Social Work Manager: Regional Office Ref No. DSD 70/2026

Minimum Requirements

• Formal tertiary qualification in Social Work e.g. Bachelor of Social Work that allows professional registration with the South African Council for Social Service Professions SACSSP; Compulsory registration with SACSSP as a Social Worker;
• A minimum of 10 years appropriate/ recognisable experience in social work after registration as Social Worker with the SACSSP.

Key Performance Areas

• Provide a Social Welfare and Community Development service of the highest, most advanced and specialised nature within a defined areas of specialisation with regard to the care, support, protection and development of vulnerable individuals, groups, families and communities through the relevant programmes in partnership with stakeholders.
• Attend to any other matters that could result in, or stem from, social instability in any form; Facilitate the development and planning of programmes and interventions to render a social welfare and community development service through the efficient, economical and effective utilisation of financial resources; Management of service delivery areas units to ensure that an efficient and effective social welfare and community development service is delivered through the efficient and effective utilisation of human resources; Plan and ensure that social welfare and community development research are undertaken; Undertake complex social welfare and community development research.
• Perform and / or ensure that all the administrative function required in the service delivery areas are performed; Keep up to date with new developments in the Social Welfare and Community Development field; Supervise all the administrative functions required in the service delivery areas and undertake the higher level administrative functions.

Competencies

• Knowledge of the following: Analytic, diagnostic, assessment tools, evaluation methods and processes Social Work; Personnel Management; Supervision Framework for Social Work profession; Social Welfare and Community Development legislation related to children; Social Welfare and Community Development theory and interventions; Information and Knowledge Management; Protocol and professional ethics.
• The following skills: Organising and planning; Project planning; Psycho social intervention; Conflict management; Proven computer literacy; Written and verbal communication skills.