Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978)RegulationsRegulations Relating to the Registration of a Specialisation in Forensic Social Work, 20172. Forensic social work scope of practice |
| (1) | Forensic social work practice includes— |
| (a) | conducting forensic social work investigations of all cases that require forensic assessment using scientifically validated protocols and techniques in relation to forensic social work; |
| (b) | applying relevant legislation; |
| (c) | applying forensic social work techniques to interpret data used in the compilation of the forensic social work report; |
| (d) | compiling and submitting evidence based forensic social work reports to primary clients; |
| (e) | providing expert testimony on relevant matters in a court of law; and |
| (f) | engaging in research and developing the field of forensic social work. |
| (2) | Forensic social work scope of practice excludes— |
| (a) | generic social work assessments; |
| (b) | clinical assessments; |
| (c) | therapeutic interventions; |
| (d) | pre-sentencing reports in terms of the Probation Services Act, 1991 (Act No. 116 of 1991); |
| (e) | research victim impact report; |
| (f) | child protection assessment and related investigation in terms of the Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005); and |
| (g) | community and group work. |