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Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978)

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Regulations Relating to the Registration of a Specialisation in Clinical Social Work, 2017

3. Conditions for practising as a clinical social worker

 

(1) A social worker who has complied with the requirements referred to in regulation 2, may practise the profession of social work as a specialist in clinical social work subject to paying the prescribed registration fee relating to the registration of the specialisation.

 

(2) In the case of a social worker applying for registration of a specialisation in terms of regulation 2(1)(b), the prescribed assessment fee must be paid.

 

(3) A social worker who has registered a specialisation in clinical social work is not excluded from practising social work within a generic context.

 

(4) A social worker who does not have the required experience in clinical social work and wishes to obtain registration as a specialist in clinical social work, may obtain such experience under the supervision of a specialist clinical social worker or clinical psychologist registered as such with the SACSSP.