ASSISTANT SOCIAL WORK MANAGER
(LIEUTENANT COLONEL) (1 POST)
Provincial Detective Service, Bloemfontein
Salary Level: Level 10: Band D: 0415 035 per annum (Ref. FSW 01/06/2018)
Appointment In accordance to the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act 68 of 1995)
 
Additional requirements: • BA degree (4 years) in Social Work with 3 years' practical experience in forensic social work • Experience at supervisory level will be an added advantage • MA (Forensic Practice) will also 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: • Monitor, interpret and review legislation and policies relating to forensic social work • Collect and submit quarterly and annual reports and social work returns to the Provincial Commander • Assist with the development of forensic social work training curriculum • Determine the training needs with regard to forensic social work • Present internal/external courses • Attend to complaints received in terms of forensic social work • Analyse and present management information regarding forensic social work functions • Maintain a database with regards to relevant aspects pertaining to forensic social work • Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the service rendered by social workers conducting forensic social work • Conduct special forensic social work-related investigations • Manage the development, guidelines regarding the CPD points for social workers conducting forensic social work.
 
Language proficiency: Afrikaans, Sotho, Zulu and/or Xhosa.

 
General: • Only the official application form (available on the SAPS website and at SAPS recruitment offices) will be accepted. The Z83 previously utilised will no longer be accepted. All instructions on the application form must be adhered to. Failure to do so may result in the rejection dine application • The post particulars and reference number of the post must be correctly specified on the application form • 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 licence • The copies must be correctly certified on the copy itself, not at the back. The codification 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 • Appointment will be made in terms of the SAPS Act, 1995 as applicable to the post environment • Applications must be mailed timeously. Late applications will not be accepted or considered • The closing date for applications is 2018-06-30 • If a candidate is shortlisted, 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 • 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 • The Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act, Act 37 of 2013 requires that all new appointments in the South African Police Service as from 31 January 2015 provide a buccal Onside cheek) sample in order to determine their forensic DNA profile. The forensic DNA profile derived from the sample will be loaded to the Elimination Index of the National Forensic DNA Database • 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 SAPS application forms can be obtained from any SAPS Recruitment Office within the South African Police Service.
 
Hand-delivered applications may only be submitted at: 126 Metpol Building, Charlotte Mayeke Street, Bloemfontein.
 
Applications forwarded by post to be addressed to: The Provincial Head: Recruitment and Staffing, South African Police Service, Private Bag X20501, Bloemfontein 9300.
 
We welcome applications from persons with disabilities