The Northern Cape Department of Health seeks qualified candidates to apply for the Social Worker role, which will be situated in the Frances Baard District (Sol Plaatjie Municipality).

POSITION: Social Worker X1 Post

REFERENCE NUMBER: 84/2025

SALARY: Grade 1: R325 200 per annum
Grade 2: R397 119 per annum
Grade 3: R477 564 per annum
Grade 4: R585 441 per annum

CENTRE: Frances Baard District (Sol Plaatjie Municipality)

REQUIREMENTS:

• Formal Tertiary qualification in Social Work (Bachelor of Social Arts) that allows professional registration with the SACSSP.
• Registration with the SACSSP (South African Council for Social Service Profession) as a Social Worker.
• A valid Driver’s.

Experience:

• Grade 1: None.
• Grade 2: A minimum of 10 years’ experience in social work after registration as Social Worker with the SACSSP.
• Grade 3: A minimum of 20 years’ experience in social work after registration as Social Worker with the SACSSP.
• Grade 4: A minimum of 30 years’ experience in social work after registration as Social Worker with the SACSSP.

DUTIES:

• Establish social work services and network for the Institution and maintain communication with stakeholders.
• Ensure that social work service with regard to the care, support and protection of individuals, groups, families through relevant programmes is rendered.
• Keep up to date with new developments in the social work field.
• Undertake social work research and development and contribute to the development of policies.
• Render a holistic social work services to individual groups and community using all methods of social work practices.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of recommended interventions, reports on progress and identify.
• Further amended interventions to address identified conditions.
• Liaise / attend meetings with other departments and nongovernmental institutions to take 107 cognizance of the latest developments in the relevant fields.
• Produce and maintain qualitative and quantitative records of social work interventions processes and Outcomes.
• Implement social welfare programme in accordance with the need of the community and Government priorities.
• Supervise all administrative functions required in the unit and undertake the higher level of administrative functions.

CLOSING DATE: 13 June 2025

HOW TO APPLY

APPLICATIONS: Please post or courier your application to: The Department of Health: Frances Baard Health District; 119 Green Street; Riviera, Kimberley, 8301 or hand deliver at the Registry Office at the Frances Baard Health District Office, Green Street, Old West End Hospital or emailed to: [email protected] .Applicants must complete an application register when an application is hand delivered.

NOTE: Applications must be submitted on the new prescribed application form Z83 obtainable from any Public Service Department or any Public Service Administration website. The fully completed and signed Z83 should be accompanied by a detailed/comprehensive Curriculum Vitae,
indicating positions held, dates and key performance responsibilities.

Only short-listed candidates will be required to submit certified copies of their qualifications and relevant documents on or before the day of the interview proceedings following communication from the Human Resource Management Recruitment and Selection Unit. Failure to submit the requested documents or information will result in your application not being considered.

The employment decision shall be informed by the Employment Equity Plan of the Department. It is the Department’s intention to promote equity (race, gender and disability) through the filling of this post(s) with a candidate whose transfer / promotion / appointment will promote representavity
in line with the numerical targets as contained in our Employment Equity Plan. If you have not been contacted within eight (8) weeks after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

Suitable candidates will be subjected to a personnel suitability check (criminal record, qualification verification and employment verification). Where applicable, candidates will be subjected to a skills/knowledge test. The Department reserves the right not to make any appointment(s) to the above post. The successful candidate will be expected to sign a performance agreement.

The Department of Health is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer. The request for certified documents will be limited to shortlisted
candidates. The Human Resource Administration of the Department will inform shortlisted candidate for a post to submit certified documents on or before the day of the interview. Should an applicant wish to apply for more than one post, separate applications must be submitted for all posts.