SOCIAL AUXILIARY WORKER: METRO NORTH

Job Overview

The Department of Social Development, Western Cape Government, is hiring Social Auxiliary Workers for Metro North (Reference: DSD 78/2026). Salaries range from Grade 1 to Grade 3 based on OSD. Candidates must possess a Grade 10 certificate, completed learnership, and active registration with the South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP). Duties include assisting social workers with care, support, protection, and development services for vulnerable groups, along with administrative support and record keeping.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Grade 10 plus completion of the learnership to allow registration with the South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP) as Social Auxiliary Worker
• Registration with the SACSSP as Social Auxiliary Worker
• Knowledge and basic understanding of human behaviour, relationship systems, and social issues
• Knowledge of the South African social welfare context, policy, and practice of developmental social welfare services
• Knowledge of the South African judicial system and legislation governing and impacting social auxiliary work
• Basic knowledge of financial matters related to social auxiliary work
• Ability to use appropriate resources in service delivery to client systems
• Ability to implement appropriate social auxiliary work methods and techniques
• Information and Knowledge Management skills including record keeping and report compilation
• Knowledge of protocol and professional ethics

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• 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
• Assist social workers to attend to any other matters that could result in, or stem from, social instability in any form
• Engage in continuous professional development
• Perform administrative support functions in support of social workers as required of the job

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