Additional requirements:
 A BA Degree (4 years) in Social Work with 5 years’ practical experience in forensic social work of which 3 years should be on supervisory level
 MA (Forensic Practice) will serve as an added advantage
 Registered as a social worker with the South African Council for Social Service professions
 Must be a paid up registered social worker at SACSSP.
 
Core functions:
 Ensure that the national standards for forensic social work in respect of legislation, policies, training, the rendering of service and evaluation are adhered to
 Capacitate the Forensic Social Work Provincial Office
 Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the service rendered by Social Workers conducting
forensic social work in the province by means of inspections
 Conduct special forensic social work-related investigations, if required by the Section Head: Forensic Social Work
 Submit quarterly forensic social work returns, audits, annual reports, inspection reports and any information containing the successful investigation of child sexual abuse cases to the Provincial Head: Detective Service and Section Head: Forensic Social Work (national level)
 Ensure the monitoring of the effectiveness of the forensic investigations of child sexual abuse through the utilisation of systems/technology to assess the performance of Social Workers practising forensic social work
 Manage training and development of Social Workers as well as the CPDs for forensic social work
 Advise and guide Social Workers practising forensic social work with regard to all aspects of the work.

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General:
    * The above Police Service Act post is within the Western Cape Province.* Only the official application form (available on the SAPS website and at SAPS recruitment offices) will be accepted. The Z83 previously utilized will no longer be accepted. All instructions on the application form must be adhered to. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of the application.
* The post particulars and reference number of the post must be correctly specified on the application form.
 Successful applicants to be appointed in terms of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act no 68 of 1995) and not yet appointed in terms of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act no 68 of 1995) will have to undergo a medical examination and found to be medically fit.
* Applicants appointed under the Police Service Act will be subjected to undergo a lateral entry training programme at a SAPS training institution, where applicable.
* A comprehensive Curriculum Vitae must be submitted together with the application form.
* Certified copies of an applicant’s ID, Senior Certificate and all educational qualifications obtained, service certificates of previous employers stating the occupation, proof of relevant experience in the field of the post and motor vehicle driver’s license.
* The copies must be correctly certified on the copy itself, not at the back. The certification must not be older than three months.
* Qualifications and driver’s licences submitted will be subjected to verification checking with the relevant institutions. The South African Police Service will verify the residential address of applicants and conduct reference checks.
 
 
* Applications must be mailed timeously. Late applications will not be accepted or considered.
* The closing date for applications is: 2018-06-25.
 
 
* If a candidate is short-listed, it can be expected of him/her to undergo a personal interview as well as a practical assessment.
* Reference checking will be conducted on all short listed applicants.
* Applicants who have been found guilty of a criminal offence or who have a pending criminal investigation may not be appointed in terms of Regulation 11 of the Regulations for the South African Police issued in accordance with the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act no 68 of 1995).
* Short-listed candidates for appointment to certain identified posts, will be vetted in terms of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No 32 of 2007) and the Children’s Act, 2005 (Act No 38 of 2005). A candidate whose particulars appear in either the National Register for Sex Offenders or Part B of the Child Protection Register, will be disqualified from appointment to that post.
* All short-listed candidates will be subjected to fingerprint screening.
* Correspondence will be conducted with successful candidates only. If you have not been contacted within 3 months after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
* The South African Police Service is under no obligation to fill a post after the advertisement thereof.
* The South African Police Service is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and it is the intention to promote representivity in the Public Service through the filling of these posts.
* Persons whose transfer/appointment will promote representivity will therefore receive preference.
* The SAPS application forms can be obtained from any SAPS Recruitment Office within the South African Police Service.
 
* Enquiries can be directed at (021) 417-7108 / 417-7231 / 417-7234 / 417-7235.
 
* Applications must be forwarded to the following address or it can be hand delivered at:
Hand delivery address:
Room 212,
SAPS Provincial Building, 25 Alfred Street,
Green Point,
Cape Town
 
Faxed or e-mailed applications will not be accepted): Door to door address (Courier):
 The Provincial Commissioner Personnel Management
SA Police Service
25 Alfred Street, Room 212 Green Point
8000
(Attention: Applications),
 
Postal address:
 The Provincial Commissioner Personnel Management
SA Police Service
Private Bag 9004
CAPE TOWN
8000
 
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