Website Eastern Cape Department of Social Development
The Eastern Cape Department of Social Development (ECDS) is the provincial government body responsible for social welfare services and programs in South Africa's Eastern Cape province.
Requirements
- National Senior Certificate plus Bachelor of Social Work. Latest proof of registration with the South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP) as Social Worker.
- Minimum of 7 (seven) years of appropriate experience in Social Work after registration as a Social Worker with the SACSSP. A valid South African driver’s license.
Duties
- Understanding social dynamics: Must ensure that supervisees challenge structural sources of poverty, inequality, oppression, discrimination and exclusion.
- Understanding human behavior and social systems: Must have knowledge and understanding of more complex and advanced human behavior and social systems.
- Social work Intervention: Must ensure that supervisees intervene efficiently and effectively at points where people interact with their environments in order to promote social well-being.
- Social empowerment: Must ensure that supervisees assist, advocate and empower individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities to enhance their social functioning and their problem-solving capacities, prevent and alleviate problems.
