Assistant Social Work Manager (Lieutenant Colonel)
Appointment in accordance with the South African
Police Service Act, 68 of 1995
Provincial Head Office: Ref. EC 1/06/18
SALARY SCALE: R 415 038 p/a (Lieutenant Colonel, BAND D)
 
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:•A BA Degree (4 years) in Social Work with 3 years' practical experience in forensic social work. Experience on 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. • Collecting and submitting of quarterly and annual reports and social work returns to the Provincial Commander. • Assist with the development of forensic social work training curriculum. Determining the training needs with regard to forensic social work. •Presenting of internal/external courses. •Attending to complaints received in terms of forensic social work. • Analysing and presenting of management information regarding forensic social work functions. • Maintenance of a data base with regards to relevant aspects pertaining to forensic social work. •Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the service rendered by social workers conducting forensic social work. •Conducting of special forensic social work related investigations. •Manage the development, guidelines regarding the CPD points for social workers conducting forensic social work.
 

 
GENERAL:• 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. •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. • 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: 2018-07-06 @ 14H00 
 
•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. • 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 31st of January 2015 provide a buccal (inside 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. For any assistance regarding the application form, the applicant may go to his/her nearest recruitment office (At the Accounting Station) for clarity. 
 
Enquiries may be directed to E du Randt: Tel 040 608 7161.
 
Completed applications must be forwarded to (hand deliver, post or courier timeously) to:  The Provincial Commissioner SAPS: Recruitment & Staffing, Griffiths Mxenge Building, Buffalo Street, Zwelitsha, 5600
 
APPLICATIONS SEND BY FAX OR E-MAIL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED OR CONSIDERED.
 
We welcome applications from persons with disabilities.