SOCIAL WORK AMENDMENT BILL

Issued by: Ministry of Welfare & Population Development

SOCIAL WORK AMENDMENT BILL

CAPE TOWN - The Minister of Welfare and Population Development, Ms Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, today presented the Social Work Amendment Bill in the second reading debate in the National Assembly.

The Social Work Amendment Bill marks a radical shift away from previous social services practices which were embedded in an apartheid and discriminatory paradigm to a system based on transformation and the principles of democracy.

The Bill proposes:

• the abolition of the Interim Council for Social Work;
• the establishment of the new Council for Social Service Professions; and
• the establishment of professional boards for the various disciplines in the social services sector.