Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978)RegulationsRegulations Defining the Scope of Practice of the Profession of Social Work3. Scope of practice of social auxiliary worker |
| (1) | A social auxiliary worker works together with a social worker to achieve the aims of social work in providing social care focusing on the primary needs of clients. |
| (2) | A social auxiliary worker may perform under the guidance and direct supervision of a social worker on any of the following— |
| (a) | prevention, education and development programmes which include life skills education, economic empowerment, managing stress and conflict, preparation for the different stages of the life cycle, recreation programmes for people at risk; |
| (b) | assist the social worker with the implementation of parenting plans, family reunification services and other basic supervision services to clients; |
| (c) | community-based care which includes direct services aimed at addressing basic needs of the client and community or group needs such as establishing community-based support programmes; |
| (d) | practical support addressing the material needs, emotional support, practical arrangements, recruitment of volunteers and after care services; |
| (e) | participate in a multi-disciplinary team; |
| (f) | accessing and establishing resources, educating communities about how to access and use available resources; and develop the capacity of communities and groups to establish resources; |
| (g) | administrative support which includes opening files, keeping records, taking minutes of meetings, keeping statistics; and |
| (h) | research which includes completing questionnaires, processing research data, implementing research findings. |
| (3) | A student social auxiliary worker may perform on the instructions, and under the direct control, supervision and guidance of a social worker, any of the acts prescribed in sub-regulation (2), and delegated to him or her by that social worker as part of his or her education and training, guided by Council approved norms and standards for practice experience. |