Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978) Regulations Fees payable by Social Workers, Child and Youth Care Workers, Social Auxiliary Workers, Auxiliary Child and Youth Care Workers, Student Social Workers, Student Child and Youth Care Workers, Student Social Auxiliary Workers and Student Auxiliary Child and Youth Care Workers 2021 Amendment Regulation 1. Definitions

 

In these Regulations, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act, shall have such meaning and, unless the context otherwise indicates—

 

"annual fee"

means the annual fee referred to in regulation 22;

 

"auxiliary category of registration"

means the category of registration which allows a child and youth care worker to perform the acts referred to in regulation 19;

 

"auxiliary child and youth care worker"

means a person practicing auxiliary child and youth care work and registered under section 18 of the Act;

 

"behaviour management"

means the prevention and correction by a child and youth care worker of inappropriate behaviour of a child, and includes the teaching of appropriate behaviour to a child;

 

"certificate of registration"

means a certificate of registration referred to in section 18A of the Act;

 

"child"

means a person under the age of 18 years;

 

"Child and Youth Care work"

means the acts performed by a child and youth care worker which focuses on children and youth within the context of the family, the community, and the life time of a person;

 

"child and youth care worker"

means a person registered under section 18A of the Act;

 

"developmental assessment"

means the process of establishing a comprehensive profile of the behaviour and development of a child;

 

"FET"

means further education and training;

 

"financial year"

means a year ending 31 March of every year;

 

"life-space"

means the environment in which an individual's daily flow of activities take place;

 

"NQFA"

means the National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008 (Act No. 67 of 2008);

 

"planned environments"

means environments which are created with the purpose of optimising the development and healing of a child;

 

"professional category of registration"

means the category of registration which allows a child and youth care worker to perform the acts referred to in these regulations;

 

"qualification"

means a qualification contemplated in section 18A(2) read with section 17B(1) of the Act;

 

“reference number”

means a unique identifier assigned to any financial transaction that will enable Council to identify the person making a payment and allocate such payment against that person’s nam’;

[Definition substituted by section 1(a) of Notice No. R. 3485, GG48693 dated 2 June 2023]

 

"register"

means a register referred to in section 19(1) of the Act;

 

"RPL"

means recognition of prior learning;

 

"SAQA"

means South African Qualifications Authority;

 

"student"

means a person studying Child and Youth Care work at either professional or auxiliary level;

 

"student child and youth care worker"

means a person who is registered with the SACSSP on condition that he or she completes the necessary qualification in order to meet the requirements for registration;

 

"supervision"

means support and guidance provided to a child and youth care worker to facilitate his or her development in the work environment;

 

"the Act"

shall mean the Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No 110 of 1978), and any expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have such meaning and, unless the context otherwise indicate;

[Definition substituted by section 1(a) of Notice No. R. 3485, GG48693 dated 2 June 2023]

 

"the Regulations"

means regulations made in terms of section 17(2) (b), 17C (3) (c), 18A (6) (b), 18B (2) (b) and 28 (1) (a) of the Act, regarding fees payable by social workers, child and youth care workers, social auxiliary workers, auxiliary child and youth care workers, student social workers, student social auxiliary workers, student child and youth care workers and student auxiliary child and youth care workers’.

[Definition substituted by section 1(a) of Notice No. R. 3485, GG48693 dated 2 June 2023]

 

"training provider"

means a recognised and accredited body that delivers learning programmes focused on the achievement of specified NQF registered qualifications and standards on the SAQA database and manages the assessment of learning achievements or, prior to the existence of SAQA, a body recognised by the Council for this purpose; and

 

"Youth"

means a child between the ages of 13 and 21.