CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) FOR THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION IN SOUTH AFRICA

Authors

  • Antoinette Lombard Department of Social Work and Criminology, University of Pretoria.
  • Santie Pruis SACSSP , Department of Social Work and Criminology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Margaret Grobbelaar SACSSP , Department of Social Work and Criminology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Dudu Mhlanga SACSSP, Department of Social Work and Criminology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15270/46-2-168

Abstract

The South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP) took a principled decision
during a meeting on 23 and 24 July 2003 to adopt continuing professional development (CPD)
as a requirement for registration to practise. This decision has positioned and committed social
service professions amongst many other professions, nationally and internationally, to continue
their professional development through “the systematic maintenance and improvement of
knowledge, skills and competence throughout a professional’s working life” (Butler, 2003:18).

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Published

2014-06-17

How to Cite

Lombard, A., Pruis, S., Grobbelaar, M., & Mhlanga, D. (2014). CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) FOR THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION IN SOUTH AFRICA. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 46(2). https://doi.org/10.15270/46-2-168

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