• Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978)
    • Notice No. 1359 of 1978
    • Act
    • 1. Definitions
    • Chapter I : Council for Social Service Professions
      • 2. Establishment of Council for Social Service Professions
      • 3. Objects of council
      • 4. Powers and functions of council
      • 5. Consitution of council
      • 6. Vacation of office and filling of vacancies
      • 7. President and vice-president of council
      • 8. Meetings of council
      • 9. Executive committee
      • 10. Other committees
      • 11. Appointment of registrar
      • 12. Funds of council
      • 13. Book-keeping and auditing
      • 14. [Repealed]
      • 14A. Establishment of professional boards
      • 14B. Objects of professional boards
      • 14C. General powers of professional boards
    • Chapter II : Registration of Social Workers, Student Social Workers, Social Auxiliary Workers and Persons Practising other Professions in respect of which Professional Boards have been established
      • 15. Unregistered persons not to practice professions in respect of which professional boards have been established
      • 16. Offence and penalty
      • 17. Registration of social worker
      • 17A. Registration of student social workers
      • 17B. When qualification will not serve as prescribed qualification
      • 17C. Registration of additional qualifications and specialities
      • 17D. Qualifications obtained outside Republic
      • 18. Registration of social auxiliary workers
      • 18A. Registration of persons practising other professions in respect of which professional boards have been established
      • 18B. Registration of student of other professions in respect of which professional boards have been established
      • 19. Keeping of registers
      • 20. Removal from, rectification in and restoration to register of names
    • Chapter III : Disciplinary Powers of the Council
      • 21. Inquiry by council into alleged unprofessional or improper conduct
      • 22. Disciplinary powers of council
      • 23. Court may direct that copy of record of proceedings be transmitted to council
    • Chapter IV : General Provisions
      • 24. Legal aid at inquiries under this Act
      • 25. Appeal against refusal, penalty, or removal from register
      • 26. Limitation of liability
      • 27. Rules
      • 28. Regulations
      • 28A. Abolition of South African Interim Council for Social Work, and transitional arrangement
      • 29. Repeal of certain provisions of Act 79 of 1965
      • 30. Short title
  • Regulations
    • Fees payable by Social Workers, Child and Youth Care Workers, Social Auxiliary Workers, Auxiliary Child and Youth Care Workers, Student Social Workers, Student Child and Youth Care Workers, Student Social Auxiliary Workers and Student Auxiliary Child and Youth Care Workers 2021 Amendment Regulation
      • Notice No. R. 838 of 2014
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Objects of regulations
      • 3. Conditions of registration as student child and youth care worker
      • 4. Application for registration
      • 5. Issue of duplicate certificate of of registration to student child and youth care worker
      • 6. Payments to Council
      • 7. Recording of particulars
      • 8. Application for restoration of register
      • 9. Application for re-registration or termination of suspension
      • 10. Change of name, residential and postal address
      • 11. Provision of name lists
      • 12. Disclosure of criminal offences
      • 13. Disqualification from registration
      • 14. Disciplinary inquiries
      • 15. Transition clause
      • 16. Requirements for registration as child and youth care worker in professional category of registration
      • 17. Requirements for registration as child and youth care worker in auxiliary category of registration
      • 18. Scope of practice for child and youth care work within professional category of registration
      • 19. Scope of practice for child and youth care work within auxiliary category of registration
      • 20. Application for registration
      • 21. Certificate of registration
      • 22. Annual fee
      • 23. Payment to Council
      • 24. Recording and keeping of register
      • 25. Application for termination of suspension of registration
      • 26. Application for restoration to register
      • 27. Change of name and address
      • 28. Disclosure of criminal offences
      • 29. Disciplinary inquiries
      • 30. Disqualification from registration
      • 31. Fees payable to Council
      • 32. Short title
    • Regulations Relating to the Registration of a Specialisation in Forensic Social Work, 2017
      • Notice No. 912 of 2017
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Forensic social work scope of practice
      • 3. Requirements for registration of specialisation in forensic social work
      • 4. Conditions for practising as a forensic social worker
      • 5. Application for registering a speciality in forensic social work
      • 6. General provisions
      • 7. Short title and commencement
    • Regulations Relating to the Registration of a Specialisation in Clinical Social Work
      • Notice No. 913 of 2017
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Requirement for the registration of specialisation in clinical social work
      • 3. Conditions for practising as a clinical social worker
      • 4. Application for registering a specialisation in clinical social work
      • 5. General provisions
      • 6. Short title and commencement
    • [Repealed] Regulations Regarding Allowances Payable to Members
      • Notice No. 76 of 2020
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Allowances payable to Members
      • 3. Allowances payable to external persons
      • 4. Tax
      • 5. Submission and payment of claims
      • 6. Repeal
      • 7. Short title and commencement
      • Annexure A : Allowances payable in accordance with Regulation 2(2) and Regulation 3
    • Regulations Defining the Scope of Practice of the Profession of Social Work
      • Notice No. R. 2617 of 2022
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Scope of social work
      • 3. Scope of practice of social auxiliary worker
      • 4. Repeal of regulations
      • 5. Short title and commencement
    • Regulations Regarding Allowances Payable to Members 
      • Notice No. R. 3321 of 2023
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Allowances payable to Members
      • 3. Submission and payment of claims
      • 4. Repeal
      • 5. Short title and commencement
      • Annexure A : Allowances payable in accordance with Regulation 2
    • Regulations Relating to the Establishment of the Professional Board for Community Development Practice, 2024
      • Notice No. R. 4783 of 2024
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Establishment of Professional Board for Community Development Practice
      • 3. Composition of Professional Board
      • 4. Qualifications for person to be nominated
      • 5. Returning officer
      • 6. Submission of nominations
      • 7. Disqualification of candidates
      • 8. Invalidity of nomination
      • 9. Notice of election
      • 10. Qualification to cast vote
      • 11. Disentitlement to vote
      • 12. Issuing of ballot papers
      • 13. Casting of votes
      • 14. Examination and safekeeping of ballot papers before elections
      • 15. Determination of election result
      • 16. Safekeeping of ballot papers after elections
      • 17. Constitution of board without elections
      • 18. Term of office
      • 19. Appointment of members of board
      • 20. Vacation of office
      • 21. Filling of vacancies
      • 22. Powers and functions of professional board
      • 23. Appoinment of office bearers
      • 24. Meetings of professional board
      • 25. Procedure of meetings of professional board
      • 26. Attendance of professional board meetings
      • 27. Record of meetings of professional board
      • 28. Committees of professional board
      • 29. Allowances payable to members of Professional Board
      • 30. Short title and commencement
      • Forms
        • Form 1A : Nomination for Elections of Persons to be Appointed as Members of Council in terms of Section (5)(1)(b) of the Act and Regulation 3(a)(c)(d)
        • Form 1A : Nomination for Elections of Persons to be Appointed as Members of Council in terms of Section 28(1)(gD)(i) of the Act and Regulation 3 (d)
        • Form 1B : Nomination for Elections of Persons to be Appointed as Members of a Professional Board in terms of Section 28(1)(gD)(iii) of the Act and Regulation 3 (a)
        • Form 1B : Nomination for Elections of Persons to be Appointed as Members of a Professional Board in terms of Section 28(1)(gD)(iii) of the Act and Regulation 3 (c)
        • Form 1B : Nomination for Elections of Persons to be Appointed as Members of a Professional Board in terms of Section 28(1)(gD)(iii) of the Act and Regulation 3 (g)
        • Form 2E : Nomination of Persons to be Appointed as Member of the Council Section 28(1)(gD)(ii) and Regulation 3 (b) of the Act
        • Form 2F : Nomination of Persons to be Appointed as Member of the Council Section 28(1)(gD)(ii) and Regulation 3 (e) of the Act
        • Form 3 : Voter's Declaration of Identity
        • Form 4A : Ballot Paper
        • Form 5 : Declaration on Oath or Affirmation for Polling Officers or Persons present during the Examination of Ballot Papers or the Determination of the Election
        • Form 6A : Nomination for Elections of Persons to be Appointed as Members of Professional Boards for Social Service Professions in terms of Section 14(A) to 14(C) of the Act
      • Annexure A : Allowances Payable to members in accordance with Regulation 29