professions Bill carefully, and submit your organisation's comments to the Department Social Development as invited, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , so that we have a sense of opinions in the sector before we finalise our submission.

We are going to have to live with this legislation for a long time, so let us make sure it goes through in the best possible form. Of special concern at present is the fact that the Council stands to be entirely appointed by the Minister. The fact that a number of members will be elected members of Professional Boards does not do away with the potential hazards of such a situation. This matter is urgent as comment is due by 25 February 2008.  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Forum Documents:

• Forum submission on probe of workers’ rights in welfare sector
• Resolution on The Social Service Professions Bill

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