Social Work in South Africa

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Bienkie in Parow, South Africa 52 months ago	Hi there Social Work in South Africa is really difficult seeing that it is mainly developmental and that there is not much opportunity for therapeutic work. Does anyone has a colleague or know somebody from SA that is currently working in your country ? Would love to hear what route they took to get there! - Was this comment helpful? Yes (195) / No (26) Reply - Report abuse
Vie in Vienna, Austria 52 months ago	hello Bienkie in which field u are working in SA? Greetings from Vienna/Europe. - Was this comment helpful? Yes (17) / No (12) Reply - Report abuse
prince mbewe in Ndola, Zambia 51 months ago	am interested to work as social worker - Was this comment helpful? Yes (66) / No (10) Reply - Report abuse
Bienkie in Parow, South Africa 51 months ago	Vie in Vienna, Austria said: hello Bienkie in which field u are working in SA? Greetings from Vienna/Europe. I am working at a child and family organisation, doing mainly statutory work. Social work in SA is mostly generic, meaning we do a little bit of everything. And because we are a developing country, community work and community development plays a big role. - Was this comment helpful? Yes (40) / No (3) Reply - Report abuse
Joseph Grey Sikasula in Lusaka, Zambia 51 months ago	he is working in the clinic particular with the youth. he number is +260-977-546949 - Was this comment helpful? Yes (5) / No (3) Reply - Report abuse
Vie in Vienna, Austria 50 months ago	@ Gorret mwangani: but its also important to ask, WHY the helpers loves to help. - Was this comment helpful? Yes (7) / No (3) Reply - Report abuse
Rachael Dyson in Orlando, Florida 50 months ago	Hello, I am also trying to find work abroad as a social worker. I graduated with a masters in Counselor Education and am currently employed in an acute crisis stabilization unite a large mental health corporation. I have worked and currently work with several social workers performing the same functions and more. My interest in relocation would be to the United Kingdom. I have done some looking and come across the General Social Care Council for the UK but am unsure if this is the proper way to obtain work in the UK. If you have any advice of knowledge please feel free to share. Thank you, Rachael Dyson - Was this comment helpful? Yes (39) / No (1) Reply - Report abuse
ntandoyakhe ncube in Alice, South Africa 50 months ago	social work seem to be an interesting course as am still studing it hope you enjoy - Was this comment helpful? Yes (18) / No (8) Reply - Report abuse
christine in Alice, South Africa 50 months ago	im actually looking for a job i wish i could find some one to help me out i just finished my degree and i would want to start work soon - Was this comment helpful? Yes (25) / No (12) Reply - Report abuse
Rachael Dyson in Orlando, Florida 49 months ago	Hello again, I just wanted to let you know that I could not access that website as they require a user name and password. :) Rachael - Was this comment helpful? Yes (1) / No (2) Reply - Report abuse
Bienkie in Pretoria, South Africa 49 months ago	Racheal Did you do a search on google for social work recruitment in the united kingdom ? I found the following sites: www.swiis.com www.rigsocialcare.co.uk www.elitemedical.co.uk There are lots more! Bienkie - Was this comment helpful? Yes (5) / No (1) Reply - Report abuse
Rachael in Orlando, Florida 49 months ago	Bienkie, Thank you for your help. I will registered with the GSCC first. I have also been looking at an acengy called uk pro. I am planning on hopefully moving my career overseas in a year. Best of luck to you too. My email is Rdyson5@gmail.com Rachael - Was this comment helpful? Yes / No (2) Reply - Report abuse
Rebecca in Stellenbosch, South Africa 48 months ago	you need to apply both for NGOs or gov.So how's Lesotho, I would love to work there in coming years or complete my masters there? Good luck - Was this comment helpful? Yes (4) / No (1) Reply - Report abuse
Nduna Biyase in London, United Kingdom 48 months ago	i am a social worker curretly practicing in the UK as a social worker. I have done social work in this country for 4 years now. I am a South African from KZN. Before I came over I practised in South Africa for 4 years. I must clarify that the GSCC is General Social care Council is not an employment agency and would neither facilitate your move to the Country nor get you employment. My advise would be for you guys to search for employment agencies, ONLY DO THIS WHEN YOU ARE DETERMINED TO TAKE THE STEP FORWARD. My view is that you will be better off with some experiance as opposed to a newly qualified social worker, however if you are lucky you can still get a job. Regards to my lovely country SA Nduna London borough of Harrow UK - Was this comment helpful? Yes (20) / No (2) Reply - Report abuse
Rebecca in Stellenbosch, South Africa 48 months ago	hi, Thanx very much for ur advise. Rebecca - Was this comment helpful? Yes (1) / No (5) Reply - Report abuse
gorret in Midrand, South Africa 48 months ago	Nduna its good to know that you practicing yuor proffesion in the uk however i would realy want to know you got there cos i would want to work in the uk aswel. am a zambian social worker by proffesion from the copperbelt whose currently in south africa and i would love to move forward. Kind Regards to my fellow social workers. Gorret. - Was this comment helpful? Yes (5) / No (2) Reply - Report abuse
Ea ElsbÃ¸ll in Copenhagen, Denmark 48 months ago	Hey there fellow social workers. Any of you who knows something about social work in Pretoria? I am moving to SA soon soon and currently looking to stay in Cape Town, but the job options in the field are very poor, so I might want to go to Pretoria to work. Any good advise? - Was this comment helpful? Yes (10) / No (1) Reply - Report abuse
vivian in Pretoria, South Africa 48 months ago	hi Benkie could you assist me if you know organisations currently recruiting social workers.i hold a bs hons in social work. - Was this comment helpful? Yes (4) / No (2) Reply - Report abuse
vivian in Pretoria, South Africa 48 months ago	Am 26 yrs young man and am looking for anything in the NGO sector.I dont mind any state as long as is within SA. Vivian - Was this comment helpful? Yes (7) / No (2) Reply - Report abuse
vivian in Parow, South Africa 48 months ago	sorry forgot,my email is vivazm@gmail.com vivian - Was this comment helpful? Yes (1) / No (1) Reply - Report abuse
Therese in Bergen, Norway 47 months ago	Rachael in Orlando, Florida said: Bienkie, Thank you for your help. I will registered with the GSCC first. I have also been looking at an acengy called uk pro. I am planning on hopefully moving my career overseas in a year. Best of luck to you too. My email is Rdyson5@gmail.com Rachael Hi Rachael, I have a question for you. I am also trying to move abroad and work as a social worker. I am looking into working in UK or the US, mostly thinking about Florida. I am a Norwegian citizen residing in Norway and got my BSW degree in Norway. Do you have any advice for me how to go about getting a social worker job in the state of Florida? Therese - Was this comment helpful? Yes / No (1) Reply - Report abuse
Tom in Antwerp, Belgium 47 months ago	I'm alsoo a social worker but i started to ask myself some questions about it... In every system there are people who can not handle the rules and speed of the mechanism that makes the community to life. So why does social work not fight against the raison that a lot of peoples go and stay down in a system? When they just help a man and trie to get them back on track, then they help one man. But that does not help other peoples to keep theirselfs up in the system so others will fall!!! When you reed some folosofy, you will see that there are not a lot of books writing good words about social work. You alsoo had to know that when you are working as a social worker that you realise the fact that everything that human beings do, like charity, that it is done out for their our own saik!! Most people feel good while doing something good, so get yourself ready to think if you are doing social work out for your own person or if you really want to put your hands in the fire to fight for those who don't have the chance to practise charity!!? Blessings!! I don't blame social workers really not, - Was this comment helpful? Yes (3) / No (3) Reply - Report abuse
Loriaan Smith-Taylor in Potters Bar, United Kingdom 47 months ago	I worked in Cape Town as a social worker for two years before coming over to the UK. I will be here almost four years in November. I want to return to South Africa with my skills and knowledge but want to know how i go about? i miss social work in South Africa! - Was this comment helpful? Yes (10) / No (4) Reply - Report abuse
Loriaan Smith-Taylor in Potters Bar, United Kingdom 47 months ago	Hi Bienkie I must say that the problems in the UK are different than the problems in South Africa. I miss the people the most and the fact that in SA there is real problems. People in the UK are very ungrateful.I hope i make sense? lol. - Was this comment helpful? Yes (4) / No (2) Reply - Report abuse
erica Kleinhans in Germiston, South Africa 47 months ago	HI YOU GUYS OUT THERE. i AM A SOCIAL WORKER CURRENTLY WORKING IN Gauteg,BUT IS LOOKING FOR A POSITION BACK HOME IN THE WESTERN CAPE. DO YOU KNOW OF ANNY VACANCIES. THANKS . ERICA - Was this comment helpful? Yes (1) / No (2) Reply - Report abuse
Bienkie in Parow, South Africa 47 months ago	Erica I saw this weekend in Die Burger positions advertised with Badisa in I think Tygerberg and two other places. Also in Moorreesburg there was a post available. I suggest that you go onto Media 24's website and look at the career section. Otherwise post your e-mail address and I can try and forward the details to you. Bienkie - Was this comment helpful? Yes (1) / No (2) Reply - Report abuse
Ea ElsbÃƒÂ¸ll in Johannesburg, South Africa 47 months ago	Hi Erica. Do you have any suggestions about soc. work jobs in Gauteng? - Was this comment helpful? Yes (3) / No (1) Reply - Report abuse
Bienkie in Bloemfontein, South Africa 47 months ago	Natalia I think your first task would be to find out what the registration requirements are if you qualified outside South Africa. By law you will not be able to work unless you are registered and I think no employer will be willing to appoint you if not registered. Maybe you should define "working in a therapeutic way" because depending on in what field you are working in South Africa, you will get an opportunity to work therapeutically with your clients. In SA we tend to do everything - meaning that if you end up in a statutory position, you may also have to do family reunification services with the parents. In that sense you would work therapeutically. I must warn you though that even although social work is a scarce skill in SA, you will not earn a very big salary! If you want to work developmentally and do community projects, then I would think SA is a good place to start. We are moving more and more towards working more developmentally in trying to prevent more statutory work. Please feel free to ask very specific questions - I will see what I can answer. I can always ask my colleague which is working as a social worker for the past 20 years! Bienkie - Was this comment helpful? Yes (2) / No (3) Reply - Report abuse
Natalia Spearman in London, United Kingdom 47 months ago	Hi Bienkie Thank you for your reply. The kind of work I am looking for is family work, so parenting assessments, rehabilitating children from foster care to home, etc, but in a therapeutic way, rather than the straight forward statutory way in which social services do it here in the uk. For that reason, working in an assessment centre, as psychodynamic as possible, is much more my thing. I eventually hope to study as a systemic family therapist further down the line so i am looking for as much experience as possible in that sort of field. do you know how i could find out about registration requirements for south africa? many thanks Natalia - Was this comment helpful? Yes (1) / No (1) Reply - Report abuse
Bienkie in Johannesburg, South Africa 47 months ago	Natalia You can contact them at: Phone: 27 12 329 9164 Fax: 27 12 329 9160 Email: mail@sacssp.co.za I think best would be to contact them and ask specifically for info about registration if you are not qualified in SA. The webpage can be found at: www.sacssp.co.za Bienkie - Was this comment helpful? Yes (1) / No (2) Reply - Report abuse
Yanga in Bellville, South Africa 46 months ago	Hi I am a final year male social work student and I am also looking for a job anywher in South Africa or abroad, any advice? Thank you - Was this comment helpful? Yes (7) / No (1) Reply - Report abuse
Bienkie in Pretoria, South Africa 46 months ago	The best way is to keep an eye on the local newspapers, also on the internet. Maybe not a bad idea to contact the Department of Social Services directly. Look into a telephone directory to find their contact details. - Was this comment helpful? Yes (4) / No (1) Reply - Report abuse
Yanga in Bellville, South Africa 46 months ago	I thank you very much for your positive respinse and I will definately do that. I am wishing you all the best for your future. May God Bless you - Was this comment helpful? Yes (2) / No (1) Reply - Report abuse
Moipone in Johannesburg, South Africa 46 months ago	Im interested to enroll for Social Work cause and i real dnt know where to start. - Was this comment helpful? Yes (13) / No (3) Reply - Report abuse
Atalli in Salt Lake City, Utah 46 months ago	[I red your comment. I have a Bachelor's in Social work and I am interested in going to work in South Africa. How possible would that be, how easy/difficult would it be to find a job? - Was this comment helpful? Yes (22) / No (3) Reply - Report abuse
jacqueline in Alice, South Africa 46 months ago	im a third year social work student looking for internship at any social work agency in south africa. im currently studying at the university of fort hare. - Was this comment helpful? Yes (13) / No (6) Reply - Report abuse
Atali in Provo, Utah 46 months ago	It seems like we are looking for the same type of work. hum, I do not really know where to start. SOmetimes Universities have connections. DId you look at other departments if they have contacts in South Africa? - Was this comment helpful? Yes (2) / No (2) Reply - Report abuse
Yanga in Bellville, South Africa 46 months ago	Yes, I am glad to know that there are people out there who can be concern about your needs even if they do not know you. Anyway it is true that some Universities are having connections. I have looked at other departments such as correctional services, health etc, but at the moment I haven't recieved any feedback from them. You mentioned that you are also looking for the same job, I am wishing you all best with your job search and the only answer to that is prayer Thanking you in advance - Was this comment helpful? Yes (4) / No (2) Reply - Report abuse
Yanga in Bellville, South Africa 46 months ago	Moipone in Johannesburg, South Africa said: Im interested to enroll for Social Work cause and i real dnt know where to start. Okay it seems to me that you need some information on the criteria used for selecting social work students. You can just approach the University or college of your choice and find out whether they do offering social work course or not.If they do, you can request thier application form and apply for it. As far as I understand, you have to have a matric exemption. But if you do not have it, you will write a test called TELP test (at UWC),I am not sure about other institutions. If it is a college, you have to make sure that it is accredited and offer a four year social work degree.You can also apply online. This is what I know and I am not expecting this knowledge to be applicable to everybody as variuos institutions oparates differently. I hope that this info can be useful to you Moipone. I thank you - Was this comment helpful? Yes (6) / No (2) Reply - Report abuse
Msmoove in Alice, South Africa 46 months ago	I hold a Bachelor of Social Work Degree and an honours in Psychology, registered with the GSCC and newly qualified. What i would like to know are my chances of securing a job in the UK? - Was this comment helpful? Yes (1) / No (7) Reply - Report abuse
Andy in Alice, South Africa 46 months ago	Atalli in Salt Lake City, Utah said: [I red your comment. I have a Bachelor's in Social work and I am interested in going to work in South Africa. How possible would that be, how easy/difficult would it be to find a job? Social wprk in South Africa is a shortage skill so getting a job wont be very difficult for you provided you have the necessary qualifications. you also need to register as a social worker with the SACSSP and then you can take it from there. But you you should be aware of is that the remuneration is poor. - Was this comment helpful? Yes (5) / No Reply - Report abuse
Irene Forcheh in Gaborone, Botswana 45 months ago	Hello everyone, I hold an MSW qualification from Botswana, and I am interested in persiuing further graduate program in social work at an university in SA that has The South African Council for Social Service Professions accreditation. Does any one has the list of accredited instituions offering graduate programmes? I don't seem to find the list on the SACSSP web site. My email is forchehnia@yahoo.com - Was this comment helpful? Yes (3) / No (1) Reply - Report abuse
Phumzile Immacilate Masilela in Pretoria, South Africa 45 months ago	Bienkie in Parow, South Africa said: Hi there I am currently working in Stellenbosch which is not that far from Cape Town. I know that our organisation has a vacancy in the Somerset West office, so maybe if you are really interested, I can forward your CV to the relevant people ? Did you do SW previously in South Africa ? Send me your e-mail address so I can give some more info. Bienkie Hi Bienkie i will like to give you my address so that you can give me more information about your organisation since i am interested. At the moment iam doing my last 4 years degree in social work so next year i need a job. so you can email me at this address 2555718@uwc.ac.za - Was this comment helpful? Yes / No (1) Reply - Report abuse
Phumzile Immacilate Masilela in Pretoria, South Africa 45 months ago	Hello Everyone my name is Phumzile i am from South Africa, Johannesburg i am currently doing my last year in 4 year social work degree. so i am looking for a job next year if anyone know where can i find a good job around in South Africa can e-mail me at my e-mail 2555718@uwc.ac.za. Please i am realy desparate. i can work in children services, Eldery care, young offenders, drug and alcohol abuse and adult & children with disabilities. - Was this comment helpful? Yes (9) / No Reply - Report abuse
Spiwo Mkusa in Lawn, Pennsylvania 45 months ago	Bienkie in Parow, South Africa said: Hi there Social Work in South Africa is really difficult seeing that it is mainly developmental and that there is not much opportunity for therapeutic work. Does anyone has a colleague or know somebody from SA that is currently working in your country ? Would love to hear what route they took to get there! If you have some college or technical education you can easily get scholarship to study abroad and improve your chances of getting a better job. Just go to USA information cervices in your country and get education financial information. My regars. Spiwo - Was this comment helpful? Yes (1) / No (1) Reply - Report abuse
Ea in Pretoria, South Africa 45 months ago	Hi there. We spoke earlier Bienkie, and I am now in PTA and looking for job in or around cape town. I will get my registration in about 3 weeks. Hope to hear from you. Ea (eaelsbol@hotmail.com) - Was this comment helpful? Yes (1) / No Reply - Report abuse
Cleopatra in London, United Kingdom 45 months ago	Hi lovely people. I have been in the UK for almost 6 years, for four year i was a social worker and the last two years i have been an Assitant Team Manager. I received my SW degree from a South African University and also I hold a post graduate diploma from UK university. I am now looking at returning home end of this year.All i can say about the UK is i have gained valuable experience but the weather is just depressing. Any advice from those at home would be much appreaciated. I also registered with the Council back at home (SA). My e-mail is londonmini@hotmail.co.uk - Was this comment helpful? Yes (10) / No (2) Reply - Report abuse
chris mkusa in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 45 months ago	It is great to hear that you have gained more knowledge and experience in your field. Indeed, the advancement in your field will make you more marketable at home. The experience abroad is a plus in the market place back home. So jobs will be there for you. Through your connections abroad you could start your own community work based organization back home and seek support both from private and public sector. God bless you. - Was this comment helpful? Yes (2) / No (1) Reply - Report abuse
Bienkie in Pretoria, South Africa 45 months ago	Hi there The best would be to look at this site www.careers24.com/ I think although Social Work is a scarce skill in SA, there are not that many jobs available and also the payment is considered very low in comparison to other jobs. If the weather is the main attraction why not try Australia instead ? There are plenty of opportunities there and the weather is much the same. www.horizonemployment.com.au/ All the Best Bienkie - Was this comment helpful? Yes (1) / No Reply - Report abuse
Bienkie in Johannesburg, South Africa 45 months ago	Sorry guys, that link for Australia is: www.horizonemployment.com.au/ - Was this comment helpful? Yes (1) / No Reply - Report abuse

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