Social Auxiliary Worker Grade 1

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**Overview** This is a Social Auxiliary Worker Grade 1 position within the Limpopo Department of Social Development, offering a salary range of R 200,691.00 - R 353,016.00 per annum (Reference No: DSD/2026/172). The role involves providing essential assistance and support to social workers in delivering social work services, focusing on the care, protection, and development of vulnerable individuals, groups, families, and communities. It also includes addressing social instability and performing administrative support functions. **What you will do** * 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. * Keep abreast with new developments in the social work and social services field. * Perform administrative support functions in support of social workers as required of the job. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * An appropriate recognized NQF level 4 Grade 12 or equivalent qualification as recognised by SAQA and Social Auxiliary Certificate. * Current registration with the South African Council for Social Service Professions [SACSSP] as Social auxiliary worker. **Who should apply** The ideal candidate should: * Demonstrate a basic understanding of the South African social welfare context, the policy and practice of development social welfare services, and the role of a social auxiliary worker within this context. * Define and demonstrate an understanding of the purpose of social auxiliary work, and the role and functions of a social auxiliary worker in relation to a social worker within the South African context. * Consistently reflect the values and principles contained in the Bill of Rights and the social work profession’s Code of Ethics in service delivery as a social auxiliary worker. * Demonstrate a basic understanding of the South African judicial system and the legislation governing and impacting on social auxiliary work and social work. * Demonstrate a basic understanding of human behaviour, relationship systems, and social issues. * Be able to implement appropriate social auxiliary work methods and techniques to address the social needs of client systems. * Be able to use appropriate resources in service delivery to client systems. * Be able to work effectively with social workers and members of multi-sectoral teams in social service delivery. * Be able to work effectively as a social auxiliary worker to address the special needs and problems experienced by at least 3 of the priority focus groups in social welfare. * Be able to keep precise records and compile accurate reports on social needs and social auxiliary work activities and file them appropriately. * Be able to provide efficient research and administrative support services to the social worker. * Demonstrate basic knowledge of financial matters related to social auxiliary work. * Demonstrate self-awareness regarding personal capacities, attitudes, skills, and willingness to develop them further under the supervision of a social worker. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/social-auxiliary-worker-grade-1-limpopo-department-of-social-development-1 Source: myjobmag

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