Ensure the future of the social work profession in South Africa!


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2015-12-30 15:45

I have been in the field for 10 years and earn the same as an admin clerk. I have no medical aid and cannot afford a pension. I have been highjacked at gunpoint while out in the field and received no trauma counselling from the organisation. I have also had a smash and grab and survived another attempted highjacking. social workers are underpaid and not considered as professionals. We do work that is high risk and very stressful, he;ping people that no-one else can or will and yet receive no support or and very poor remunaration for our work. This HAS to change.