Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978)

Chapter I : Council for Social Service Professions

3. Objects of council
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The objects of the council shall be—

(a) to protect and promote the interests of the professions in respect of which professional boards have been or are to be established and to deal with any matter relating to such interests;
(b) to maintain and enhance the prestige, status, integrity and dignity of the professions in respect of which professional boards have been established;
(c) to advise the Minister in relation to any matter affecting the professions in respect of which professional boards have been established;
(d) to control and to exercise authority with regard to all financial matters relating to the council and the professional boards;
(e) to consult and liaise with relevant authorities on matters affecting the professional boards in general;
(f) to determine, on the recommendation of the professional boards, the qualifications for registration of social workers, social auxiliary workers and persons practising other professions in respect of which professional boards have been established;
(g) to regulate the practising of the professions in respect of which professional boards have been established and the registration of social workers, student social workers, social auxiliary workers and persons practising other professions in respect of which professional boards have been established;
(h) to determine the standards of professional conduct of social workers, student social workers, social auxiliary workers and persons practising other professions in respect of which professional boards have been established and to ensure that they are maintained;
(i) to exercise effective control over the professional conduct of social workers, student social workers, social auxiliary workers and persons practising other professions in respect of which professional boards have been established;
(j) to encourage and promote efficiency in and responsibility with regard to the practice of the professions in respect of which professional boards have been established;
(k) to assist in the promotion of social services to the population of the Republic;
(l) to advise the Minister on the amendment or adaptation of this Act, in particular to place greater emphasis on professional practice, democracy, transparency, equity, accessibility and community need and involvement;
(m) subject to section 14B(c), to control and to exercise authority in respect of all matters affecting—
(i) the training of persons in accordance with the developmental social welfare approach; and
(ii) the manner in which the practices pursued in the promotion of social services to the population of the Republic are exercised;
(n) to investigate additional sources of funding for the council;
(o) to promote liaison in the field of training relating to social services both in the Republic and elsewhere, and to promote the standards of such training in the Republic;
(p) to promote and to regulate inter-professional liaison between registered professions in respect of which professional boards have been established in the interest of the public; and
(q)to co-ordinate the activities of the professional boards and to act as an advisory and communicatory body for such professional boards.

 

[Section 3  substituted by section 4 of Act No. 102 of 1998]